'Current GCT system anti-poor'

Amid public criticism that several aspects of its tax-reform proposal were anti-poor, the Private Sector Working Group (PSWG) has hit back saying that label would be best applied to the current system of general consumption tax (GCT) exemptions....

Government should lead fight against T&T trade advantages

The Private Sector Working Group (PSWG) says Jamaican manufacturers must be part of the fight to address some of the perceived advantages enjoyed by their counterparts in Trinidad and Tobago (T&T)...

Unlocking a mystery: Hundreds of missing children unaccounted for

We see the pictures every night on the news. Young, vulnerable children. Vanished. Behind each picture lies a story, a story of a family struggling to put pieces of a puzzle together, searching for clues to lead them to their loved ones. It's a parent's worst nightmare...

I have my life back, says mom as missing 5-y-o returns home

Ocho Rios, St Ann:Joy replaced grief Tuesday night as five-year-old Mikalia Manasseh returned home safely to her Warick Mount home in Green Pond, Ocho Rios, after going missing almost 48 hours earlier."Well, words can't...

Jamaica's fear of change hampering tax reform, says Matalon

A lack of trust has hindered the message of the Private Sector Working Group (PSWG).So says chairman of the group, Joseph M. Matalon who, along with other PSWG members, took part in a Gleaner Editors' Forum held yesterday at the newspaper's North Street, central Kingston...

We are not going away - PSWG

The members of the Private Sector Working Group (PSWG) say despite a rejection of sections of its Tax Reform Green Paper, they do not consider it a failure because for the first time there is an active, stimulated discussion on the matter....

Human rights for all

Throughout history, all societies and cultures, at one time or another, assessed members of certain groups as being 'lesser' or even less than human. Race, religion, gender, ethnicity, and many other factors - including sexual orientation - formed the bases for these attitudes....

Negril developments lead to crab invasion

WESTERN BUREAU: A crab invasion in St Mary, Hanover and Negril is being blamed on structural development along the country's coastline. Since May 5, millions of spider-looking baby crabs have been invading the seven-mile Negril beach...

High-tech gun war

WESTERN BUREAU: The war on guns is going high tech as Columbus Business Solutions (CBS), in collaboration with the Jamaica Constabulary Force and the Ministry of National Security, fights to find funding for a technology capable of preventing gun crimes....

I'd carry 'Dudus' again - Miller

DESPITE facing the perils of prison if convicted for harbouring a fugitive and attempting to pervert the course of justice, the Reverend Al Miller says he would transport Christopher 'Dudus' Coke if he were confronted...

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