ABBA Head wants to scrap Tax System
Antigua: Patrick Ryan, Head of the Antigua and Barbuda Business Alliance (ABBA), wants the government to scrap the current tax system and replace it with one more equitable and fairly…
Month: January 2012
Talks end in Nigeria, as protests widen
Protests that started over a scrapped fuel subsidy expanded into a demand for government accountability as throngs of Nigerians of all classes took to the streets again Thursday in a rare form of solidarity.
BWU supporting teachers
Bridgetown. The Barbados Worker Union (BWU) is giving strong support to the Barbados Secondary Teachers' Union (BSTU) in its campaign to have Jeff Broomes removed as principal of the Alexandra…
Gov’t terminates Synergy Holdings contract
Georgetown : Minister of Public Works Robeson Benn said the Government terminated the contract of Synergy Holdings US$15.4M contract. Synergy Holdings was contracted in March 2010 by Government to construct…
Huge health bill
Bridgetown. The Treasury will be broke if the Government adopts a policy of placing an increasing amount of money in health care each year without seeking to reduce expenditure in…
East Africa finals set for end of January
The finals of the East Africa Premier League and East African Cup have been re-scheduled following the double postponement late last year
Supersport extends deal to cover East Africa competitions
Cricket Kenya and Supersport have agreed terms for the broadcaster to televise the East African Premier League and East Africa Cup in 2012 and 2013
Gay honor killing inspires movie
In colloquial Turkish, the word zenne means male belly dancer. It is also the title of a new film that explores sexual identity while also highlighting a deadly case of homophobia in modern-day Turkey.
Taiwan’s election: Why it matters
As many as 200,000 people — most of them mainland China-based Taiwanese – are expected to return to Taiwan this weekend for an election viewed as critical to the future of an economy that has boomed thanks to warmer ties with Beijing.
Harmison faces up to depression
Steve Harmison has become the latest England cricketer to face up to the possibility that he was afflicted by clinical depression during his international career
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