Tighter tax net -Service fees to rise, Gov't to sell more assets
AS PROMISED, the Government announced no new taxes yesterday, to finance its Budget, but Dr. Omar Davies, Finance and Planning Minister, said the taxman was going to get more aggressive this year. To finance the $210 billion-Budget...
Mixed reaction to Budget
LEADERS OF some of the island's major business associations yesterday expressed mixed reaction to the 2002/2003 Budget, presented by Dr. Omar Davies, Finance and Planning Minister. Anthony Chang, president of the Jamaica...
Impossible win for JLP
IT WILL be almost impossible for the JLP to win the St. Mary Central seat in the upcoming general election. As a result of an advancement in the Constitution, 45 constituencies were provided for Jamaica in...
Canadian jury convicts couple of murdering Jamaican boy
TORONTO, Canada THE PARENTS of little Randal Dooley, the victim of what a judge described as some of the worst child abuse in Canadian penal history, were convicted yesterday of second-degree...
Executive agencies rake in $1b
THE FOUR executive agencies set up by the Government three years ago have progressively improved services to customers while cumulatively raking in almost a $1 billion in revenues since 1999. Dr. Carlton Davis, Cabinet Secretary and head...
Gunmen rob BNS in St Mary
ORACABESSA, St. Mary: EIGHT GUNMEN posing as customers robbed the Oracabessa branch of the Bank of Nova Scotia yesterday morning of more than...
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