Prominent businessman Phillip Shoul is the latest to voice his favour for a scrapping of the personal income tax.

The Employers’ Federation has made a number of proposals to government that the organisation said could turn the country’s economy around.

President of the Employers Federation Acres Stowe has guaranteed private sector support for the work being done to ensure health and safety standards are improved in the workplace.

The High Court decision that went against Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer et al in favour of deposed chairman of the Antigua & Barbuda Electoral Commission

Leader of Her Majesty’s Opposition Lester Bird is still threatening to take legal action over recent changes in electoral law that saw, among other changes, the diminution of power

Project Manager Revenue Administration Reform in the Inland Revenue Department (IRD) Everett Christian has reiterated that the planned taxation of benefits and allowances is solely designed to close the loopholes being used by some individuals and businesses to avoid paying their fair share of taxes.

The Antigua/Barbuda Business Alliance believes workers in the country are too unproductive for the nation’s manufacturers to become real world-class marketers of locally made goods.

The Employers Federation has given a cautious welcome to the government’s stimulus package but warned that without proper implementation

The Trade Union Congress (TUC) on Sunday hit back at the Business Alliance calling it hypocritical for only declaring its objections to many of the proposals to be enshrined in the new Labour Code.

A prominent attorney has called for a statute of limitations on litigation in industrial disputes to protect employers from legal action years after industrial disputes.