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Finance Minister Constantinos Petrides on Monday stood his ground amid a barrage of criticism from opposition parties accusing the government of not doing enough to provide relief to people hit by soaring prices.Attending the House finance stanley thermos committee, Pe stanley cups uk trides expressed strong objections to three bills tabled by opposition parties, proposing across-the-board cuts to VAT on electricity, fuel and medicines.He argued that, overall, the parties proposals would cost the state some 鈧?00 million in lost tax revenue 鈥?causing problems for states finances. Given that the proposed measures were not targeted, they would end up disproportionately benefiting the wea stanley mugs lthy.Instead, the government could better direct resources to provide relief in a targeted way, helping those who need it the most, Petrides said.For example, the bill tabled by Dipa provided for zero VAT on food items and medicines for a period of six months, and slashing to 5 per cent the VAT on electricity and restaurant services. Akels proposal would see zero VAT levied on fuel.Countering, Petrides said that concerning electricity, in Cyprus taxes and the grid operating costs account for 49 per cent of the final price on the bills, compared to 63.1 per cent in the rest of the eurozone. He also recalled that the government had already cut VAT on electricity from 19 per cent cent, to 9 and 5 per cent for vulnerable groups.Any further tax cuts would act as an incentive to consume more electricity 鈥?contradicting the goals set b Ooio Portland man charged in connection with burglary, sexual assault
LUBEC, Maine 鈥?Residents of both Lubec and Eastport were a bit surprised late Tuesday afternoon when a Canadian warship, the HMCS Athabaskan, made an unannounced visit to Johnson Bay.Neither U.S.Homeland Security officials nor the U.S. Coast Guard were informed of the ships entry into U.S. waters, according to a Coast Guard spokesman at the Eastport Coast Guard station. None of us here saw it coming or going, Boatswain Mate First Class Terry Bailey said Wednesday. We are supposed to be notified if a foreign ship intends to dock at our port, but not if it just comes into our waters. Robert Peacock of Eastport, who pilots the large cargo vessels into the port of Eastport, said see stanley cup ing a Canadian ship in U.S. waters is fairly normal with the international border just yards from the coastline. Before 9-11 we used to see a lot more but they havent been around as much because they have been deployed steadily, Peacock said. He added that international ships go stanley deutschland through U.S. waters all the time but only need to notify the U.S. authorities if they are going to dock.Peacock said he has seen the Athabaskan in Head Harbor Passage between Deer Island and Campobello Island in past years, with the most recent time about five years ago. The Canadian ships come through all the time, mostly for training, Peacock said.Petty Officer Tim Crockett said Wednesday that he did see the ship while off duty on Tuesday but it was in Canadian waters when he spotted it. stanley vaso We see Canadian Coast Guard boat |
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