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Private Sector willing to help

private_sector_willing_to_help_tn.jpg Prime Minister Bruce Golding has emphasized that if Jamaica is to extricate itself from the impact of the global recession interest rates have to be lowered but not by fiat.

 
Digicel 'breaking ground'

digicel_breaking_ground_tn.jpg In 2009 when telecoms Digicel  announced plans to build its headquarters in downtown Kingston, which has been deserted by many business interests, it received acknowledgement and support from the Jamaican government which had announced ambitious plans for the rehabilitation of downtown Kingston.

 

Digicel’s CEO Mark Linehan says the company hopes to break ground for its headquarters in the first quarter of 2010.

 
Benefits of lower interest rates

benefits_of_lower_interest_rates_tn.jpg Given the recent strong signals from the Government as it regards lower interest rates, I asked President of the PSOJ, Joseph Matalon what a concerted voluntary reduction in interest rates by the financial sector would mean for the business sector and indeed the average Jamaican.

 
$U.S 244m in new taxes
_us_244m_in_new_taxes_tn.jpg As Jamaica reels under the impact of a global recession, a ballooning fiscal deficit and a gap in the current budget, Finance Minister, Audley Shaw on Thursday December 17, 2009 announced five new revenue enhancement measures, aimed at yielding twenty-two billion Jamaican dollars or about two hundred and forty-four million U.S. dollars.

 
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