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- NO AXE FOR TAX -- Controversial Property Bill
passed in ParliamentFinance Minister Karen Nunez-Tesheira has taken ’offence’ to the description of the Property Tax bill as a revenue-raising measure.
- ...Taylor: Axe COP, UNC instead -- ’Don’t axe the tax, axe the COP and UNC!’ Legal Affairs Minister Peter Taylor declared to desk-thumping support from his colleagues yesterday in Parliament.
- Govt worse than Ebenezer Scrooge -- Kamla warns of legal action on Property Tax:Siparia MP Kamla Persad Bissessar yesterday ’served notice’ that the United National Congress (UNC) would take legal action to prevent the implementation of the property tax, if Government maintained all the provisions for distress (seizure of goods and chattel) and forfeiture (of land).
- Imbert to Rowley: Let go
of that UDeCOTT obsession -- Leader of the House Colm Imbert launched a scathing attack against his fellow Government MP Dr Keith Rowley last evening for his criticism of the new property tax regime in the Parliament on Friday.
- Old age pensioners exempt from paying tax -- Elderly people who receive senior citizen’s grants are exempt from paying property tax, Government Minister Colm Imbert said yesterday.
- Abdulah case to High Court -- AN ATTORNEY representing labour leader David Abdulah said they intend to challenge in the High Court, the constitutionality of the criminal charge which was brought against him following his arrest on Friday.
- NJAC calls for enquiry into Friday's march -- The National Joint Action Committee is calling on Acting Commissioner of Police James Philbert to conduct an investigation into the confrontation between demonstrators from the People’s Democracy and members of the Guard and Emergency Branch on Friday, outside the Red House, in Port of Spain.
- Accused in Tobago murders complain of torture, threats -- TWO men charged with the murder of Tobago couple, Kenneth George and Daislyn Hunte, appeared in court yesterday a week after their arrest and complained of torture and death threats by police.
- Rishi beaten to death, say police -- Rishi Rampersad, the missing salesman who was found dead at the weekend, was beaten to death, police said yesterday.
- Aranjuez flyover kicks off -- The bottleneck congestion thousands of commuters face daily while passing through the Aranjuez traffic lights, on the Churchill-Roosevelt Highway, should come to an end in 14 months or less.
