Trinidad & Tobago Newsday
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A call is being made for transparency in the proposed divestment of government’s 49 per cent shareholding in Clico and in the omission of Patriotic Energies and Technologies Company Ltd (Patriotic) from being shortlisted as a potential operator of the mothballed Pointe-a-Pierre refinery. Movement for Social Justice (MSJ) leader David Abdulah stated his intention to […]
THERE were increases and decreases in the allocations for local government corporations for fiscal 2025. There was also a decrease over the same period in the allocation for the Community-Based Environmental Protection and Enhancement Programme (Cepep). This information is contained in the Draft Estimates for Recurrent Expenditure for Financial Year 2025, which was laid in […]
A TWO-HOUR delay due to lights not working meant a shortened run chase for the Barbados Royals, which they achieved to defeat Trinbago Knight Riders (TKR) in the eliminator match at the Guyana National Stadium in Providence, Guyana on October 1. TKR were 168/3 after 19.1 overs when the lights stopped working and the players […]
ST Lucia Kings captain Faf du Plessis knows there is a lot of buzz around the country now after the recent success of St Lucian sprinter Julien Alfred at the Olympic Games and felt that “optimism” during their matches played at the Daren Sammy National Cricket Stadium in Gros Islet, St Lucia. The Kings will […]
THE TOBAGO Chamber of Industry & Commerce says the 2024/2025 budget does not address the debts owed by the Tobago House of Assembly (THA) to contractors who provided services to clean up the February 7 oil spill, which affected several coastal communities along the island’s southwestern peninsula. In a document titled A Bitter Sweet Outlook, […]
BAVINA SOOKDEO “I want my people from around the world to visit (Trinidad and Tobago) and support their culture during Carnival time. We should be taking money into our country. Do not stay away.” This is the message masman Dexter Kahn has for TT citizens across the world. At 81, Kahn is finally stepping away […]
ECONOMIST at Republic Bank’s economic intelligence unit Garvin Joefield said although the 2024/2025 budget did not present many new initiatives or “pre-election goodies,” it was reasonable given the challenges faced by the country. He added that it was “portrayed as a mechanism to help the country hold strain until it can tap into the cross-border […]
AN increase in minimum wage for public sector employees, the removal of all duties and taxes on electric vehicles and a tax and NIS amnesty were among the announcements made by Finance Minister Colm Imbert during his $59.7 billion 2025 budget presentation in Parliament on September 30. After issuing an online poll on October 1, […]
THE Office of the Prime Minister (OPM), Parliament and the Office of the President (OTP) all received increased allocations for fiscal 2025 in the 2024/2025 budget. According to the Draft Estimates for Recurrent Expenditure for Financial Year 2025, the OPM’s allocation increased from $568,489,400 in fiscal 2024 to $ 778,796,200 210 in fiscal 2025. This […]
THA Minority Leader Kelvon Morris is calling for more accountability in the management of the island’s annual budgetary allocation. During the 2024/2025 budget presentation on September 30, Finance Minister Colm Imbert said Tobago was allocated $2.599 billion – 4.35 per cent of national budget. Morris said central government should be commended for steering the ship […]