Tax axe falls on churches
CHURCHES ACROSS the island will now be required to pay General Consumption Tax (GCT) on all goods and services purchased for which the tax is applicable.
Murder rampage
12 slain in weekend attacks
AT LEAST 12 persons were gunned down and seven others shot and injured in separate incidents in the Corporate Area, St. Catherine and Clarendon between Friday afternoon and yesterday morning.
Security costs bleed firms
LOCAL COMPANIES are forking out between $200,000 and $2.2 million a month to secure their plants and products from drug contamination and theft.
Going, going, gone...
Exodus of companies cripples island's production
DESPITE THE injection of some $150 million in Govern-ment grants to aid the local manufacturing sector since 1997, close to 30 companies have since shut down or scaled down operations.
Communities march for peace
TRADITIONAL GANG rivals and competing community leaders from Tel-Aviv and Southside in Central Kingston, shook hands and embraced each other in a peace march through the community yesterday as they made a public commitment to end long-standing disputes.
Cruise ship visitors set to break one million mark
THE CRUISE shipping industry is set to create history when it welcomes its one millionth visitor to the island in November.
PNP conference powers off this week
THE 65TH annual conference of the People's National Party (PNP) kicks off this week with keen attention focused on the vice-presidential race.
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