Tax backtrack - Gov't scraps cess on books, salt, other goodies - But drinkers, smokers to feel the squeeze
FINANCE MINISTER Audley Shaw has recanted from his position of charging general consumption tax (GCT) on books and all printed materials, excluding newspapers. Minister Shaw has also announced a lifting of the proposed tax on salt, rolled oats...

PM awakens bedmakers' dreams
Marvin, Sherman, Bredda and the other bedmakers along Luke Lane were beside themselves with happiness yesterday as they tried to absorb Prime Minister Bruce Golding's announcement that it will soon be easier for operators of small businesses to access financing...

Teachers fly high
Representatives from the island's national carrier, Air Jamaica, gave teachers at Windward Road Primary and Junior High School a well-deserved break from teaching yesterday, as they took over the classrooms. As a special Teachers' Day gift, the flight attendants...

JB gives positive energy to tutors
Although it was in celebration of Teachers' Day, it was the voices of two basic school students that stood out at a function put on for 146 of the nation's educators.The audience that gathered at the Caymanas Golf and Country Club was quite enthused ...

Holness was late for class
TO MARK the celebration of Teachers' Day for the 2009 school term, he was to be the man behind the desk at the Drews Avenue Primary School.But Minister of Education Andrew Holness turned up late for class.