By Elesha George Elesha.george@antiguaobserver.com An announcement that the prime minister took the Morderna vaccine weeks before any Covid-19 vaccines became…
Barbuda falls in line with 8 pm to 5 am curfew on the mainland
The Barbuda Council has abandoned plans to implement a 12 pm to 5 am curfew that was expected to take effect yesterday.
The council has now agreed to fall in line with the 8 pm to 5 am curfew currently in place on the mainland.
This after Prime Minister Gaston Browne wrote to the Secretary of the Barbuda Council, Paul Nedd, citing that the council’s decision to partially shut down the sister isle was unlawful.
And after hours of deliberations yesterday, the council decided to stick with the government’s directive instead.
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Financial expert believes gov’t should lower customs duties in lieu of granting waivers
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An economist is suggesting that the government consider decreasing customs duties in a bid to ultimately increase the amount of taxes it collects.
During last Thursday’s Budget presentation, Prime Minister Gaston Browne disclosed that in 2019, of every $1 that was collected by the Customs and Excise Division, an equivalent amount was waived, and to that end a decision had been made to gradually reduce the total tax exemptions to no more than 25 percent of potential revenue.
The PM said while the law will maintain some allowance for waivers in support of business activity and major investment, such waivers will not exceed 50 percent of the applicable charge.
April 8, 2021
At 9:45AM Thursday,24 thousand doses of the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine arrived at the V.C. Bird International Airport. The doses are the first tranche from the.
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