'Little effect on living standard' - Low income earners react to minimum wage increase
Though many Jamaicans have responded favourably to the recent increase in the national minimum wage, most are adamant that this will have little or no effect on low-income earners. Come Monday, January 28, the weekly rate increases from $3,200 to $3,700, reflecting...
Security guards wanted more
WESTERN BUREAU: In light of the Government's increase in the minimum wage rates, some persons believe there needs to be dialogue between both sides of the Parliament to arrive at a figure that will satisfy all involved. The increase, which will take effect on January 28...
No plans now to cut public sector - Golding
Prime Minister Bruce Golding on Wednesday sought to assure the public that there were no immediate plans to cut the size of the public sector, but that the civil service wage bill had to be contained in order to attain some of the country's fiscal targets. ...
University of Technology (UTech) celebrates 50 years
The University of Technology (UTech), formerly the College of Arts Science and Technology (CAST), will this year celebrate its 50th anniversary with several activities.UTech, which was granted university status in 1995, started out as the Jamaica Institute of Technology in 1958...
Government wants early contract plans
Government ministries and agencies are for the first time being asked to submit their contract procurement plans to the Finance Ministry, along with other priorities, in preparation for the drafting of the national budget. Traditionally, each portfolio ministry...
Trade unions lobby for 'living wage'
The Jamaica Confederation of Trade Unions (JCTU) said Wednesday that it was dissatisfied with the Government's approach to dealing with the National Minimum Wage. In a release, the union claimed its adjustment was too ad hoc and failed to grasp the wider social and economic...
Cop robbery trial continues March 17
The trial of 37-year-old police constable Horace Roberts and the two civilians who are charged in connection with the series of robberies involving returned residents is to continue on March 17. The civilians are 30-year-old carpenter Robert Hurl ...
Criminals hide out in rural areas
Monday's capture of alleged Stone Crusher gang boss, Eldon Calvert, in Wood Grove, near Wait-A-Bit, Trelawny, has again highlighted a developing trend among feared and hardened criminals who seek refuge and reside in quiet, unsuspecting rural communities....
Global warming ruining Caribbean reefs
SWITZERLAND (CMC): The Switzerland-based World Conservation Union (IUCN) says warmer seas and a record hurricane season in 2005 have devastated more than half of the coral reefs in the Caribbean. In a report released Wednesday, the IUCN warned that this severe damage to reefs ...
No development funds for parliamentarians
Parliamentarians will not get the proposed 2.5 per cent of the budget for develop-ment programmes in their constituencies this year.Prime Minister Bruce Golding, who had pledged to set aside 2.5 per cent of the budget for Members of Parliament to carry...
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