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Motion Tabled To Aid In Avoidance Of Criminal Prosecution For Back Taxes
PHILIPSBURG--Government has been called on, via a yet-to-be voted on motion from Parliament, to initiate a public campaign to inform the population of the possibilities it has to make use of the tax facilities provided by General Ordinance on Taxes, such as the voluntary disclosure scheme (“Inkeerregeling†in Dutch) on how to avoid criminal prosecution under law.
The motion also calls on Government to allow for a longer period to pay taxes owed and adjust its collection policy accordingly.
Finance Minister Richard Gibson Sr Read more
Sarah Queries The Holding Of Meetings
PHILIPSBURG--Democratic Party (DP) leader Member of Parliament Sarah Wescot-Williams has written to new Parliament Chairman Read more Candidates in this article:
Urgent Parliament Meeting Requested On Pearl Of China
PHILIPSBURG--An urgent public meeting of Parliament has been requested by three Members of Parliament about the Pearl of China project slated for the Belair beachfront.
The request comes two days after the symbolic ground-breaking, about three weeks following the announcement by Finance Minister Richard Gibson Sr. of the 326-room hotel with showroom and 450 executive apartments and less than a week before the September 26 Parliamentary election Read more
Mps Pepper Ministers With Questions In Budget Debate
Independent MP Leona Marlin-Romeo (standing) speaks in the budget debate on Monday.
PHILIPSBURG--The 2016 draft budget was tabled in Parliament by Finance Minister Richard Gibson on Monday morning in Parliament House. Members of Parliament (MPs), who had up to 90 minutes to speak, peppered the Council of Ministers with a barrage of questions spanning from the budget and Government policies to general topics of interest.
The seven Ministers, who all made presentations about the working of their Ministries on Monday, will be back in Parliament today, Tuesday, starting at 2:00pm to deliver answers to the questions from MPs Read more
‘Shotgun Budget’ Tabled In Parliament By Gibson
Finance Minister Richard Gibson (right) with MP Maurice Lake.
PHILIPSBURG--Parliament is faced with a “shotgun budget†as the draft 2016 budget was described by Finance Minister Richard Gibson Read more
PHILIPSBURG--Parliament is faced with a “shotgun budget†as the draft 2016 budget was described by Finance Minister Richard Gibson. The Minister tabled the budget, totaling NAf 438,000 in the Central Committee meeting of Parliament on this morning.
There is “no time to do the budget as it should have been done†and to get all policies from the seven ministries covered, said the Minister Read more
Urgent Parliament Meeting Requested About Nipa Issue
PHILIPSBURG--An urgent Parliament meeting has been requested about issues related to the National Institute for Professional Advancement (NIPA) by Members of Parliament (MPs) Leona Marlin-Romeo (independent), Read more Candidates in this article: