Archive for February 5th, 2015
PPM claws back 50% Dart tax
(CNS): After more than a year and a half of talks with the islands’ largest investor, the PPM administration has managed to renegotiate the terms of the controversial NRA Agreement between government, the National Roads Authority and Dart Realty. Premier Alden McLaughlin revealed that the 50% accommodation tax rebate on all of the investor’s tourism […]
Immigration a ‘toxic’ workplace
(CNS): False allegations, bullying and backstabbing in a “toxic environment” was how the workplace at the immigration department was described Wednesday by a defence attorney representing Tichina Rickfield, as she asked the chief immigration officer (CIO) about the events surrounding her client’s suspension and subsequent charges.