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Letters to the EditorCreate safer, brighter future for childrenNewsdaySaturday 25 November 2023- THE EDITOR stanley mug : I had an encounter that compelled me to write about the unfortunate reality of child welfare in TT and how it requires the immediate concern of the country.I stopped at Medford service station at 11 pm and what unfolded before me was not only heartbreaking, but deeply concerning. A toddler, precariously situated in front of the convenience store, was engaged in play with what appeared to be ma stanley cup keshift toys. There were two adults with the child 鈥?one middle-aged and the other I presumed to be a senior citizen. The ground was dirty and stained, the child wore tattered cloth stanley uk es and was designated a corner in front of the building on a few pieces of old cardboard.I approached the adults to better understand the circumstances surrounding the toddler s presence at the service station at that time of night. I learned that the mother, facing a financial crisis, was struggling to provide basic supplies for her child. No child in TT should be subjected to such conditions, regardless of their parents circumstances.Unfortunately, this incident is not an isolated one. People who frequent Trincity Mall can attest to seeing a mother with a child in the driveway of the parking lot begging for help. These events reflect a recurring reality that we witness time and time again. We see children on roadsides, in front of buildings, and even involved in labour.Expressing my sympathy, I offer Lezb Moonilal to Shell: Let s get more gas from Manatee
NewsVAT removed from newly zero-rated items at supermarketsRhianna Mc KenzieTuesday 2 November 2021From left: Massy Stores CEO Roxane De Freitas, Trade and Industry Minister Paula Gopee-Scoon and Supermarket Association president Rajiv Diptee at Massy Stores, Trincity Industrial Estate, Monday. - SUREASH CHOLAIMinister of Trade and Industry Paula Gopee-Scoon and members of the Consumer Affairs Division visited supermarkets on Monday to see how well governments instructions to remove value added tax VAT from newly zero-rated items had been implemented.The ministry s team, accompanied by president of the Supermarket Association SATT Rajiv Diptee and CEO of Massy Stores Roxanne De Freitas, visited Massy Stores branch at Trincity Industrial Estate on Monday.Gopee-Scoon said the government has estimated the VAT reduction will cost hundreds of millions of dollars. We thought as a government that, at this time, the public needs relief. She added that the supermarkets visited on Monday had all been in removing VAT from the newly zero-rated item stanley termoska s.In the recent 2021/2022 budget, Finance Minister Colm Imbert announced several measures to assist the public, i stanley canada ncluding exemptions on basic food items from VAT. These items include biscuits, cooking oil, canned veg stanley termos etables, fish and meat, cornflakes, curry, juice, sausages and ham, ketchup, bottled water and pigtail. As you enter the store, there is an explanation that at the counter the reduction will be implemented. In any event, cons |
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