Author: Clint Chan Tack

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 […]

TRADE and Industry Minister Paula Gopee-Scoon says government has been working consistently over the last nine years to ensure citizens can continue to buy basic food items at affordable prices. In contrast, she said, the UNC did the exact opposite when it was in office from 2010-2015. Gopee-Scoon was speaking in the 2024/2025 budget debate […]

ENERGY Minister Stuart Young has dismissed claims from Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar that the PNM has mismanaged TT’s affairs over the last nine years and placed the nation in a debt trap. Young said the PNM has demonstrated responsibility and maturity over that period to ensure TT’s long term economic health. He added that Persad-Bissessar […]

TRINIDAD and Tobago is expected to register real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth of 1.9 per cent this year. This information is contained in the Review of the Economy 2024 document which was laid in the House of Representatives on September 30. The review said this growth is based on International Monetary Fund (IMF) projections […]

SOUTHEX CEO George Singh says government should consider the staging of more expos around TT to encourage the development of small businesses. He made the comment during the opening of Southex’s Expo 2024 at Gulf City Shopping Mall, La Romaine on October 2. Singh told the media he had not studied the $59.7 billion 2024/2025 […]

THE Elections and Boundaries Commission (EBC) has received a $61,121,595 increase in its budgetary allocation. This information was contained in the Draft Estimates of Recurrent Expenditure for fiscal 2025, which were laid in the House of Representatives on September 30. In fiscal 2024, the EBC received an allocation of $70,913,405. This was increased to $132,308,000 […]

POINTE-a Pierre MP David Lee has called on government to provide details on the restructuring of Atlantic LNG (ALNG) He made this call during his contribution to debate on the 2024/2025 budget in the House of Representatives on October 4. On January 25, 2022, Government and ALNG shareholders signed a heads of agreement to guide […]

TOBAGO East MP Ayanna Webster-Roy has defended the allocation in the 2024/2025 budget for Tobago. Webster-Roy, who is also Minister in the Office of the Prime Minister with responsibility for gender and child affairs, rejected claims from Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar that government is not interested in protecting children. She made these statements during her […]

OPPOSITION Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar has said the legacy of the PNM after nine years in government is “bloodshed, bankruptcy, banditry, betrayal, butchery, brutality and bawling.” Persad-Bissessar also accused the Prime Minister and several government ministers of betraying the population in favour of an elitist minority and placing Trinidad and Tobago in a debt trap for […]

RURAL Development and Local Government Minister Faris Al-Rawi says he is very upbeat about the allocation his ministry received in the 2024/2025 budget and additional revenues of over $91 million, which can flow into the coffers of local government corporations from the collection of property tax. He added he knows complaints and allegations will be […]