Plugging the hole - $6b gap in Budget to be filled with more borrowing
The Government yesterday signalled that it would be going to the market to plug the $6-billion gap in the Budget."There is going to have be some increase in borrowing," Finance Minister Audley Shaw told journalists at yesterday's post-Cabinet press briefing....
- Gov't talks with US over 'Dudus' issue
- Nurses absent from work
- Small, rural school makes big strides - Teacher uses technology to improve reading at Pell River Primary
Government improving post-mortem
Government is making good progress in its investigation into complaints of illicit activities involving some funeral homes and some government workers, says Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of National Security, Major Richard Reese...
- Jury system under review
- Heart Foundation urges companies to focus on workplace wellness
- Contractor general wants new procurement rules
Bolt's management says no way to lucrative Chinese offer
THE LOCAL management team of World and Olympic 100- and 200-metre champion, Usain Bolt, has dissociated itself from reports linking the star athlete with a lucrative new deal in China. The deal, according to reports from Anza Marketing Group Inc ...
Miller stands tall... but depleted West Indies lose despite fighting display
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (CMC): Career-best bowling from Gavin Tonge helped the depleted West Indies side pose a stiff challenge, before Pakistan held their nerve to outclass them by five wickets in the ICC Champions Trophy yesterday....
EDITORIAL - Revise the revised Budget
Given the pre-event rhetoric, many people would have been surprised by the revised Budget that Finance Minister Audley Shaw presented to Parliament on Tuesday. We had been led to believe, although it was never explicitly stated, that there would be big cuts in expenditure...
LETTER OF THE DAY - Enforce population control of our dogs
The Editor, Sir: After reading the Jamaica Kennel Club's (JKC) article in The Gleaner of September 21, I feel compelled to make a few comments. While I understand that breeders are in the business to make money, and everyone has to make a living...
Enticing battle looms in Heineken Green Synergy finals - DJs Jagga, Chungy eye regional competition
Maybe where they're from has something to do with it, but DJ Jagga and DJ Chungy have both managed to overcome the heat of intense musical battles to make it to the final of the Heineken Green Synergy competition...
- 'Deejays and gay groups need to call a truce' - McKenzie
- Something extra
- Digital artists receive awards
Hooray for breadfruit!
Rotund and substantial, the breadfruit, with either its 'yellow heart' or 'white heart', fills the bellies and memories of many Jamaicans.Not one can mistake the distinct smell of breadfruit roasting over an open flame.