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Businesswoman Tabitha Karanja and several newcomers have been cleared to contest.
\"Our Parliament has been reduced to a fish market with members jostling for five minutes of infamy. Is this the example our representatives want to set for our youth looking on?\"
Our Parliament has been reduced to a fish market with members jostling for 5 mins of infamy. Is this the example our representatives want to set for our youth looking on?
— Mickela (@mickelapanday) October 21, 2021
Leader of the Movement for Social Justice (MSJ) David Abdulah said, \"Does the UNC understand what they are doing? Their actions are seeking to dangerously divide the country. It is not about democracy. They are laying the basis for justifying why their motion will not succeed.
\"This is a serious issue but I am reminded of Explainer's Calypso – In Parliament they kicksin. The motion will be defeated
Importation of food not only leaves the territory susceptible to shortages, but it impacts freshness and nutritional value and increases transportation costs and pollution.
Scarlett Johnson, a right-wing school board candidate in suburban Milwaukee, was shamed into deleting her Twitter account after racist and homophobic tweets -- including one that downplayed and mocked \"the threat of white supremacy\" -- were revealed.
The content originally appeared on: Trinidad and Tobago Newsday News FILE PHOTO: Dame Sandra Mason, governor general of Barbados, holds her Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) medal presented at an investiture ceremony at Buckingham Palace in London on March 23, 2018. AFP PHOTO - As the Trinidad and Tobago Parliament prepares to vote on a motion filed by Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar to begin the process to remove President Paula-Mae Weekes from office, the […]
Urban League of Louisiana News Release This week, the Urban League of Louisiana, in partnership with the Foundation for Louisiana, announced the launch of the Black Business Works Fund, an initiative to assist Black-Owned businesses [...]
The post Urban League of Louisiana, Foundation for Louisiana Launch Statewide Black Business Works Fund appeared first on New Orleans Data News Weekly.
Chad Williams, Brandeis University Colin Powell knew where he fit in American history. The former secretary of state – who died on Oct. 18, 2021 at 84 as a result of COVID-19 complications – was a pioneer: the first Black national security advisor in U.S. history, the first Black chairman of the joint chiefs of […]
Two women who were allegedly assaulted at a city hotel by Ndichu twins have opened up for the first time while asking for speedy investigations.
The board last met in regular session on June 19. A complete list of board meetings is available on the Board of Trustees page of the UVI website.
President Uhuru Kenyatta yesterday announced establishment of Kenya Biovax Limited to manufacture Covid-19 vaccines.
[Cameroon Tribune] Government has made available an estimated FCFA 50 billion for road maintenance nationwide.
[Daily Trust] Passengers heading to Kaduna from Abuja returned to the nation's capital after a delay which lasted at least two hours on Thursday.
The content originally appeared on: Trinidad and Tobago Newsday News Kamla Persad Bissessar - OPPOSITION LEADER Kamla Persad-Bissessar on Wednesday wrote to the Speaker of the House to express what she considers a “gross affront” on the Constitution that there will be no debate on her impeachment motion. “It is exceedingly significant that the matter we seek to debate involves what may very well be a subversion of the Constitution by political interference with the Police Service Commission, which is […]
[Nigeria Health Watch] After decades of trials, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has recommended a new malaria vaccine for children, adding a new development in the fight against the deadly disease. The vaccine RTS, S (Brand Name Mosquirix) is the result of over 30 years of research and development by GlaxoKlineSmith in partnership with PATH, the Malaria Initiative with support from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The recommendation has come after a long period of rigorous trials.
NEW ORLEANS - After a stressful day Tuesday with Ben Simmons being tossed out of practice and then suspended, the Philadelphia 76ers players gathered for a team dinner after flying…
The post Philadelphia 76ers regroup with team dinner before opening romp against New Orleans Pelicans appeared first on The Black Chronicle.
Some individuals seeking an exemption from having their children take the COVID-19 vaccine are reportedly coming up against a stumbling block. While the vaccine against the viral illness is not mandated by law, Barbados TODAY understands that some people were being turned away by some medical doctors who were refusing to provide the necessary counselling […]
The post Parents taking steps toward vaccine exemption appeared first on Barbados Today.
Morris James Dillard Sr. July 12, 1938 - October 1, 2021 Celebrating The Man, His Life, His Legacy Humble Man of God… Brilliant Thinker… Passionate Organizer… Elegant Linguist… Powerful Orator… Inspiring Educator… Devoted Husband… Father… Friend. The eighth of nine children born to Sarah and Elisha Dillard Sr., Morris was born in Rutledge, Alabama on July,12, 1938, and raised in a farming community east of Rutledge in the small town of Luverne. Morris was born into a family of sharecroppers who were very close knit, well respected in both Black…
The post Celebrating the Life and Legacy of Morris J. Dillard (Morehouse College '60) appeared first on The Atlanta Inquirer.
Nearly two years after the death of Shemethia Coteat Stanton, a 41-year-old mother killed in an ambush in Alabama , her family is trying to retrieve a wedding ring that belongs to their loved one. The ring, according to AL, was regarded as unclaimed property in a county auction and sold to a Missouri man after Stanton's death last February. Now, the Missouri man refuses to give the ring back to the family. “She was murdered by the streets and robbed by the state,” said Phillip Stanton, her ex-husband, who maintained a close relationship with Shemethia even after their divorce. The woman died outside her Hoover apartment on Feb. 14, 2020, when she was shot four times while getting items from the backseat of her car. Police then held onto her personal belongings for evidence. When authorities later returned the items, the family realized that her wedding ring was missing. “That’s when we started looking for it,” Phillip said. “I was thinking this would be a break in the case. I’m...
In the meantime, Africans have been getting poorer and youths and women remain marginalised, disillusioned and hopeless.
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[Premium Times] President Erdogan visited Nigeria for two days.
Residents of Mai Mahiu town in Naivasha yesterday found the decapitated body of a man dumped by the roadside
The content originally appeared on: Trinidad and Tobago Newsday News Paula-Mae Weekes - FOUR people have been sent to Parliament for consideration to be appointed to the Police Service Commission (PSC) by President Paula Mae Weekes. In a media statement on Wednesday, the President added two more names to the list. The added names are Maxine King, head of Wealth Management, Firstline Securities Ltd and Ian Kevin Ramdhanie, academic head of the Caribbean Institute for Security and Public Safety. The […]
[New Times] The Ombudsman, Madeleine Nirere has said that her Office found injustice in 12.2 percent of the cases that were tried in courts but were submitted to it by citizens over unfair judgments. It requested the Supreme Court to retry those cases.
[Daily News] A LAWMAKER has allayed fears over Digital Service Tax, saying it will guarantee the government more revenues.
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- Minister of Foreign Affairs, Migration and Tunisians Abroad Othmane Jerandi is participating Thursday in Tripoli in Libya Stabilisation Conference.
In one way or another, special economic zones (SEZs) have been one of the ways that TT attracted foreign investors to our shores since before independence.
The reliefs and exemptions that are identified as some of the key aspects of SEZs were provided to businesses through the Pioneers Industries Act, passed in TT in 1950. That act offered modest concessions to industries, including income tax exemptions and import duty relief on plant and machinery. These concessions were advertised to foreign investors through government as one of the benefits of doing business in TT.
These reliefs and exemptions were expanded in the Free Zones Act of 1988. To date, there are ten areas in TT where 18 businesses operate that have been designated as free trade zones.
Now, there's a plan to return to SEZs, as announced by Finance Minister Colm Imbert on October 4, during the 2021 budget presentation. Imbert proposed repealing the Free Zones Act to implement SEZs to be regulated through a special economic zones authority.
Imbert said the authority, aside from assessing the current performance of all free trade zones, would have to formulate standards and prescribe codes of practice, facilitate an enabling environment, develop the infrastructure needed to attract investors, stimulate domestic investment and in the long run further advance diversification of the economy.
TT in this exercise will join more than 140 economies that utilise more than 5,000 SEZs which employ over 60 million people worldwide.
Free trade zones
According to the World Bank, a free trade zone (FTZ) is an enclosed area that allows businesses exemptions from duties for warehousing and distribution facilities which support trade. These areas are usually located near a point of entry like an airport, port or land border, or on a “corridor” – a direct route to a point of entry with the same exemptions.
Nestle Caribbean has operated a free zone since 1993. On the TT Free Zones Co Ltd (TTFZ) website, Nestle shared how it received clear guidance from the the state regulating body. The communication between Nestle and TTFZ allowed the local subsidiary of the Swiss-owned food and beverage group to keep abreast of changes in business processes that allowed it to maintain compliance and expand opportunities.
Nestle was also able to resolve a few challenges in interpreting customs regulations.
“As one of the larger businesses operating with the TTFZ we have also been a reference, as a positive example, for others to emulate when considering a similar business model,” it said in its online testimony.
Special economic zones, however, are areas which governments use to facilitate industrial activity through fiscal and regulatory incentives as well as infrastructural support. Much like FTZs, tax breaks and customs relief allow businesses in SEZs to cut through red tape and improve the ease of doing business. SEZs, like science parks, regional development zones and urban regeneration zones, invite foreign direct investment (FDI).
The best examples of SE
