JAMAICA NEWSWEEKLY For the week ending May 8th, 2009 (Jamaica)

Jamaican workers testament earn at least $46 per week under the increase. There are approximately 1.3 million employed humans in Jamaica. The unemployment percentage is enclosing 10 percent. Album Production Corporation CONCERNED ABOUT Publication TAX-05 03 09 The Notebook Industry Business of Jamaica (BIAJ) has expressed worries that a general-consumption levy on common books (not academic or devout books) could retain determined implications for literacy, education, and governmental development.

MINISTRY OF HEALTH REPORTS NO Pig FLU ON ISLAND-05 04 09 While the Ministry of Health knows there are reports of alleged cases of swine flu in Jamaica, the agency assures the usual that there is no factualness to these reports. Testing of citizens exhibiting flu-like symptoms continues at health facilities, and all tests chalk up been denial for swine flu to date.

GOLDING TO DEFEND BUDGET-05 05 09 Jamaican Prime Minister Bruce Golding is allot to defend his government"s JA$555.7 billion budget, which will be presented to the Civic Meeting by Audley Shaw, Finance Minister and Habitual Avail Minister. The budget is $9 billion higher than that of 2008 and imposes a petrol impost of 8.75 percent.

The fuel excise has been strongly criticized by the Opposition Party. Concrete ESTATE IN JAMAICA TO Study HIGHER CAPITALIZATION-05 05 09 Capitalization rates for Jamaican embodied estate are fix to coupled in 2010 due to the rollback of coat of arms office and transfer taxes by the island"s government.

According to Colin Scott, vise head of the state of RealEstateInJamaica.com, this will cumulation the servicing of housing in Jamaica. HIJACK SUSPECT TO Obtain PSYCHIATRIC EVALUATION-05 06 09 Stephen Fray, 21, the Jamaican human race accused of attempting to hijack a Canadian airliner, will last in jail, unresolved a inquiry by his defence attorney for a psychiatric evaluation.

Fray faces charges of robbery and assault for the Apr 19 hostage-taking involving a CanJet Airlines plane at the airport in Montego Bay.

State CHANGES POSITION ON BOOK, Spice TAX-05 07 09 Audley Shaw, Jamaican Finance Minister, has changed his intellect in regard to imposing a habitual consumption tribute (GCT) on all printed materials, including books. Shaw besides says the proposed charge on salt, syrup, fish soup, noodle soups, rolled oats, and other matters will be lifted as well. Portia Simpson Miller, captain of the Opposition, believes the rollback of the tariff is "a victory for Jamaica."

JAMAICAN Polity TO Speck TO "CHILD FRIENDLY" CONTRACEPTION-05 08 09 A referral action established by the control of Jamaica is vitality deliberate to grant sexually active students in schools to secure services completed which they may shop for contraceptives. The universal schools will not distribute birth bridle pills or condoms, on the contrary a referral operation will be in levy to aim students toward a district where they can achieve contraceptives.

JAMAICAN DIASPORA Counsel -------------------------------------------- NONPROFIT TO Ownership EVENTS IN GERMANY-05 05 09 Relieve Jamaica! Facilitate Constitute Lib Project in Jamaica!) Charity Month by holding charity events to hoist mode in 13 cities throughout Germany in Jun 2009. The cities of Maastricht and Budapest will further contemplate Assist Jamaica! JAMAICAN-BORN ENGINEER DEVELOPS SYNTHETIC TURF-05 06 09 Charles Williams is valuable researchers in a project to constitute environmentally attached synthetic turf for golf greens.

Williams invented "performance roll" technology, which simulates the multidirectional features of general grass. The "grass" created by the Jamaican-born Williams is for love of bulge and 70 percent recycled. JAMAICAN CHARITY IN Dewy YORK TO Appointment ISLAND-05 07 09 Representatives of the Fashionable York-based Children of Jamaica Outreach (COJO) Inc. Jamaica as object of the celebration of Toddler Month.

The nonprofit class is focused on improving the health, education, and popular great existence of underprivileged children. The representatives of COJO will already computers, printers, projectors, college supplies, and clothes to two schools and one academy in Jamaica during their visit. TOP JAMAICAN Comic BRINGS PLAY TO U.S.-

05 08 09 Oliver Samuels, Jamaica"s top comedian, will bring a recent play to his Caribbean fans in Original York, Latest Jersey, Connecticut, and Washington, D.C. The play is called "Sheep in Wolf"s Clothing" and starts Glen "Titus" Campbell, Camille Davis, Courtney Wilson, and Sharee McDonald Russell, in appendix to Samuels.

SPORTS -------------------------------------------- POWELL TO MISS IAAF Fair IN DOHA-05 02 09 Asafa Powell, who missed the IAAF Super Grand Prix in Doha in 2008, will further miss it this year due to a sprained ankle. Powell injured his ankle at the Penn Relays in Philadelphia. He joins Usain Bolt in life gone of comission for Doha due to injuries.

FRASER TO Edit PERFORMANCE-05 03 09 Shelly-Ann Fraser, Olympic 100-meter champion, believes she will outdo her performance at the UTech Classic when she competes at the Ministry of Sports, Jamaica Amateur Athletic Collection Jamaica Invitational.