Jamaica Gleaner News
Published: Monday Saturday | December 19, 2009
Seasonal traffic changes for St Ann
As the Christmas season approaches, it is expected that in the major towns across St Ann there will be a significant increase in the levels of both pedestrian and vehicular traffic. Given this, the St Ann Parish Council in conjunction with the police will implement special measures to ensure the smooth flow of traffic... Read More...
'Harsh, cruel, stupid' taxes
BRUCE GOLDING'S former party, the National Democratic Movement (NDM), has urged him to lead a throw-in of the towel if the ruling party cannot find better alternatives to fund its $21.8-billion tax package which was announced Thursday. Read More...
Taxi operators incensed by gas price increase - 'This one will not go down without a fight'
The Government is coming in for more flack over the almost $22 billion tax package announced on Thursday. This time it is the Jamaica Association of Transport Owners and Operators (JATOO) which is warning of protest action against the tax package which includes a hike in the price that motorists will pay at the gas pumps. Read More...
Barrel pile-up threatens Christmas
A pile-up of containers on the wharf is threatening to ruin the Christmas holidays for thousands of Jamaicans. Reports reaching The Gleaner are that, up to the start of this week, at least 50 containers were on the wharf to be unloaded. Read More...
Court returns Paul Lewis' passport
The Reverend Dr Paul Lewis, the internationally renowned minister of religion who was arrested on allegations of sexually assaulting two teenage girls, had his travel documents returned to him yesterday in the Savanna-la-Mar Resident Magistrate's Court. Read More...
