Jamaica Gleaner Lead Stories
Published: Monday Friday | December 18, 2009
Taxed to death - From cradle to grave, Jamaicans hit hard by new tariffs
FINANCE MINISTER Audley Shaw yesterday announced the largest tax package of the calendar year as the Government moved to plug a $17.9-billion hole in the Budget. The package, the third announced by Shaw this fiscal year, is intended to raise $21.8 billion annualised... Read More...
No gov't wage increase until 2012
PUBLIC-SECTOR workers will have to wait until 2012 before they can receive any salary increase.Prime Minister Bruce Golding told Parliament yesterday that the decision to extend the freeze on public-sector wages was a result of the Government's fiscal... Read More...
GCT slapped on raw foods
Persons shopping for ground produce in Coronation Market, or any other market after January 1, 2010, should walk with their calculators because they will have to pay general consumption tax (GCT) on these items. A ministry paper tabled by Finance Minister ... Read More...
Shopping spree a major success
The massive shopping extravaganza, 'Christmas in the City, Downtown Comes Alive', has turned out to be a major success story for Jamaica's main commercial district.
Thousands of people swarmed the streets of the city on Wednesday to take advantage... Read More...
Event inspires other councils
The much-touted 'Christmas in the City, Downtown Comes Alive' in downtown Kingston has inspired at least two other parish councils, whose chairmen have indicated that come next year, they will do the same thing in their respective areas... Read More...
'Tax measures cruel'
THE PARLIAMENTARY Opposition has called on the Government to reverse the tax package announced in Gordon House yesterday, calling the measures "oppressive, cruel and unjust". Opposition Leader Portia Simpson Miller urged the Government... Read More...
No IMF agreement until next year
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has indicated that it is close to finalising a deal with the Jamaican Government for an almost US$1.3-billion standby arrangement (SBA). However, the IMF has noted that the deal will not be inked before next... Read More...
Air Jamaica deal close
GOVERNMENT says it is closing in on a deal with the Trinidad and Tobago-owned Caribbean Airlines for the sale of Air Jamaica. The Jamaican carrier, which has accumulated losses of US$1.2 billion, has been on the selling block since 2007 but Government... Read More...
NEWS BRIEFS
Jury to give verdict today - The jury is expected to hand down its verdict today in the case of the two men who have been on trial since October 5 for the murder of elderly Manchester couple Richard and Julia Lyn.They are 28-year-old farmer and taxi driver... Read More...
