Jamaica Gleaner Lead Stories
Published: Monday Sunday | April 26, 2009
WARNING IGNORED! Despite airport-security audit prior to attempted hijacking, Jamaican authorities failed to plug loopholes
THE CRACKS and weaknesses in the security systems at the island's two international airports were identified long before 21-year-old Stephen Fray armed himself with a gun, walked through the critical checkpoints and attempted to hijack a CanJet aircraft at the Sangster International Airport, St James, a week ago. Read More...
Shaw's budget - Mixed blessings
WORKERS WHO earn less than $440,000 each year say the increase in the income-tax threshold will have a negligible effect on their pay package, as a result of the imposition of general consumption tax (GCT) on some food items. Read More...
GCT list off to Cabinet
SENIOR OFFICIALS of the finance ministry spent a big portion of yesterday trying to clear the cobwebs that left the country unsure about the new items which will attract the 16.5 per cent general-consumption tax (GCT), originally slated to take effect tomorrow. Read More...
Attempted hijack, squatting, Shaw's budget - Everything is connected
WE MUST all be thankful that the hijack crisis ended peacefully and without casualties. The Government and the security forces are greatly to be commended. It could easily have gone awfully wrong - with consequences too horrible to contemplate. Yet, key questions remain unanswered - not least of all in the security area. At the same time, the apparent psychological state of the hijacker leads us to reflect on the moral and psychological state of our youth. Read More...
Jamaica Tourist Board to ramp up advertising in wake of attempted hijacking
ALREADY CHALLENGED by a slashed budget, the Ministry of Tourism will have to pump more money into an additional marketing programme geared at combatting any damage which the attempted hijacking of CanJet Flight 918 may have caused. Read More...
'Savings will go back into taxes'
Tax expert Ethlyn Norton-Coke said while the full list of items which are to attract GCT was not yet available, it could be estimated that 50 per cent of the savings from the increase in the income-tax threshold would go back into taxes. Read More...
Real deal for buyers, sellers - Cut in stamp duty, transfer tax to boost real estate sector
THE REDUCTION in stamp duty and transfer tax aimed at stimulating a revival of the real estate and construction sectors will mean savings for both buyers and sellers in the market, says realtor Valerie Levy. Read More...
Jamaicans expect too much from Government, says study
JAMAICANS ARE expecting the Government to provide more than it can, especially at a time when the State can least afford it. This is the view of a team of professionals whose opinions were sought in a recently published study by the Latin American Public Opinion Poll Project. Read More...
Cop among five murdered
At least five persons were shot and killed yesterday, including a police officer. Constable Dwayne Chisholm of the St Thomas Police Division was shot and killed after intervening in an attempted robbery at a party in Albion. Read More...
