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Government has increased Value Added Tax (VAT) by two percentage points, from 10 percent to 12 percent, as it tries to compensate for dwindled mineral and customs revenues by dipping its hands into the pockets of consumers.
1. Madam Speaker, I have the honour this afternoon to present to the National Assembly budget proposals for the 2010/11 financial year.
New Jharkhand Chief Minister Shibu Soren has brought about a silent revolution in the state. He has redefined poverty.
Half Moon Bay officials are beginning closed-door negotiations to trade an Arnold Way property to San Mateo County in exchange for bluff-top tracts. The deal could provide needed land for both the downtown senior campus and the Coastal Trail.
ENVIRONMENT: Govt puts Bt brinjal in cold storage, for now The Centre has put on hold commercialisation of the controversial Bt brinjal, while clarifying that the moratorium imposed is only for the ...
THE National Constitutional Conference (NCC) has vested in the president the powers of exploration and mining of minerals and petroleum on behalf of the people of Zambia.
I was appalled to see the picture of Christine Quinn unveiling a street sign honoring Jane Jacobs in Chelsea Now. Christine Quinn is about as far from Jane Jacobs as you can get, and using Jacobs’s name and legacy to try to color her own awful track record is particularly sickening.
The chairman of one of Leesburg's most active commissions has thrown her hat into the ring for one of three Town Council seats up for election in May.
With concerns about cuts in state aid and rising healthcare and other costs on local officials’ minds, town officials around the state are looking into regionalizing services to save money without compromising local control.
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