August 6, 1999 is a national holiday.
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539 to lose jobs
Garment manufacturer restructures operations
MORE THAN 500 workers employed to Gitano of Jamaica, an apparel company in the Garmex Freezone on Marcus Garvey Drive, will lose their jobs this week, following a decision by its parent company, the world-famous Fruit of the Loom, to restructure its operations.
Opposition blames the Government
THE JAMAICA Labour Party (JLP) has slammed the Government for "presiding over a business environment that is so hostile to investment
that even the most efficient investors have to close their doors and seek alternative offshore locations for manufacturing".
Commenting on yesterday's announcement by Gitano of Jamaica to lay off 539 workers, JLP General Secretary Audley Shaw said "it is the overall uncompetitiveness of the Jamaican environment, with high interest rates, high cost of utilities, high cost of security and other overheads, combined with a high crime rate, that combine to make Jamaica totally unattractive to foreign and local investors".
MoBay street saga takes new turn
Officers moved
INVESTIGATION OF the forcible removal of street people from Montego Bay three weeks ago took a new turn, according a release last night from the Police Information Centre (PIC).
JLP to take legal action for street people
WESTERN BUREAU THE JAMAICA Labour Party (JLP) has decided to file a constitutional action seeking compensation for breaches of the constitutional rights of some of the street people forcibly removed from Montego Bay.
A release from Party Leader Edward Seaga said the action would be made on behalf of those who had authorised the JLP legal team to act on their behalf. The legal team, headed by Senator Dorothy Lightbourne, was established to act on behalf of the more than 30 people rounded up off the streets three weeks ago and released in St. Elizabeth.
Summer lull hits JUTC
SEVERAL WORKERS have been laid off from their jobs at the Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC), due to a fall-off in commuter demand following the onset of the summer holidays.
A caller to The Gleaner's newsroom on Tuesday asserted that over 150 workers, mainly drivers and conductors, were laid off last Friday. However, there was no official confirmation of the figure up to press time last night. Minister of State in the Ministry of Transport and Works, Dean Peart, told The Gleaner on Tuesday that he was aware of the lay-offs, but was not aware of the numbers involved.
Returning residents and the economy
LAST WEEK, returning residents packed into a large room at the Jamaica Conference Centre to attend a seminar entitled "Protecting your Money" - a response that pleased the organisers but was obviously unexpected.
Put on by the regulatory authorities, the seminar's main objective was updating residents on the government initiatives aimed at restoring confidence to the Financial sector. These measures include:
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