AGP Executive Report
Last update: 8 hours agoCommunity Investment: Village councils will receive annual government contributions, following EC$100,000 grants last year. Separately, Dominica has launched eight community projects worth EC$9.9 million under the Caribbean Development Bank-funded Basic Needs Trust Fund. Parliament: Lawmakers approved EC$248.5 million in supplementary spending and tax reforms. A 10% personal income tax rate starts in January 2027, while changes to import taxes end tax-on-tax charges. Retirement Support: A new pension law extends government bridge-pension support to non-established public workers until age 65, a move welcomed by the Public Service Union. Citizenship by Investment: Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit defended the CBI programme as vital to development as Dominica and four other Eastern Caribbean states face a November 12 EU deadline to state their position on phasing out the schemes. Finance Minister Irving McIntyre also said Dominica earned a favourable rating in the latest CBI index.
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