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MAKE MORE BABIES
Posted: Thursday, October 4, 2012
MAKE MORE BABIES
YET ANOTHER economic statistic has Finance and Economy Minister Larry Howai, 56, worried: the rate at which the country is making babies.
HEAT FOR HOWAI
Economists, businessmen, energy expert attack Finance Minister's budget
Howai: Car owners free to buy any gas
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Removal of subsidy on super gas a possibility
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Tewarie: New property tax system by 2013
A new and improved property tax structure will return before Finance Minister Larry Howai delivers his next national budget in 2013, Planning Minister Dr Bhoendradatt Tewarie said yesterday.
'VAT to return when food price inflation goes down'
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Cox not worried about PNM election challenge
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Karim moves to stop GATE abuse
Tertiary Education and Skills Training Minister, Fazal Karim, has outlined several measures to prevent abuse of the Government Assistance for Tuition Expenses (GATE) programme, including having public tertiary education institutions enforce a clearance policy.
Minister's son spends night in jail Infirmary
The alleged perpetrator in a "planass" attack on a customer at a doubles stand in Woodbrook secured bail yesterday after having spent Tuesday night behind bars.
Independent Senator: Section 34 was not bad law
Independent Senator Elton Prescott yesterday disagreed with acting President Timothy Hamel-Smith's description of Section 34 as "bad law" and maintained his stance that the law should not have been repealed.
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...PNM leader: Warner's revelation was reckless
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Accuracy, please
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Convicted woman pleads for 'a second chance'
CONVICTED prisoners are not normally afforded the privilege of being able to speak for themselves from the docks.
2 husbands: woman to be sentenced next week
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