meanwhile unnu a argue bout Portia Dress

[Assasin]

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and travel expense look what is happening!!!!

When is it going to end. When we a go get good government?

The Cartoonist a the least a we problem

Nation’s <SPAN class=kLink style="FONT-WEIGHT: 600; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: blue! important; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana,Arial; POSITION: relative">debt</SPAN> nearing one trillion dollars</TD></TR><TR><TD style="HEIGHT: 9px"></TD></TR><TR><TD class=news_summary><TABLE cellPadding=0 align=left><TBODY><TR><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD height=10></TD></TR><TR><TD class=news_summary>There has been a <SPAN class=kLink style="FONT-WEIGHT: 600; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue! important; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana,Arial; POSITION: relative">sharp</SPAN> increase in Jamaica's total debt, which is now inching closer to the one trillion dollar mark.

<SPAN class=news_body>Information released on Monday by the Ministry of Finance shows that at the end of December, Jamaica owed its local and overseas <SPAN class=kLink style="FONT-WEIGHT: 400; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue! important; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana,Arial; POSITION: relative">creditors</SPAN> $925 billion.

Three hundred and eighty-nine billion dollars comprised debt owed to external lenders while $536 billion was in the form of domestic debt.

Since the start of the financial year last April, <SPAN class=kLink style="FONT-WEIGHT: 400; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue! important; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana,Arial; POSITION: relative">Jamaica's</SPAN> debt has increased by $67 billion due to increased <A class=kLink oncontextmenu="return false;" id=KonaLink4 &#111;nmouseover=adlinkMouseOver(event,this,4); style="POSITION: static; TEXT-DECORATION: underline! important" &#111;nclick=adlinkMouseClick(event,this,4); &#111;nmouseout=adlinkMouseOut(event,this,4); href="http://www.radiojamaica.com/news/story.php?category=5&amp;story=32586#" target=_top><FONT style="FONT-WEIGHT: 400; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue! important; FONT-FAMILY: Verd

[Mosiah]

RE: meanwhile unnu a argue bout Portia Dress

I hope we get a good cartoon out of this information too!

[MdmeX]

RE: meanwhile unnu a argue bout Portia Dress

Sass: dem will tell you "NO PROBLEM" that's the price of Progress.

Omar Davies is on a European Roadshow. The purpose of the trip is not to "raise funds", but you never know what may turn up in the coffers.

[Lazie]

RE: meanwhile unnu a argue bout Portia Dress

European Road Show? The circus act gone international now?

[MdmeX]

RE: meanwhile unnu a argue bout Portia Dress

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Finance Minister on European roadshow
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Dr. Omar Davies, Minister of Finance and Planning - File



Finance Minister Dr. Omar Davies and two of his key advisers are in Europe for what the ministry described as a "non-deal" roadshow to indicate that the <SPAN class=kLink style="FONT-WEIGHT: 700; COLOR: orange! important; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; POSITION: relative">trip</SPAN> is not to raise funds.

The visit to five European capitals comes two months ahead of the next reading of the national <SPAN class=kLink style="FONT-WEIGHT: 400; COLOR: orange! important; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; POSITION: relative">budget</SPAN>.

"The team will meet with investors in England, <SPAN class=kLink style="FONT-WEIGHT: 400; COLOR: orange! important; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; POSITION: relative">Italy</SPAN>, Germany, Switzerland and France to brief them on the performance of the economy over the past three years and the prospects for the medium term," said a <SPAN class=kLink style="FONT-WEIGHT: 400; COLOR: orange! important; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; POSITION: relative">finance</SPAN> ministry release.

The last such roadshow was in November 2003.

Jamaica's external debt was US$5.8 billion to December out of a total debt stock of J$926 billion or US$13.8 billion (US$1=J$67.15)

"This roadshow is in keeping with the GoJ debt management strategy of financial year 2006/07 in which it committed to increase transparency and predictability through regular meetings with domestic and international market players," the ministry said.

It added t

[Lazie]

RE: meanwhile unnu a argue bout Portia Dress

Thanks! Transparency? Suh how dem get defensive when Jamaican citizens ask for it? I hope smady ask Omar bout this Trafiguria thing, cause the Jamaica press simply figet bout it.