THE GLEANER MINUTE: Sugar clash... Hanna gets abortion support... Hotel jobs... Quake response
Apr 27th, 2015 | Category: The Gleaner Minute | 1:31APRIL 27, 2015: The Government and manufacturers appear to be headed for a major clash over the proposed sugar tax... The Youth Minister Lisa Hanna is getting support from the Family Planning Board on her call for the legalisation of abortion... the Melia Hotel is expected o provide more than 400 jobs when it opens its doors in Jamaica in December... Foreign aid is increasing amid thousands of deaths as a result of Saturday's major earthquake.
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