- KSAC to begin delayed review of applications for Property Tax relief 7:50 PM
- Transport operators threaten withdrawal of service 6:04 PM
- Opposition presents nine-point 'prescription for growth' 5:15 PM
- Penn Relays programme-cover celebrates 50 years of Jamaican high schools competing 4:51 PM
- Forex: J$109.94 to one US dollar 4:46 PM
- Toyota sets 10 million-vehicle sales record 4:28 PM
- Increased tax on rum will affect tourism sector — Shaw 3:54 PM
- Film on Bob’s rise to fame in the works 3:21 PM
- Access case adjourned until next Wednesday 3:01 PM
- UPDATE: Body of drowned teen recovered 2:49 PM
- Gas price down 25 cents, diesel up 43 cents 2:45 PM
- Caribbean conch, lobster trade under threat, officials say 2:30 PM
- Guyanese journalist granted bail on theft charges 1:51 PM
- Wear black on Friday in protest against withdrawal tax, civic group urges 12:29 PM
- No joke! Sammy Question converts to Christianity 12:03 PM
- St James woman missing 11:55 AM
- St Kitts attorney calls for reform in island’s justice system 11:02 AM
- US congressman to re-introduce legislation to study reparations 10:12 AM
- Phillips misled House, Shaw says 9:52 AM
- T&T govt concerned over child beating on social network, mother stands by her decision 8:28 AM
- Shaw calls for higher NHT loan ceilings 8:11 AM
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Phillips misled House, Shaw says
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Opposition Spokesman on Finance and Planning, Audley Shaw, has accused the government of misleading the country in terms of the debt to GDP (Gross Domestic Product) ratio. According to Shaw, Minister of Finance and Planning, Dr Peter Phillips, informed the country last Thu ... Read More
New AC system to save Spanish Town Hospital $1.6m annually
THE Spanish Town Hospital in St Catherine is expected to save more than $1.6 million per annum in en ... Read More
Cut the Fat
OPPOSITION Spokesman on Finance and Planning Audley Shaw yesterday urged the Government to “cu ... Read More
Social Security help
Q: My purse was recently stolen, along with my wallet which had my United States Social Security Car ... Read More
Teachers oppose bank withdrawal tax
ROSE HALL, St James — President of the Jamaica Teachers' Association (JTA) Dr Mark Nicely is calling on the Government to immediately withdraw the proposed tax on bank withdrawals. "On behalf of the vast majority of Jamaicans, which include the 25,000 members of this association (JTA), I hereby request that the proposed tax be withdrawn immediately," stated a strident Dr Nicely. He made the strong objection to the proposal — announced by Finance Minister Dr Peter Phillips l ... Read More
Teen drowns while trying to save child
GLORIA Terrelonge could not conceal her grief yesterday as divers searched the Hellshire Beach in St Catherine for the body of her 19- year-old son, Raheem Terrelonge, who reportedly drowned while attempting to save a child who had got into difficulties at the crowded beach Easter Monday. “It has been more than 24 hours and I am yet to find the body,” said the obviously distraught mother yesterday, as she awaited word from the police. "I don't know what to say; the police came and ... Read More
'The PNP soon start taxing us just to breathe...'
Professor This beloved piece of rock is moving in retrograde motion. It is hard to ask the question "what is the doctor thinking?" because this is not thinking at all... I think we are at the point where Albert Einstein says, "thinking that has brought me this far, has created problems it cannot solve". Way to go Doc! Dane Truth! As if the bank fees themselves weren't bad enough. If you don't mind Clovis, I want to pin up these cartoons up on the door of Gordon House. woodpecker An unconsci ... Read More
'Two-foot puss' beware!
MINISTER of Agriculture and Fisheries Roger Clarke has warned praedial thieves that new and stronger anti-praedial larceny measures will be revealed when he makes his presentation in the Budget Debate today. Addressing the opening ceremony at the Montpelier Agricultural and Industrial Show in St James on Monday, the minister said the weight of the police and technology will be combined to impact the operations of praedial larcenists who are retarding growth in the agricul-tural sector. "In my ... Read More
Of marriages, common-law relationships and engagement
Dear Mr Brown: I am engaged to my fiancé who lives in Canada. He filed for me to join him in Canada and I was turned down for not being a member of the family class. We have been engaged for over a year. I do not understand the decision. Please assist us. -- PM Dear PM: Without additional details, it is difficult to assess the entire case. However, based on the language you used to describe your situation, I suspect that at least one of the reasons is that as a fiancé, you have ... Read More
Shaw: No broken relationship between JLP, IMF
OPPOSITION spokesman on finance and planning, Audley Shaw insisted yesterday that there was no broken relationship between the former Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) Administration, of which he was a part, and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) following the failure of their standby agreement. "Let it be clear, we had no broken relationships with the multilaterals. That is why, in November 2011, Jamaica borrowed US$330 million from the IDB and the World Bank with the blessings of t ... Read More
Shaw: Proposed ABM tax will discourage formal savings
OPPOSITION Spokesman on Finance and Planning Audley Shaw yesterday urged the Government to “cut fat” from the bureaucracy and withdraw its proposed financial transaction tax. “I call on you, minister, to find $2.25 billion in fat and inefficiency in the bloated bureaucracy and leave people’s hard-earned money alone,” Shaw told Minister of Finance and Planning, Dr Peter Phillips during his contribution to the 2014/15 Budget Debate in the House of Representativ ... Read More
Transport Authority steps up operations islandwide
THE Transport Authority has intensified its road operations islandwide to remove illegal public transportation operators. According to the authority, since the expiring of a majority of public passenger vehicles road licences on March 31, there have been 1,146 prosecutions for various offences and 179 seizures, some for operating without road licences and others for operating contrary to the terms and conditions of their licences. The authority said it would be adopting a zero-tolerance approa ... Read More
Phillips to chair House committee on Banking Services Act
FINANCE Minister Dr Peter Phillips is to chair a joint select committee of the Houses of Parliament which is to study the omnibus legislation, the Banking Services Act, which will affect the regulation of the country's financial institutions, including the Bank of Jamaica. The House of Representatives last Thursday named its members of the committee -- Dr Phillips, Peter Bunting, Julian Robinson, Fitz Jackson, Mikael Phillips and Andre Hylton as Government members; and Audley Shaw, Karl Samuda ... Read More
Phillips says ABM tax will not burden the most vulnerable
Addressing journalists at a post-Budget media briefing at Jamaica House yesterday, Dr Phillips said several other options that were proposed by Ministry technocrats were not deemed suitable, under Jamaica's prevailing economic state. They include an increase in the rate of personal income tax and General Consumption Tax (GCT); re-introducing GCT on electricity; imposing a special consumption tax on sweetened drinks; expanding the list of items subject to GCT; and increasing the tax take from pe ... Read More
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