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your destination of travel will be able
to verify on the Jamaican data base
that your vaccination is accurate and
appropriate and valid,” he said.
Holness sought to assure Jamaicans
that the country’s vaccination program
meets the highest standard, noting
that the vaccines administered to
more than 700,000 Jamaicans inoculated
so far, are safe.
ST. VINCENT
The St. Vincent and Grenadines
government has mandated that teachers
and other school staff members
be vaccinated against the COVID-19
pandemic.
Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves
said “on the basis of the
advice which we have
received from the medical
authorities, those
on the Health Services
Subcommittee of NEMO (National
Emergency Organization), it was
decided to put in these regulations to
include teachers as frontline workers.”
He said this would also apply to
“those who are working at the schools,
the cooks and everybody who comes in
touch with children and students.”
He said there were 12 deaths for a
long time and just over a week there
were eight, almost one a day.
St. Vincent and the Grenadines has
recorded 21 deaths and 3,508 positive
cases linked to the virus since the first
case was reported in March last year.
TRINIDAD
Trinidad and Tobago Minister of
Finance, Colm Imbert presented a
TT$52 Billion budget based on an oil
price of US$65 a barrel and US$3.75
per MMbtu gas price.
The budget has a substantial deficit
of $9 billion.
Total revenue is projected to be
TT$43.33 billion and
total expenditure
$52.429 billion.
The budget for the
fiscal year 2021/2022
is titled “Resilient in the Face of a
Global pandemic” were tax measures
which include property tax, the hiring
of 100 accountants for the Board
of Inland Revenue to clamp down on
tax evaders, VAT off some basic food
items, fuel cash card for the needy,
move to settle wage negotiations, zero
taxes, no VAT (Value Added Tax), no
VAT, duties on therapy items, and
more tax breaks for new home owners.
Imbert also announced the removal
of all custom duties, motor vehicle tax
and value added tax on the importation
of battery powered electric vehicles
of two years from Jan. 1, 2022.
— Compiled by Azad Ali
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