MP Lewis Calls for Two Weekends of Back-to-School ABST Waivers
As our people continue to struggle under the unaddressed high cost of living, I call on the Gaston Browne Administration to grant a full waiver on the payment of Antigua and Barbuda Sales Tax (ABST) on back-to-school items for two consecutive weekends: Friday 23rd August to Sunday 25th August and Friday 30th August to Sunday 1st September.
Making an early announcement of two weekends of ABST relief will empower all parents to take full advantage, and provide maximum benefits to our students.
Every effort must be made to ensure that there is no reoccurrence of the inconvenience and missed opportunities which resulted from last year’s late announcement of a single weekend of ABST relief.
Further, to ensure maximum benefit to our students, the full ABST waivers should be applied as broadly as possible, to school uniforms, school bags, exercise books and graph books, dictionaries, binders and books covers, stationery, calculators, rulers, geometry sets, lunch kits, and all other critical items required by students.
It must always be recalled that the Prime Minister promised to lower the cost of living, then mercilessly presided over record increases in the cost of goods and services, after the January 18th, 2023 elections.
Parents are therefore under an even greater strain during the June to November tourism low season, making adequate back-to-school relief an urgent need.
I therefore call on the Gaston Browne Administration to move with haste to implement this commonsense relief measure to ensure that parents can fully equip our students for success in the new school year.
Richard S. Lewis MP
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Hopefully he will listen to you.
Cause he don’t listen to nobody!
How is it the UPP always know how to spend money and give it away, But they never know how to make money to pay bills. First thing they do is to run to the IMF when they see they cannot pay their bills, neither pay wages.
To put it chauvinistic, they are like a wife in a home that likes to spend money but doesn’t care how her husband makes the money or where it has to come from. I guess the need to be told that there is nothing called a ‘Free Lunch”. Someone has to pay the bill.
What Lewis needs to do is hold some fund raising activity so that he can provide some assistance to the children in his constituency. That is what Labour Party candidates do. But these guys are to damn lazy.
Why do we pay taxes?
Useful idiot?
And why does town look so?
The prime minister and co living life,
Jet setting all over the world, to go watch Olympics,
And you can’t even get running water to
Wash you kin!
Only in antigua🤔
@ Less We Forget
You are such a god-dam liar.
Where in this world has anyone ever heard of ABLP candidates holding fund raising activity – NEVER- because they are too sophisticated to lower themselves to do such, as well as already ripping off the state with their ENRICHMENT SCHEMES, sanctioned by you PM Brown.
Less we forget the ton of money spent on foreign artist for one nation, but nothing for the children, Less we forget the amount of money wasted weekly on the Alfa Nero but nothing spent on roads, Less we forget THE GOD-DAM HARDSHIP being experienced by every parent in this country because Gaston don’t care about the plight of the poor, Less we forget the contingent of over 40 people paid for to attend the coronation of King Charles with no obvious benefit, because GASTON tink tax payers money is his.
why this CLOWN keep trying to steal the spotlight from his party LEADER?? he is all of self and none of thee…..still trying to look relevance after the whipping Pringle put on his backside llast convention! When will he understand that Gisele nor Lovell wants him in THEIR party??? What a damn fool! a most selfish, pompus, arrogant, weak, spineless coward!!!
No wonder Mr. Pringle appointed Bowen as deputy…..he knows that Richard CANNOT BE TRUSTED! Always trying to pput the limelight on himself. Follow the hierarchy, observe the protocol. This should be made by Hon. L. Jamale Pringle, DULY ELECTED LEADER of the party
wait! is he still HIDING OUT IN JAMAICA???? Fight or Flight…..we can see what you chose Richie Poo. You can run, but you can’t hide from Giselle Issac. You must return to face your Chairman. You are the first one they gonna strap down to do the polygraph test aka Loyalty Test suggested by Justin.
Richard Lewis will you accept the High Commissioner for Antigua to Jamaica ? Gaston Browne is waiting for an answer. How can anyone trust Richard Lewis. UPP should get rid of SERPENT , SHUGY and RICHARD LEWIS. They are DISHONEST and DISLOYAL. SHAME.
@CHIME……I think his wife would be very happy to be in her country…..the children are BORN JAMAICANS too………..lots of bully beef, ackee and saltfish
@Sandra Clarke August 14, 2024 At 3:07 pm
What taxes do you pay? Just some ABST when you purchase goods. Or just some road tax when your drive on the road, or just some property tax when owning a home. Haven’t you see the figures that Antigua and Barbuda is the least taxed Island in the Caribbean. The so called payroll taxes have their benefits attached to it. Social Security is like a savings for your older years when you cannot work and take care of yourself, Medical Benefits provide you with health services that when compared to other countries it is laughable that we go to the hospital and are not charged. And several illnesses receive free medication. Especially those with communicable diseases. Many are getting “Free” dialysis at the hospital. So when you want to say you are paying taxes, you must be really kidding me. Our basket of goods that are non-taxable is so large that one can shop easily paying the smallest amount of ABST.
@Less We Forget all the ills in Antigua: such a sordid state of affairs August 14, 2024 At 3:17 pm
You really have the gal to talk about waste of money. You want me to list them and jug your memory again.
Less we forget: The over US$50million we paid for a power plant that never worked and we still are paying that bill
Less we for get: The Millions we lost because of the failure of the ABI Bank costing tax payers over $300million
Less we forget: The $13 million Medical Benefit lost by putting their monies in ABDB for the purpose of investing in a boat that was not sea worthy.
Less we forget: The millions we spend on fencing sport grounds construction round abouts.
Less we forger: The tens of millions we spend on roads around the SVRS. Worked out it cost us $10million a mile of road.
Less we forget: Building a Bathroom at JASCO costing us $600K
Less we forget: Still have not accounted for $7million spend on Romantic Rhythm Concert.
Less we forget Social Security lost millions investing in CLICO
And the list goes on and on and on.
So please you guys shut up when it comes to wasting tax payers monies.
Gaston Browne has every step of the way given us value for our money. So look at the Alfa Nero, we got it sold and made our money back. And what was left we are paying old bills. reducing our debt to GDP.
Richard Lewis still has fantasies of being the Head Clown in charge of the UPP circus so here he is again trying to steal the spotlight from Pringle like others have said.
The UPP circus continues to entertain with their babbling nonsense and infighting. Don’t change guys, don’t ever change!
not even UPP take richard seriously. Why should the ELECTED Government??? TWICE he let Lovell and Co. BADPLAY him for leadership. Richard Lewis IS THE LAUGHING STOCK of the inner chambers of the upp.
“I wrote the sixteen (16) Constituency Branches of the UPP, officially informing them of my bid for the Political Leader position. To my surprise, Bro. Harold changed his mind and decided to run, but DIDN’T SEE IT FIT TO EVEN INFORM ME. Instead, I received several calls from individuals suggesting that I back down.” [See how “highly” they think of you boy?]
https://antiguanewsroom.com/richard-lewis-denies-wanting-to-mash-up-the-upp/
JAMAL PRINGLE is already the head clown of the UPP after Gisell so Richard do not have to steal no spotlight from he. With Jamal and Gisell UPP doom.
The Most Honourable Richard Lewis is a force to be reckoned with. He has a heart for the youth of the country; he focuses on what’s best for the citizens; and don’t forget that he’s more than capable of dethroning Gaston Browne from office.
Furthermore, I relish the negative comments about him from the ABLP supporters – it’s to be expected, because they all recognise that here’s someone who has the intellectual measure of the Prime Minister.
THE NEXT FEW YEARS ARE GOING TO BE AWESOME FOR RICHARD LEWIS AND THE UPP.
HIP, HIP HOORAY 🟨🟦🟨🟦
Ambassador to JAMAICA!!!!! boy over GIZELLE dead body you have any future with UPP! she can’t tek you or you YARDEE wifey!!!!
https://antiguanewsroom.com/fernandez-continues-annual-back-to-school-drive/
https://antiguanewsroom.com/over-700-children-receive-back-to-school-support-from-mp-fernandez/#google_vignette
Tell Lewis to try and walk in the footsteps of the honorable Charles Max Fernandez and provide for over 700 children back to school packages in his constituency.
@ BP I agree with you. SERPENT , SHUGY and RICHARD LEWIS should be expelled from UPP. Cannot be trusted. They are UNDERMINING the party. My Family have been supporting UPP for years. If these Guys remain with the Party, ABLP will receive our votes . ( FAMILY OF 25 VOTES ) in RURAL WEST.
I heard Them on J TRUTH program, They sounded so FAKE. Kick Them out.
now i see why richard LOSE de leadership race
Well no statement can be made by PRINGLE because he has no ideas in his head and then for the WRITING part he go ha fu wait for GISELLE fu write um. That is the sad leadership that PRINGLE provides for the UPP. What a blind bunch of people.
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