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GAS UP, VAT DOWN
Posted: Tuesday, October 6, 2015

GAS UP, VAT DOWN
FINANCE Minister Colm Imbert yesterday unveiled a $63 billion 2015/2016 Budget - pegged on an oil price of $US45 per barrel

GA$ UP, VAT DOWN

T&T close to overdraft limit
Imbert knocks PP mismanagement...

$10.8 billion for National Security
THE Ministry of National Security received the most funding in the 2015-2016 Budget

No taxes for farmers in 2016
There will also be a number of national competitions and awards for farmers and pupils.

...No fare increase, say maxi-taxi associations

THA chief pleased with Tobago's cut
$2.72 billion allocated to the sister isle

National Insurance rates to increase
NATIONAL Insurance contribution rates and maximum insurable earnings (MIE) are expected to increase with effect from July 4, 2016, the National Insurance Board (NIBTT) said yesterday.

An 'anti-people' Budget
OPPOSITION Leader Kamla Persad- Bissessar hit Finance Minister Colm Imbert's Budget, describing the fiscal package as an "anti- people" exercise with a "sting in the tail"

...Opposition Leader worried about Children's Hospital, Life Fund

Garcia: Laptops remain for now
Education Minister Anthony Garcia says the People's National Movement (PNM) government does not intend to immediately do away with the controversial laptop initiative

CNMG CEO sacked
...talk show host Braveboy also gets the boot

Cuffie: Selling State media an option

Housing sector will collapse
FORMER housing minister Dr Roodal Moonilal says the more than $1.2 billion reduction in the housing allocation in the 2015/2016 Budget suggests there will be a "collapse of the housing sector"

Motorists drain fuel supply ahead of hike

Off-duty cop killed in St James shooting
An off-duty police officer with 13 years service was shot once in the head on Sunday night, metres away from the headquarters of Police Special Branch, St James.

Witnesses should come forward—cops
Relatives challenge police version of shooting



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