The People’s National Party, PNP, has changed the proposed funding model for its promised increase of the income tax threshold to $3.5 million. PNP Spokesman on Finance, Julian Robinson, now says the increase will be funded through adjusting the country’s primary surplus target. The original plan was to fund the promise from what the PNP […]

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Prime Minister Dr. Andrew Holness has clarified that he wants to see the country have its own final local appellate court. The clarification came at Thursday night’s leadership debate against Mark Golding. Dr. Holness says ultimately it is a matter for the Jamaican people to decide. Colliecia Wright tells us more. The Prime Minister has […]

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I am clean! Prime Minister Dr. Andrew Holness used the last of the National Debates to defend his integrity against repeated attacks by Opposition Leader, Mark Golding. The two squared off Thursday evening, to present their opposing cases to the Jamaican people, with the country less than a week away from General Elections. Chevon Campbell […]

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Opposition Leader, Mark Golding presented his Jamaican Birth Certificate live on camera in an attempt to finally dispel months of speculation about his nationality. Golding was pressed as to why it took him so long to own up to his dual British citizenship and even longer to give it up after mounting public pressure it […]

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JLP Campaign Spokesperson, Kamina Johnson-Smith, says the purported gains from the PNP’s housing proposals are either redundant or of little real-world value to the Jamaican people. Johnson-Smith says the PNP promise to exempt the price of land from the development cost of housing will result in very little reduction in housing costs. She was addressing […]

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Finance Minister, Fayval Williams, says the PNP’s pledge to increase the country’s income tax threshold to $3.5 million, would require significant cuts in government programmes and growth in the Jamaican economy not seen in recent history. She’s again condemning the promise as reckless and irresponsible. Mrs. Williams was addressing a JLP media briefing on Wednesday […]

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The JLP’s promised reduction in the rate of personal income tax could cost as much as $70 billion in total revenues. That’s according to economist, Keenan Falconer. The Labour Party announced a phased 10 percentage point reduction in personal income tax as part of their manifesto launch on Sunday. This would move the rate down […]

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Opposition Spokesman on Education, Damion Crawford, says the PNP’s income tax threshold increase would be more beneficial to teachers than the proposal put forward by the government. The Opposition Spokesman was speaking at the launch by the PNP of its Manifesto Lite on Monday. It should be noted that Crawford’s reference to the Prime Minister’s […]

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The Opposition PNP’s campaign promises would cost the country approximately $90 billion in revenue. That’s based on an assessment of the cost of the total package of promises put forward in the party’s major manifesto. It also covers the additional promise to raise the country’s income tax threshold to $3.5 million. The PNP says it […]

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Opposition Leader, Mark Golding, has repeatedly adjusted his position on the increase in the country’s income tax threshold. Nationwide News has looked back on the timeline of the PNP’s claims regarding their proposed increases. Mahiri Stewart tells us more. The income tax threshold has become a potent electoral calling card. A promise to more than […]

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