EDITORIAL - If Mr Golding is bold enough
If Prime Minister Golding wants a broader appreciation of the challenges he faces as the Government prepares its budget for the new fiscal year, he needs only review the latest surveys on business and consumer confidence by the Jamaica Chamber of Commerce's Conference Board....

There's a hole in the bucket
The proposed 2009/2010 budget requires $58 billion more than last year's. Our foreign exchange (FE) earnings have markedly diminished so the Government plans to generate needed revenue by selling off its assets ...

NOTE-WORTHY
Inciting social unrestYour editorial of April 6 prescribed 20,000 job cuts in the civil service, so as to bring it to manageable levels. Such a proposal is tantamount to inciting social unrest of incalculable consequences...