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Government has cut its allocation to students for sitting external examinations. Following questions from Opposition Member of Parliament, Maxine Henry-Wilson, Education Minister Andrew Holness said the Government… More: continued here

A SHARP divergence between the central bank’s approach to monetary policy and the Ministry of Finance’s fiscal policy direction contributed to a more than $15-billion hike in additional interest-rate payments as set out in the First Supplementary Estimates… More: continued here

With emerging competition, declining state funding and the impact of the global economic crisis, tertiary entities have turned to entrepreneurial activities to assist in financing higher education. In the same breadth, the University of Technology (UTech) in St Andrew… More: continued here

St Elizabeth: A bellyache forced Lois Robinson to sit throughout the final few minutes of The Gleaner’s Children’s Own Spelling Bee competition in St Elizabeth yesterday, but it did not prevent her from taking home the title… More: continued here

David Smith, the former boss of the embattled foreign-exchange trading club Olint, is now behind bars in the Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI). Smith was remanded yesterday after he was taken to court on further charges in connection with the management… More: continued here

Effective Thursday, Jamaicans will be paying more to talk on telephones. Finance Minister Audley Shaw last night announced an increase in the tax on telephone cards, telephone calls and instruments from 20 per cent to 25 per cent. The finance minister also announced… More: continued here

University administrators have called on the Government to institute a national manpower survey to determine the training needs of the country.”It would be useful to have what we would call a national manpower needs projection but it has to be credible,” said Joseph Pereira… More: continued here

Public-sector workers are being warned that if the Government fails to keep its expenditure in check this year, they could be out of a job next year. Finance Minister Audley Shaw yesterday made it clear that public-sector workers… More: continued here