KSAC to crackdown on animals within city limits
KINGSTON'S MAYOR, Marie Atkins, warned yesterday the Kingston and St. Andrew Corporation (KSAC) would begin enforcing regulations restricting and prohibiting the rearing of animals within town limits. "When you drive out on the streets, you don't meet..

Mayors' salaries under scrutiny
WESTERN BUREAU: THE MINISTRY of Finance and Planning has started an investigation into the reported salary disparity between the Mayor of Kingston, Marie Atkins, and her rural counterparts.

Political system's future hinges on voter ID success
THE DATE for an indicative referendum to affirm or change the type of political system in Jamaica now appears to hinge on whether there is success in a demonstration planned for next month to cross-match fingerprints and provide ballots which identify...

Residents rap gov't over Crowne Plaza
THE KINGSTON and St. Andrew Corporation (KSAC) and the Town Planning Department have denied claims by residents of upper Constant Spring, St. Andrew, that the Government has started the process to grant change of use status for the Crowne Plaza Hotel,...

$19.8b in taxes collected for first quarter
THE ISLAND'S revenue departments have pulled in just under $19.8 billion in taxes for the first quarter of the 2000/01 fiscal year. This represents $544.8 million or 2.7 per cent less than the $20.3 billion projected in the budget for the period April..