{
  "id": 9351009,
  "title": "‘You are playing with fire’ - Golding suggests retro levy bill leaves loophole for legal claims, Gov’t dismisses concerns",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/23/you-are-playing-with-fire-golding-suggests-retro-levy-bill-leaves-9351009",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-23T05:07:43.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Jamaica Gleaner",
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    "url": "http://jamaica-gleaner.com/index%2Ephp/article/news/20260923/you-are-playing-fire-golding-suggests-retro-levy-bill-leaves-loophole-legal"
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  "summary": "The parliamentary Opposition’s protest that a bill giving retroactive effect to the environment protection levy from June 2007 to the present does not go far enough to protect the Consolidated Fund and public officials who imposed the tax from legal action was brushed aside on Tuesday. Opposition Leader Mark Golding said the tax collected over the period was done without legal authority and urged…",
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        "title": "‘You are playing with fire’ - Golding suggests retro levy bill leaves loophole for legal claims, Gov’t dismisses concerns",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/23/you-are-playing-with-fire-golding-suggests-retro-levy-bill-leaves",
        "published": "2026-09-23T05:07:43.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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