Go-Jamaica Newsletter #106, October 23, 2007

Weekly Newsletter
Issue #106, October 23, 2007
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Welcome to the Gleaner Online Weekly Newsletter

In this issue:

Week on the Web is back
Hospitality Jamaica - Carib hotel sector over-taxed.
Gleaner Career Section : Job Smart
Roving with Lalah - Shelter from the rain
Avis Rent-a-Car - Gleaner Business Directory
Tech Tip: Using our RSS feeds with Gmail

Week on the Web is back:- Your window to the web browsers

Gladstone Taylor, Web Programmer at the Gleaner Online, is the writer of this week's feature 'Week on the web'. This feature returned to the Sunday (Jamaica) Gleaner on October 21, 2007. Gladstone and the others writers will share with you their thoughts on technology on the web every week.

Your window to the web browsers
Most web surfers tend to browse with Internet Explorer, but it happens to be one of the most slouchy and limited tools available. Here are a few web browsers that you could consider. The cost of acquiring them is often just the time to do the downloads and installation.

Read more at http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20071021/business/business5.html

Hospitality Jamaica - Carib hotel sector over-taxed.

Taxation study calls on governments to reconsider the fiscal burden imposed on hotels. Activities in the Caribbean tourism industry are unduly subjected to additional taxes not found in other sectors, such as room tax, import tax, and departure tax.

This is according to the study entitled "Taxation and Tourism Costs for the Caribbean Hotel Sector," undertaken under the Caribbean Regional Sustainable ...read more

Gleaner Career Section : Job Smart

If you are looking for a job, career information and tips, you can find it all at the Gleaner's JobSmart.

Latest Jobs listed this week:

There are over 100 listings for Job Vacancies in Jamaica and the Caribbean, so visit http://go-jamaica.com/jobsmart/ now.

Roving with Lalah - Shelter from the rain

The rains started coming down really hard by now and the road started looking more like a river than anything else. A young man wearing a pair of khaki trousers and a black plastic bag on his head was walking on the sidewalk. He wasn't wearing any shoes and his pants were rolled up to his knees.

http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20071018/news/news1.html

Avis Rent-a-Car - Gleaner Business Directory

Avis Car Rental, top tour and car rental company in Jamaica.

Avis Rent-a-Car is listed in the the in the Gleaner's Business Directory( http://www.go-jamaica.com/business/) are you?