Fuel tax plugs gap - Income threshold up - GCT bitters salt, syrup, soup prices
REVENUE FROM an increase in the tax on petrol is expected to plug a vast section of an $18-billion hole in the national Budget.Finance Minister Audley Shaw said in Parliament yesterday that $13.3 billion is to be collected from the $8.75 tax that has been imposed...
- Economic situation to deteriorate - Shaw
- Going after tax dodgers - Gov't to target professionals and self-employed persons not paying up
- Poor-tia's lament - Says Budget ignores poverty
Shaw brings down the House
If Finance Minister Audley Shaw's presentation was like a performance during a concert, he got two thumbs up from visitors in the gallery. Shaw took centre stage yesterday as he presented his second Budget and, from the beginning, he seemed to have found favour with them....
- Finance minister committed to widening social safety net
- Gasolene retailers change views on petrol tax plans
- Energy-saving tips
New multimillion Petrojam contract goes to CGM - AGI 'fronting' for overseas firm - Insurance deals top $860m
Petrojam Jamaica Limited is taking steps to award another multimillion-dollar insurance contract to cover assets of the refinery in Kingston and Montego Bay. CGM Gallagher Insurance Brokers Jamaica Limited and Petrojam have agreed to a US$5.18-million deal...
- Limited silver linings in this year's Budget
- Fairview complex sold
- RBTT Jamaica to enter residential mortgage market - RBC merger to make headway June, finalise 2010
Confident Jamaica open against Dominica
A confident Jamaican team will begin their defence of the Jean Pierre Caribbean Under-16 Netball Championships today, when they oppose Dominica in the opening match at the Leila Robinson Courts, starting at 6 p.m. In the day's other games, Cayman Islands face Guyana at 6:15 p.m...
- Golden day for Jamaica
- FTC probes UTech Classic
- Wadadah draw first blood against Seba in Western Super League
EDITORIAL - After Port-of-Spain, time for concrete action
After eight years of the presidency of George W. Bush when America focused primarily on its so-called war on terror, Caribbean countries, understandably, see in Barack Obama the proverbial breath of fresh air. At least Mr Obama has been saying the right things...
LETTER OF THE DAY - Unevenness in handling controversial cases
The Editor, Sir: "A revolution is coming - a revolution which will be peaceful if we are wise enough; compassionate, if we care enough; successful, if we are fortunate enough - but a revolution is coming whether we will it or not...
Huge 'Rasta Got Soul' launch at UWI
The large audience, including numerous students, which turned up at the Undercroft, University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona, on Wednesday evening came for the launch of Buju Banton's latest album, Rasta Got Soul. They got that and much, much, much more, as Buju...
Sandra Kennedy hits Japanese market
Jamaican designer Sandra Kennedy has broken into the Japanese market. Kennedy, whose West Indian Sea Island cotton (WISIC), resort line was recently shown in Brussels as part of the Jamaica Fashion Collections presented there, has been asked by Jean Paul Knott...
- Celebrating excellence at Hi-Lo
- One last hurrah for the party-hearty!
- St Mary High celebrates 50 years
Americans high on Obama, direction of US - poll
WASHINGTON (AP): For the first time in years, more Americans than not say the country is headed in the right direction, a sign that Barack Obama has used the first 100 days of his presidency to lift the public's mood and inspire hopes for a brighter...