LIME Slams Former Jamaican PM Holness

sperrier92@yahoo.com — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 23:00:00 +0100

As the war of words between telecoms LIME and Digicel continues, Digicel has slammed former Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness for allowing Digicel to have portability of numbers of customers of a recent acquisition without promised legislation.

The two-year-old Jamaican investment company Proven Wealth Limited

has lost two of its lead principals to national service.

Following their appointments to the new Jamaican cabinet, Peter Bunting and Mark Golding have resigned as Chairman and Director respectively from the board of Proven Wealth Limited Investment.

Jamaica’s fiscal deficit grows by 12%

sperrier92@yahoo.com — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 23:00:00 +0100

Despite some containment in government spending, during the eight-month period ended November 2011, Jamaica's fiscal deficit was twelve percent above budget.

Spending out-stripped inflows by nearly fifty-one billion dollars, mainly due to revenues and grants falling four percent below budget, with tax revenue being over-estimated to t [...]

Jamaican economy grows by 0.3% Q3

sperrier92@yahoo.com — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 23:00:00 +0100

Latest figures from Jamaica's Statistical Institute, STATIN, indicate that the Jamaican economy grew by 0.6 percent for the third quarter ending September 2011 when compared to the corresponding quarter in 2010.

STATIN attributes the growth primarily to the GOODS-Producing sector which grew by 2.4 percent. [...]

Blog: Is Your Mobile Phone Secure?

kamal.morrison@hotmail.com — Sat, 16 Jul 2011 23:00:00 +0100

How private is my mobile phone?

Not very, if I do not take certain basic precautions!

The mobile phone hacking scandal rocking media mogul Rupert Murdoch’s empire has aroused my curiosity and so I began to do some research on how this is possible and the implications for ordinary mobile phone users like me.

[...]

Blog: Tax Amnesty For PAYE Workers

kamal.morrison@hotmail.com — Sun, 15 May 2011 23:00:00 +0100

If Jamaica’s tax authorities wish to succeed with voluntary compliance, it’s my view that they should consider giving an amnesty to those on the PAYE (Pay As Your Earn) system who had additional income over the years and weren’t declaring such income.

It makes common sense!

Under Jamaica’s Income Tax Act such income should have been declared.

Here’s Commissioner-General tax Administration Jamaica, Virale [...]

Banks: Step Up To The Plate!

kamal.morrison@hotmail.com — Sun, 13 Feb 2011 23:00:00 +0100

The commercial banks operating in Jamaica should examine the possibility of collaborating on the establishment of a concessionary loan fund for tertiary-level students.

COK Sodality has set the trend with its recently announced $100 million, ten percent loan. However before we get all mushy let's do a reality check! COK Sodality was cautious to announce serious conditions attached to the [...]

A Ray Of Hope For OLINT And Cash Plus Investors?

kamal.morrison@hotmail.com — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 00:00:00 +0100

Investors in failed informal investment schemes OLINT and Cash Plus may have another option to attempt to get back their money judging from a high-profile case that’s developing in the United States against one of Bernie Madoff’s big investors who got out huge profits just before the Ponzi scheme collapsed.

The Trustee Irving Picard filed a sealed compla [...]

Solutions Needed, Not Only Criticisms!

kamal.morrison@hotmail.com — Sun, 23 Jan 2011 23:00:00 +0100

When I read the newspapers and watch the television newscasts, I see endless complaints and in our democracy I have no problem with that.

However what I seldom see are people and/or organizations making tangible suggestions for solutions!

Recently we read a report about groups of young people calling for the head of a senior cabinet minister purportedly because of lack of perfor [...]

Dare to Dream: 10 Lessons I've Learnt As An Entrepreneur

kamal.morrison@hotmail.com — Sun, 16 Jan 2011 23:00:00 +0100

As an entrepreneurial journalist, I have had to navigate the treacherous waters of avarice; negative people and their bad karma; the character assassins; ill will; and idea thieves.

Life’s like that and I thrive on challenges!

However, I hav [...]

Blog Post: Wikileaks And Strange Bedfellows

kamal.morrison@hotmail.com — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 01:00:00 +0100

Though the United States and Cuba have no formal high-level diplomatic ties, the Wikileaks cables indicate a surprising level of co-operation between the two cold war enemies in the fight against the regional narcotics trade.

The end apparently justifies the means!

A Miami herald news report highlights close collaboration between a Coast Gu [...]

Blog Post: Don’t Bow to the Drink Companies!

kamal.morrison@hotmail.com — Fri, 10 Dec 2010 01:00:00 +0100

The Finance Minister should not be swayed or bullied by any business interests once the government is applying the taxation on tonic wines and beers fairly after dialogue with stakeholders and in accordance with international benchmarks.

Those should be his only guidelines.

To be swayed one way or another would be a sign of weakness and an [...]

Journalistic Irony!

kamal.morrison@hotmail.com — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 01:00:00 +0100

It’s ironic that journalists who always complain about the pay levels in the profession were largely absent from a forum in Kingston put on by the Press Association of Jamaica on November 30, 2010. That forum was entitled “Media and money.”

The panelists were: TVJ’s General Manager Kay Os [...]

Business under siege!

japcstock@gmail.com — Wed, 26 May 2010 13:05:09 +0100

Downtown Kingston

Legitimate business activity is threatened
by the tension which now exists in the Corporate Area (Kingston and St.
Andrew), as well as other
high-density crime areas such as Spanish
Town and sections
of Montego Bay. Normality is needed
quickly!

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All hands on deck

haltheal@gmail.com — Tue, 25 May 2010 00:00:00 +0100

The crisis in sections of Jamaica at this time is but a symptom of one of the main sources of crime in this country – narco-trafficking. We need all hands on deck to tackle this problem in an intelligence-driven way a [...]

Stop being sentimental on Air Ja!

robicon13@yahoo.com — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0100

Air Jamaica has accumulated losses of U.S one billion dollars and debt of five hundred million dollars.

Can we afford the airline in its present format?

Like most Jamaicans I feel sentimental about what's loosely called our national airline. However, unlike most Jamaicans, I operate on a budget and hate deficit financing so I endeavour to live within my means.

I make this analogy to emphasize the point that we cannot afford Air Jamaica and wou [...]

Price-gouging at Faith's Pen

japcstock@gmail.com — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Faith's Pen may be one of Jamaica's best known roadside dining venues and the vendors are courteous but highly competitive. However some price-gouging vendors are threatening its existence.

On Sunday July 19, 2009, on my way from St. Mary to Kingston, my wife and I stopped to get a tasty Jamaican dish. One vendor had the pick-up salt fish and roast yam she wanted. I got some jerk pork.

I do not normally buy roadside-manufactured fruit drinks. However a young ven [...]

A new approach to politics in Jamaica?

robicon13@yahoo.com — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 22:00:00 +0100

I felt happy this week despite the pervasive crime and other social ills afflicting our island.

What made me happy?

The tone of the budget presentations by both Finance Minister Audley Shaw On April 23, 2009 and Opposition Spokesman for Finance Dr. Omar Davis on April 28 reflected the kind of maturity I have always yearned for in our politics.

Both came to the table with possible solutions to Jamaica's economic woes.

Shaw's present [...]

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