Prime Minister Philip J. Pierre continues to deceive the people of Saint Lucia. He stood before the nation and claimed there would be no new taxes yet in reality, his government has quietly extended the 2.5% Health and Security Levy, a tax that was supposed to end this year.
Even more alarming, there is now a proposal circulating to increase VAT by another 2.5%, a move that Pierre failed to mention in his budget presentation.
Saint Lucians are being misled. A tax by any other name is still a tax. Don’t be fooled by fancy words and political spin. You deserve honesty, not half-truths and hidden burdens
Why hasn’t Saint Lucia Signed the Standardizing Citizenship by Investment in the Caribbean?
On Wednesday, March 20, 2024, leaders from Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, and St Kitts and Nevis convened virtually to sign a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) aimed at standardizing Citizenship by Investment (CBI) programs across the Caribbean. However, conspicuously absent from this gathering was a representative from Saint Lucia. This begs the question: why hasn’t Saint Lucia signed on to…
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