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$1.2B CHICKEN BLL
Posted: Sunday, January 17, 2016
$1.2B CHICKEN BLL
Each year the population spends $1.2 billion on chicken to eat, revealed Agriculture Minister, Clarence Rambarath
Higher business costs mean VAT will bite deeper
Economist Dr Vaalmikki Arjoon, yesterday, dismissed the claims by Imbert, saying we needed to look at the bigger picture.
Senator: Is deficit worse?
$21 billion deficit projected by Imbert actually ignored $3.5 billion in sinking fund charges and charges of the public debt
Senate passes VAT legislation
THE Senate at 3.17 am yesterday passed the Finance Bill 2016 that reduces value added tax (VAT) from 15 percent to 12.5 percent
Food importers brace for tough year
Director of Vemco Ltd, Marc Mouttet, said with the limited availability of foreign exchange the company would have difficulty paying suppliers.
12.5 per cent tax across the board most realistic option—Imbert
Finance Minister Colm Imbert says the UK's staggered VAT rate cannot be applied to T&T because Britain's income tax rate is generally higher.
Automotive dealers slam 'heartless Paula'
...say they stand to lose $500,000 to $2m on used cars already purchased
Look out for job cuts, wage freeze
TRANSPORT and Industrial Workers' Union (TIWU) president Roland Sutherland has cautioned the thousands of workers of (MTS)
Hinds tours bad roads in Talparo
...calls for better work from WASA, contractors
PM stresses: No job losses from Tobago ministry
Set up domestic violence police unit
FOLLOWING the murder of a 41 yearold mother of three from Central, despite a protection order and frequent reports to the police of threats and stalking...
Source: Child Protection Unit overburdened
Overwhelmed by a heavy workload, insufficient staff and the absence of proper streamlining mechanisms, officers assigned to the Child Protection Unit (CPU)
NCC launches Market Strip
Pan storm at Arima Velodrome
The National Panorama competition for conventional steel orchestras got going at Arima Velodrome, Hollis Avenue, Arima
Two men injured in shootout following Sando murder
Hours after Michael Patterson was gunned down in San Fernando on Friday, one of his relatives and the man who allegedly killed him were severely injured
Driver shot dead in truck
Moments after Allan Saunders awoke to get ready for workyesterday morning, he was shotdead inside his truck outsidehis home in Cunupia.
Playing ole mas with people's rights
Newsday Commentary: By Andre Bagoo
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