EDITORIAL - Reforming tax revenue allocation
THE OBSERVATION last week by Finance Minister Omar Davies of the need to rationalise and simplify the system of payroll taxes will likely find some sympathy among businesses, if not immediate resonance with the wider society. But it is an issue demanding serious debate....
Responding to 'bling shoes' justice
YOUNG NICHOLA Wong got Letter of the Day for her letter 'Why the good must suffer for the bad' (April 5) in response to my article 'Keep the children in school' (April 3). She must be commended for getting Letter of the Day from among so many good letters... - Devon Dick
Wanton violence and the fortune teller
A FEW years ago, a friend asked me to sign a petition condemning the actions of gay rights groups for their campaign to stop some of our dancehall artistes from performing in Europe and America. I sent back the petition to her with a note... - Vernon Daley
India tests nuclear missile
THE TEST would hardly have made the news outside of India if the local air-traffic controllers had posted a warning in advance, but when an Indonesian airliner had to turn around in Indian airspace last Thursday and return to Jakarta to avoid flying...Gwynne Dyer
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