Cash Plus broke - Receiver says investment club has no money to pay out
There are more worrying signs for hundreds of investors in the informal investment scheme, Cash Plus Limited. The court-appointed co-interim receiver manager, Kevin Bandoian, has disclosed that Cash Plus has no money to begin repayments on April 14 as scheduled, and there is no indication...
Analysts predict Shaw Budget
Minister of Finance and the Public Service Audley Shaw will today outline just how he will fund the $489.5 billion net Budget. In the meantime, at least two financial analysts say Shaw should be able to find the money to finance the Budget without asking Jamaicans to pay more taxes....
Give principals more power, says Thompson
DR RALPH Thompson, pioneer education activist, wants principals to be given increased powers, comparable to chief executive officers in the private sector, to fire teachers who are not "pulling their weight". In the context of the challenges facing the education sector...
'Free but not available'
Dr Fenton Ferguson, Opposition spokesperson on health, yesterday said he was concerned that patients are not able to get some drugs in hospitals and are forced to turn to private pharmacies.On April 1, user fees were abolished in public facilities across the island, except...
Will Shaw deliver? A solution to price hike
IN TAXIS, on the buses, in the streets, everywhere, the cry is the same: Food prices are too high and the dollar cannot stretch.It is a cry with which Audley Shaw is familiar. When the Jamaica Labour Party was in opposition, he would passionately take this cry to the hallowed chamber...
'A clear alternative'
For many analysts, Audley Shaw's maiden Budget presentation as finance minister will be measured against what he told the country while he sat on the Opposition benches. In his contribution to last year's Budget debate, Shaw outlined what he dubbed 'A clear alternative'...
School officials cite keys to success
St Andrew High, one of the schools which rank high in the quality score for both mathematics and English language, says its achievements are not just based on the quality of students entering at grade seven.Sharon Reid, the school's principal, said she...
Lyn-Sue on bail
Detective Constable Carey Lyn-Sue, who confessed to fabricating a statement against a murder accused, was granted bail when he appeared before the Montego Bay Resident Magistrate's Court yesterday.Constable Lyn-Sue, who was not asked to plead, was offered bail...
Thursday talk - Hottest Topics on the Cocktail Circuit
No one is laughing 1. Imagine having to suffer the very public spectacle of your daughter being very pregnant and unmarried, and visibly so. Then, as if to add insult to injury, the parents were hearing whispers that their very pregnant daughter ran off...
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