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A dock worker prepares bananas for export in Kingstown in November 2011. (Photo: Elson Crick/Facebook)
A dock worker prepares bananas for export in Kingstown in November 2011. (Photo: Elson Crick/Facebook)

Opposition wants lifting of tax on bananas exported to region

Parliament should remove rather than reduce the tax on bananas exported to the Caribbean, Opposition Leader Arnhim Eustace says. Lawmakers will on Tuesday debate a motion that could see the…

Arnhim Eustace
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Opposition benches are empty as Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves wraps up debate on the Supplementary Appropriations Bill earlier in June. (IWN photo)
Opposition benches are empty as Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves wraps up debate on the Supplementary Appropriations Bill earlier in June. (IWN photo)

PM proposes salary deductions from MPs absent from Parliament

Members of Parliament who, without leave, do not attend meetings of the House of Assembly should have money deducted from their salary, Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves says. Gonsalves made…

Daniel Cummings
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