THE POLITICAL debate between Central Manchester candidates Peter Bunting of the People's National Party (PNP) and Danville Walker of the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP), staged by Northern Caribbean University's media group on Wednesday, got high marks in terms of its quality from residence of the constituency.
Political analyst Kevin O'Brien Chang said, "It was a very high-level debate. It...
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PNP prods Government to follow up on tax rollback
THE Opposition People's National Party (PNP) yesterday said it would proceed with islandwide protests if the demand for a cap on the ad valorem tax on fuel and the removal of the General Consumption Tax (GCT) on electricity bills are not effectively addressed in the upcoming budget.
The PNP has maintained that its cancellation of...
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The Opposition People’s National Party is stepping up its demand on the Government to immediately cap the ad valorem tax on petroleum products and to remove the General Consumption Tax (GCT) on electricity bills. The Opposition has warned that it will be forced to take appropriate protest action during the coming week, if the Government fails by Monday to heed the calls which the Opposition and several other...
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Thyra Hudson was so pleased with last Friday's farmers' market in Mandeville, she visited twice. "This is my second trip," a laughing Hudson confessed as weighed down with bags of yam and assorted vegetables she stopped to talk with the Observer in the early afternoon.
"I came early and bought for myself and then I called my sister in Kingston to ask if she needed anything, and here I am, I had to come...
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She resides at Lyn's Funeral Home in Mandeville, Jamaica. She has no pulse, no breath, and no thoughts, yet she educates the public about the craft of embalming a human body.
Calvin Lyn tells the story of a woman who was left behind for over a decade, but given an educational purpose.
Watch video at the Gleaner here:
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