Budget shocker - Gov't plans to spend $6b more than initially projected
The Government has tacked on just over $6 billion to its spending plans for the fiscal year despite repeated pronouncements from Prime Minister Bruce Golding that a major shortfall in revenue would lead to a sharp cut in the Budget...
Money worries - Analysts wonder how Government will finance increased Budget
Several questions are now being asked about how the Government will finance the $561-billion revised Budget tabled in Parliament yesterday.Finance Minister Audley Shaw had previously announced an $18-billion tax package ...
Supplementary Estimates 2009-2010: Mixed bag for police - Soldiers to get a portion of outstanding salaries
The Government has allocated a further $500 million to the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) for the Anti-Corruption Branch. The majority of the money is to pay staff in the branch which is led by Assistant Commissioner Les Green as the Government increases its efforts ...
What the analysts say…
We need to know state of economy - Edward Chin-Mook Former president, Small Business Association of JamaicaI must say that this is the first time that I have actually sat and reviewed the dilemma which confronts our current leaders. The people of Jamaica...
PCJ searches for evidence - Company does forensic audit in the midst of controversial $2-million payment
MORE DETAILS have emerged concerning the controversial $2 million paid by the Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica (PCJ) in 2006 to a security firm for services at a community centre in Santa Cruz, St Elizabeth. A PCJ document responding to a query by Auditor General...
Scott's Hall aims for perfection
Scott's Hall Primary School, located in deep rural South East St Mary, recorded an impressive 93 per cent success rate from among 60 students who took this year's Grade Four Literacy Test, administered by the Ministry of Education...
Nurses get angry over reclassification delays
Prime Minister Bruce Golding and Health Minister Ruddy Spencer were yesterday firmly rebuffed by protesting nurses in a dramatic spectacle, metres from the nation's Parliament building. President of the Nurses Association of Jamaica ...
Corruption alert - Shaw urges private sector to join fight against a clear and present danger
Finance Minister Audley Shaw has warned that corruption has so pervaded the Jamaican economy it could stifle efforts to tackle the current economic crisis. "Corruption in Jamaica is so bad it is indescribable. It permeates virtually every area of government," Shaw bemoaned...
PSOJ members asked to support 'Berlin Salute'
The Government is tapping the local private sector for $20 million to finance the planned homecoming celebration for Jamaica's athletes who performed outstandingly at the World Championships in Athletics in Berlin, Germany...
NEWS BRIEFS
Weekend toll discount - TransJamaican Highway, the operator of the toll network, has agreed to discount the applicable rates for the coming weekend.The discounts will see the rates essentially returning to the levels they were prior to the recent...