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THE GOVERNMENT could remain in the straightjacket of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for an additional two years.Finance Minister Audley Shaw yesterday said the Government is seeking to secure a 24-month extension to its current standby...

Outgoing president of the University of West Indies Guild of Students, Jevaughn Neil, yesterday welcomed the announcement of lower interest rates for persons who access loans from the Students' Loan Bureau."I am appreciative of the decision because it...

Tertiary-level students seeking to borrow from the Students' Loan Bureau (SLB) have got a well-needed reprieve. Finance Minister Audley Shaw yesterday announced that interest rates on loans from the bureau will be slashed by three per cent...

The Government has decided to radically transform the way the multibillion-dollar PetroCaribe Development Fund is used.Finance Minister Audley Shaw yesterday told Parliament that the Venezuela-backed PetroCaribe fund will now be used to push development projects...

Business has not been the same for 49-year-old Clare Miller since the recession.The fruit vendor, who sells in Cross Roads, St Andrew, says turbulent economic conditions have forced away many of her customers who have seen...

The public glare is expected to beam down on Finance Minister Audley Shaw today as he outlines to the nation how the Bruce Golding administration plans to finance the $544.7-billion Budget.Members of the public are expected to have their ears and eyed fixed...

Minister of Transport and Works, Mike Henry, yesterday blasted the Opposition for walking out of last week's sitting of Parliament's Standing Finance Committee examining the 2010-2011 Estimates of Expenditure....

WESTERN BUREAU: President of the Jamaica Association of Principals of Secondary Schools, Sharon Reid, has encouraged educators not to fight fire with fire when dealing with pervasive problem of aggressive children...

The St Andrew Central Police Division yesterday said Micah Allen, a reputed top-ranking member of the 'Dog Paw' gang, will be put through a series of interrogations and identification parades. Head of the Division, Senior Superintendent Derrick Knight...

These women carry an unconscious female who was hurt in a motor vehicle crash yesterday...

Allan Barnes hopes to raise $4 million to save the lives of eight young children who desperately need heart surgery. When he starts his marathon cycle around Jamaica on May 7, he hopes to do the 440 miles in 36 hours without sleep...

West Indies Home Contractors (WIHCON) and Alf Investments have signed a deal which will see housing solutions built in Kingston, Spanish Town in St Catherine, and Montego Bay in St James.WIHCON chairman Peter Melhado and Alf director Robert Taylor...