Swine Flu Now Near Pandemic
The World Health Organization (WHO) has upgraded the swine influenza outbreak to near pandemic status. “Based on assessment of all available information, and following several Continue...
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A Tax on Books is Outright Madness
Posted by Guest Writer | Apr 29, 2009 |
The new gas tax added in the latest Jamaican national budget is bad but when you tax reading material including text books this has to Continue...
Read MoreCondoms and Hair Conditioner – Beauty and Barber Shops for Safe Sex
Posted by Andrea Downer | Apr 29, 2009 | Health |
You may have seen the movie The Barber Shop, or, maybe you haven’t! But there are very few Caribbean nationals who, upon hearing the words Continue...
Read MoreNo! to the “Literacy Tax”
Posted by Abeng News | Apr 29, 2009 |
The application of Jamaica’s General Consumption tax (GCT) to previously exempt books is causing ire among some who see the move as an attack on Continue...
Read MoreThe Value of Sacrifice
Posted by Vinton Grant | Apr 29, 2009 | Editorial |
The economic policies of Jamaica have consistently undermined the ability of the working people. It has relegated the majority of the public to a life Continue...
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