Jamaica Gleaner Lead Stories
Published: Monday Wednesday | September 30, 2009
New tax on phone calls - Government announces 5% increase in cess on telecoms services
Effective Thursday, Jamaicans will be paying more to talk on telephones. Finance Minister Audley Shaw last night announced an increase in the tax on telephone cards, telephone calls and instruments from 20 per cent to 25 per cent. The finance minister also announced... Read More...
'BOJ now on right track'
A SHARP divergence between the central bank's approach to monetary policy and the Ministry of Finance's fiscal policy direction contributed to a more than $15-billion hike in additional interest-rate payments as set out in the First Supplementary Estimates... Read More...
David Smith behind bars in the TCI
David Smith, the former boss of the embattled foreign-exchange trading club Olint, is now behind bars in the Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI). Smith was remanded yesterday after he was taken to court on further charges in connection with the management... Read More...
Editors' forum - 'Rethink the rules' - UTech says stifling regulations prevent fund-raising
With emerging competition, declining state funding and the impact of the global economic crisis, tertiary entities have turned to entrepreneurial activities to assist in financing higher education. In the same breadth, the University of Technology (UTech) in St Andrew... Read More...
Gov't urged to carry out survey on manpower
University administrators have called on the Government to institute a national manpower survey to determine the training needs of the country."It would be useful to have what we would call a national manpower needs projection but it has to be credible," said Joseph Pereira... Read More...
Lois overcomes in St Bess
St Elizabeth: A bellyache forced Lois Robinson to sit throughout the final few minutes of The Gleaner's Children's Own Spelling Bee competition in St Elizabeth yesterday, but it did not prevent her from taking home the title... Read More...
Jonmore: I feel great, wonderful, elated
There was no shortage of adjectives to go around when Jonmore Hyman became the Manchester parish winner in The Gleaner's Children's Own Spelling Bee competition yesterday. Confident, keen, interested and motivated. Read More...
Rejecting Privy Council should be the people's choice, says British DPP
THE DECISION to retain or reject the United Kingdom (UK) Privy Council as Jamaica's final court of appeal rests with the people, according to the UK's director of public prosecutions, Keir Starmer. "This is entirely a matter for the people of Jamaica. Read More...
'Public-sector workers have to play their part'
Public-sector workers are being warned that if the Government fails to keep its expenditure in check this year, they could be out of a job next year. Finance Minister Audley Shaw yesterday made it clear that public-sector workers... Read More...
Government of Jamaica cuts exam fund allocation
Government has cut its allocation to students for sitting external examinations. Following questions from Opposition Member of Parliament, Maxine Henry-Wilson, Education Minister Andrew Holness said the Government... Read More...
Government pumps $900m more into overseas marketing
The Tourism ministry is to raid the Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF) for approximately $900 million to top up its budget for overseas marketing. This comes on the heels of a government decision earlier this year to pull $1 billion from the TEF... Read More...
New taxes would be a nightmare for tourist industry - Cummings
WESTERN BUREAU: Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett and the Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association (JHTA) are at odds over reports that the Government is considering a US$31 increase in taxes on airline passengers coming into the island... Read More...
Roving with Lalah - feedback
The following are feeback letters to our very popular feature Roving with Lalah. The stories are written by Robert Lalah and appear every Tuesday. Be sure to look out for it next week to see for yourself what all the excitement is about... Read More...
Blogging rights: Don't log on until ...
Sure, the Internet has offered a once-unavailable means through which one can gain unlimited information and resources, communicate on a global level, and even shop and play games without leaving the couch. But this unsupervised social network comes ... Read More...
