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Kamla calls for removal of online purchase tax
THE GOVERNMENT must remove the seven per cent online purchase tax and make no moves to increase it, says Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar.This, she said, would serve as a tangible measure to ease the onerous cost of living and assist Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) in their procurement of essential supplies for their operations.The former
Kamla slams ‘biscuit and cheese’ budget, says ‘maths not mathsing’
Pictured: Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar speaking after the budget presentation on Monday. Screengrab taken from YouTube livestream.Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar did not hold back as she shredded the government's budget which was presented in the Parliament by Minister of Finance Colm Imbert on Monday.In a conference immediately after, Persad-Bissessar described it as "long on rhetoric…