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Daily Archives: Jun 5, 2018

Government defends entertainment tax

Government’s Chief of Staff Lionel Max Hurst believes that the government is within its right to implement the ten percent entertainment tax.

Delano Forbes report won't fall from sky, Chaku blasts Cutie

United Progressive Party National Security spokesman Leon “Chaku” Symister says it is “unacceptable” that the Public Safety Minister is still waiting for a report on the Forbes escape, some for months after it happened.

Hurst says white march pointless, UPP irrelevant

Chief of Staff in the Prime Minister’s Office Lionel “Max” Hurst says the United Progressive Party’s upcoming ‘white march’ is a march for relevance.

EDITORIAL: The only cure for litter is you

There are some things that we feel particularly passionate about. Littering and illegal dumping are two of them.  Our passion probably stems from our frustration because this is a situation that is entirely in our hands to remedy and so easy to do. All that is necessary is for people not to do it.  Don’t litter and don’t dump waste in areas that are not designated for dumping.   How simple is that? Most remedies require that you do something but in these cases, the requirement is that you stop doing something.

UPP calls for people to march

Residents are being urged to take to the streets in a march this Thursday to demand of the government and its agencies, answers surrounding several controversial issues.

Gaston: Raju stays until retirement

There is no immediate plan to remove the comptroller of Customs, Raju Boddu, who was contracted by the government in 2012 to groom his replacement.

Asot urged to pay worker’s severance

Member of Parliament Asot Michael is being urged to settle with former workers of the now defunct Caribbean Times Limited who are demanding severance.

‘Discrepancies in Chinese contract’

Several concerns raised by farmers in the country about a major agricultural project with a Chinese company are being validated by Prime Minister Gaston Browne.

Four-time murder accused says cases moving too slowly

Delano Forbes, a man accused of four murders, sucked his teeth at All Saint’s Court Magistrate Ngaio Emanuel who consequently sentenced him to three months in prison for contempt.

Fire destroys homes in St. John’s

An afternoon blaze swept through two wooden structures yesterday on Dickenson Bay Street razing both to the ground and damaging a third building.
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