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https://antiguanewsroom.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Anr-Lovell-walk.jpg960639The main opposition United Progressive Party (UPP) Friday described as a “pathetic presentation of a budget” the EC$1.2 billion (One EC dollar=US$0.37 cents) fiscal package presented to Parliament on Thursday by Prime Minister Gaston Browne. UPP leader and former finance minister Harold Lovell said that Prime Minister Browne during his two and half hour presentation […]