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BOLT’S NEW FAST CAR
Posted by ShopinJA in Featured Post on October 14th, 2009
Yesterday after getting his latest toy, a 2010 Nissan GTR, world 100m record holder, Usain Bolt, was invited to take his car this weekend to Dover for a gentlemanly race.
Bolt was invited after JRDC Driver’s Championship contender, Douglas ‘Hollywood’ Gore heard of his new acquisition. Gore also invited former record holder, Asafa Powell to the event as well.
The Nissan GTR replaces a 2009 BMW M3 which Bolt overturned on the Highway 2000 toll road earlier this year. Asafa Powell is also the proud owner of a Black Series CLK C63 Mercedes, which is the 575 hp version of the already hot Kompressor C-Class.
Exotic supercar
Bolt, the fastest man in the world, drove away in the exotic supercar after a brief photo opportunity at Worldtron Motors, Chelsea Avenue, St Andrew, yesterday. The twin turbo charged Nissan GTR is rated at 485 hp and has a top speed of 190+ mph. Purchase price is estimated at more than 110,000 pounds sterling (J$15,400,000).
In describing Bolt’s new car, Gore said: “The M3 was more of a sporting sedan; I think the GTR is probably one of the ultimate sports cars. Knowing that it is a four wheel drive vehicle with traction aids, it should give Bolt more control. It is easier to drive and safer at speed.”
PM signals Gov’t cuts
Posted by ShopinJA in Featured Post on September 30th, 2009
Jobs to go, agencies will be eliminated, others merged
Prime Minister Bruce Golding arrives at Gordon House last night for the Standing Finance Committee meeting. (Photo: Garfield Robinson)
Declaring that it is time for Jamaica to make a paradigm shift, Prime Minister Bruce Golding early this morning outlined his administration’s plan for changes in the size and function of government that, he said, will lead to greater efficiency and reduced costs.
The plan, Golding told a marathon sitting of the Standing Finance Committee of Parliament, will involve job cuts, including positions in the Cabinet. However, he did not say how many of the public sector’s 117,000 positions would be affected.
He pointed out that the total cost of the government establishment is $157 billion, but said that that doesn’t include the cost of providing services.
Golding, though, was clear that the public sector “wage bill burden cannot be sustained” and as such the administration had no choice but to trim the size of Government.
“Some departments and agencies will have to be eliminated,” said the prime minister. “Some will have to be merged.”
He gave as justification for this proposal the fact that functions are duplicated in some government departments and added that many of the forms that are now required to do business with the Government will be consolidated.
Golding also said that agencies, such as the Registrar General’s Department and the Firearm Licensing Authority that charge fees will be required to fund their own operations.
The prime minister also said that a full programme of tax reforms will be rolled out in the next financial year and reiterated his administration’s commitment to the establishment of a central treasury management body.
Free Credit Fridays - Summa Run
Posted by ShopinJA in Featured Post on September 10th, 2009
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NWA - New Traffic System for Montego Bay
Posted by ShopinJA in Featured Post on September 1st, 2009
The National Works Agency (NWA) will shortly be implementing major traffic changes in the western city of Montego Bay, St. James. The changes will see among other things, the reversal of traffic movement on some corridors in the opposite direction to that which they are now being used and an extension of the one way system on some roadways.
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The following changes will be implemented (refer to Map):
1. One way system along St. James Street to be extended to its intersection with Barnett Street.
2. One way along Barnett Street will be extended to the intersection of Howard Cooke Boulevard.
3. Lower Market Street and Strand Street will be one way heading in the direction of Creek Street.
4. Church Street will be one way, from Habour Street to Dome Street.
5. Union Street will be one way from Dome Street to Habour Street.
6. Orange Street will be one way from Church Street to North Street.
7. King Street, between Union Street and Market Street will be one way.
8. Love Lane will be one way from the intersection of Orange Street to King Street - a reversal of the current traffic movement.
9. McCatty Street and Hart Street traffic will flow in a one way direction from the intersection of Cottage Road and McCatty Street to the intersection of Hart Street and Creek Street.
10. Church Lane will be one way from St. James Street to Harbour Street.
The new traffic management plan which is being financed through the Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF), follows submissions from all stakeholders. The NWA had developed two alternatives to reduce the levels of congestion on the streets of Montego Bay. Both plans were presented to residents for their comments in meetings held in the western city. The plans were also circulated, using the Agency’s website for feedback.
To date 20 intersections have been signalized as part of the plan. A Traffic Management Centre will also be created and housed at the Church Street Police Station in order to provide real time information on the traffic situation in the town. The monitoring will be done through the use of Close Circuit Television Cameras that will be positioned at strategic points around the city.
Persons wishing to get further information can call toll free: 1-888-429-5692.
Source: NWA News Bulletin
Joy, sorrow greet GSAT results
Posted by ShopinJA in Featured Post on June 11th, 2009
BY KIMMO MATTHEWS, Observer staff reporter matthewsk@jamaicaobserver.com | Thursday, June 11, 2009
ANXIOUS parents, some bursting into cheers of joy and others into tears of disappointment, descended on primary and preparatory schools across the Corporate Area yesterday as the institutions released this year’s Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT) results. Paulette Williams was among the happy parents.
“I was always confident in my daughter and to see that she was placed at Camperdown High, I am so happy,” Williams said of her daughter, Renee Reynolds, a student of St Benedict’s Primary in East Kingston.
Renee’s schoolmate, Aaron Fearon could not hide his joy either.
Students of the Central Branch Primary School in Kingston celebrate after they were informed about their GSAT results yesterday morning. (Photo: Garfield Robinson)
Buy.com Tweet & Seek
Posted by ShopinJA in Featured Post on May 27th, 2009
Buy.com is giving away the most sought after products around!
Whether you are following Buy.com on Twitter or receiving our weekly deal emails, tracking the happenings of Buy.com can only lead to good things. Starting today, Buy.com is giving away a grand prize to the follower with all the answers. Test your search, trivia, and product knowledge skills by participating in Buy.com’s Tweet n Seek product hunt.
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