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THE Standing Finance Committee has approved a $29,925,500 allocation in the 2024/2025 budget for the Central Administrative Services Tobago (CAST). The approval was done at a meeting on October 16 at the House of Representatives, Port of Spain. Before this allocation was approved, Minister in the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) Ayanna Webster-Roy said […]
FINANCE Minister Colm Imbert says his ministry is examining the role the new TT Revenue Authority (TTRA) could have in relation to revenue-collection in Tobago. He made this comment before the Standing Finance Committee of the House of Representatives approved a budgetary allocation of $2,580,755,600 for the THA on October 16. On September 16, the […]
HEALTH Minister Terrence Deyalsingh says government continues to do all it can to ensure the public receives essential pharmaceuticals and non-pharmaceuticals. He said those included vaccines, HIV test kits and expenses for the Chronic Disease Assistance Programme (CDAP). Deyalsingh made the comments before the Standing Finance Committee of the House of Representatives approved a $6,704,077,000 […]
HEALTH Minister Terrence Deyalsingh says he is disappointed by Fyzabad MP Dr Lackram Bodoe’s claims that people seeking a second-hand vehicle could acquire one from the ministry’s insect vector control division (IVCD). Deyalsingh made his comment at a meeting of the Standing Finance Committee meeting of the House of Representatives on October 11, before it […]
FINANCE Minister Colm Imbert has said police stations are exempt from paying property tax. He was responding to a question from Oropouche East MP Dr Roodal Moonilal during a meeting of the Standing Finance Committee of the House of Representatives on October 11. The committee later approved a budgetary allocation of $2,598,277,200 for the police. […]
FYZABAD MP Dr Lackram Bodoe has defended Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar’s claims about fake covid19 vaccines. Bodoe also says he was a recent victim of cyber bullying. He also made several claims about ills in the health sector under the PNM. Bodoe was speaking in the 2024/2025 budget debate in the House of Representatives on […]
AGRICULTURE Minister Kazim Hosein says the agriculture sector has improved over the last nine years under the PNM. He promised these developments will continue over the next five years, when the PNM is re-elected next year. Hosein was contributing to the budget debate in the House of Representatives on October 10. Agriculture received a $ […]
MAYARO MP Rushton Paray has expressed sadness over the death of Jayden Lalchan, 15, who took his own life on October 3. He did so before starting his contribution to the 2024/2025 budget debate in the House of Representatives on October 7. Paray said, “Jaden was a bright and promising student and his untimely death, […]
THE police have received an approximate $116 million decrease in their allocation from fiscal 2024 to 2025. This information is contained in the Draft Estimates for Recurrent Expenditure for Financial Year 2025. In fiscal 2024, the police’s budgetary allocation was $2,624, 933,900. The allocation for fiscal 2025 is $2,508,277,000. Within this figure, the police’s expenditure […]
MAYARO MP Rushton Paray has hinted at the possibility of not being chosen by the Opposition UNC to contest the next general election. Unfazed by this prospect, Paray said he will go down fighting as a patriot, putting country ahead of partisan political interests. As he contributed to the 2024/2025 budget in the House of […]