Keeping heart - Family sticks to guns despite tightening finances in a global recession
FINANCE MINISTER Audley Shaw's job of crafting and managing a national Budget is difficult. But have you ever stopped to wonder how many ordinary Jamaicans, without technical guidance, consultants and expertise, manage when they are forced to weave fashionable ...
Holy Family gets behind Ashley - Gunshot victim's mother thanks school for support
"This must never, ever happen to another Jamaican child."That was the common plea yesterday morning as parents, teachers, students and other well-wishers gathered at the Holy Family Infant and Primary School on Laws Street in downtown Kingston to bring support...
New parliament building still on
THE TIGHT grip in which Jamaica has found itself will not prevent the Government from going ahead with plans for the construction of a new parliament building. Figures contained in the estimates of expenditure show that $50 million in capital funds have...
Golding urges trade unions to back off - Prime minister says wage demands could force thousands out of work
Thousands of public-sector workers could be added to the unemployment line if the trade unions which represent them say no to the Government's wage freeze. The dire warning was issued yesterday by Prime Minister Bruce Golding as he reacted to reports ...
No bad blood - PM says Cabinet reshuffle accepted by former ministers
Prime Minister Bruce Golding has defended his decision to axe three persons from his Cabinet while rejecting claims that this could lead to bad blood in the ruling Jamaica Labour Party. "Don't inject rancour where it doesn't exist," Golding declared...
'Referendum necessary to change dual-citizenship laws'
A.J. NICHOLSON, opposition spokesman on justice, says any attempt to amend Section 39 of the Constitution which, among other things, deals with the issue of dual citizenship, would require a national referendum because that section is deeply entrenched...
Agriculture to get 'real' increase in Budget slice
The agricultural sector, which the Government has been touting to help drag Jamaica through tough economic times, is one of the few that received a real increase in the estimates that Finance Minister Audley Shaw...
Nothing cross here
The following are feedback letters to our very popular feature Roving with Lalah, which now appears on Tuesdays. Dear Robert, First of all, it is very refreshing to read about the lighter side of life here in Ja.
Tax would eat a chunk out of junk - nutritionist
The Ministry of Health is backing Prime Minister Bruce Golding's consideration of a tax on junk food imported into the country in an effort to reduce the prevalence of high-risk lifestyle illnesses among Jamaicans. According to Sharmaine Edwards, head of the Nutritional...
Thursdaytalk - hottest topics on the cocktail circuit
On the alert! 1. The reshuffle now has the governing side on the alert, looking out for any floor crossers.