Caribbean economies have largely been primary producers with a focus on commodities for much of our history. Diversification has been a constant in our regional and national discourse with limited progress, notwithstanding our best efforts. Globalization has had a massive impact on our small economies, exacerbated by shocks such as the current coronavirus pandemic, not […]
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Taxes
On a whole, on Forbes’ Best Countries for Business 2018 ranking, Canada came in 6th while Singapore came in 8th. In the same report, Forbes’ ranked Singapore at 8th for tax burden and Canada at 19th.
Singapore s corporate tax is at a flat rate of 17% on chargeable income. Canada s corporate tax rate is at 15% after general tax reduction for most corporations. Want to learn about the Singapore - Canada Tax Treaty?
IP Protection
Singapore was placed in the 6th for property protection by Forbes in its 2018 ‘Best Countries for Business‘ Index and Canada was ranked 11th.
In the World Economic Forum’s ‘2018 Global Competitiveness Report‘ Canada was ranked 18th for Intellectual Property Protection and Singapore was ranked 3rd.
THIS COUNTRY’S Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) program and the capacity of persons responsible for driving export development are expected to receive a boost. This, as Invest SVG, the agency responsible for attracting foreign direct investment (FDI) and strengthening export capacity, has embarked on institutional strengthening and capacity building of its employees through a Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) funded project. “In this regard the new strategic direction of Invest SVG will …
His, is a classical example of grass to grace. Starting out in 1970 as a Typist Grade III to being a Court Clerk, Administrative Officer, Qualifying as a Lawyer, Assistant Lecturer, Chartered Arbitrator, General Counsel, Senior Advocate of Nigeria and Acting Director-General of Nigerian Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, Professor Paul Oboarenegbe Idornigie, SAN went down memory lane in a chat with Onikepo Braithwaite and Jude Igbanoi, narrating the odyssey of his life as he reaches the platinum age of 70, while commenting on the present state of the nation
Congratulations Prof or should we say âLord Obingoâ, on the occasion of this milestone of your Platinum Jubilee. We wish you a happy birthday, longer life in good health and prosperity. You have had an interesting career, from starting out as a Typist Grade III in 1970 to becoming a Senior Advocate of Nigeria in 2015, a Professor and the Acting DG of NIALS in 2019. Indeed, you an inspiration to many, that irrespective