Weekly Round-up: Kartel gets appeal nod… PNP rips budget… Telephone tax approved
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Incarcerated entertainer Vybz Kartel and his three co-accused were, on Wednesday, granted leave to appeal their conviction and sentence in the Court of Appeal.See link for stories below:
Kartel, given name Adidja Palmer; Kahira Jones; Andre St John; and entertainer Shawn “Shawn Storm” Campbell hope to have their sentences for the murder of Clive ‘Lizard Williams’ overturned.
Thomas Tavares-Finson, attorney for Vybz Kartel, described the development as an “important step in the appeal process”.
Meanwhile, the People’s National Party this week scolded the Government over its $13.5 billion tax package, which it blamed on the $1.5 million income tax break.
Opposition spokesman on finance Dr Peter Phillips on Tuesday told the Andrew Holness administration to change its “disastrous” policies and “wheel and come again”, warning Jamaicans to brace for more taxes.
Then on Thursday, outgoing PNP leader Portia Simpson Miller chastised the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) for what she called reckless campaign promises, resulting in Jamaicans having to pay for the Government’s “political expediency”.
In other news, legislation was passed in the House of Representatives on Thursday, giving legal authority to the Government to collect taxes imposed on certain telephone calls since 2012.
Watch as OBSERVER ONLINE wraps the week for you.
Kartel, co-convicts granted leave to appeal conviction
Portia says Gov’t must roll back tax proposals
House approves legislation on telephone tax
Astronaut zeroes in on Negril from International Space Station
No roll back on new taxes, says Shaw
Shaw seeks to justify ‘raid’ on NHT funds
Shaw says WhatsApp calls could be denting revenues
Wray & Nephew to increase prices on ‘some products’
Cops issue 106,000 traffic tickets since January
NCB removes charges for dormant accounts
Jamaican man in ICE custody dies in US hospital
Deceased in Portland yacht fall identified as 16-y-o British girl
Two cops accused of murder found not guilty
Tambourine Army co-founder rushed to hospital in state of shock
Woman constable held on corruption charges
Calabar opposes ISSA’s clearance of KC’s Uganda athlete
ISSA fires back at Calabar over opposition of KC’s Ugandan student
