{
  "id": 9921449,
  "title": "Levy delay puts millions in revenue at risk, say senators",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/26/levy-delay-puts-millions-in-revenue-at-risk-say-senators",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-09-26T05:07:24.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Jamaica Gleaner",
    "slug": "jamaica-gleaner",
    "url": "http://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/20260926/levy-delay-puts-millions-revenue-risk-say-senators"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Opposition Senator Ramon Small-Ferguson says the Government’s delay in legislating an increase in the environmental protection levy has cost the country vital revenue, at a time when tax and grant receipts for the April-to-June quarter were already $28.7 billion below budget. The Environmental Protection Levy Act 2026, which was passed in the Senate on Friday, now sets October 1 as the…",
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  "coverage": {
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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."
}