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CABINET has agreed to a shortlist of three bidders for the takeover of the former Petrotrin refinery in Pointe-a-Pierre, Finance Minister Colm Imbert announced in his 2024/2025 budget presentation. The bidders are CRO Consortium (a TT-based consortium, comprising DR Commodities Ltd, Chemie-Tech and Ocala), US-based iNca Energy LLC and Nigeria-based Dando PLC, selected by Scotia […]

FINANCE Minister Colm Imbert has announced tax and national insurance amnesties to allow people to make outstanding tax payments without incurring penalties before the TT Revenue Authority (TTRA) becomes operational. He also announced the creation of an online system to assist people with the payment of residential property tax. He made these announcements when he […]

AS politicians arrived to the Red House on Abercromby Street, Port of Spain on September 30, protesters gathered to express their thoughts. The crowd, carrying placards and shouting their slogans, met with ministers and other prominent figures ahead of the 2025 budget presentation. Newsday photographers were on the scene to capture the crowds. Meanwhile, the […]

SEPTEMBER 30 marked the highly anticipated 2024/2025 budget, presented by Minister of Finance Colm Imbert. Members of Parliament filed into the Red House, the seat of Parliament for the presentation. Newsday photographers were at the scene to capture these images.   The post Politicians arrive for the 2025 budget presentation appeared first on Trinidad and […]

The decision by the Attorney General not to appeal the decision of the courts in a case that found the state to have infringed the rights of a murdered woman and her family was a formal acknowledgement that the government must take the consequences of domestic violence and partner abuse seriously. In December 2017, Samantha […]

THE EDITOR: I read where economist and former deputy governor of the Central Bank Dr Terrence Farrell said that Marla Dukharan’s analysis on billions of US dollars “missing” from this country is incorrect. “Unfortunately, Marla’s analysis and explanation is not correct. Balance of payments accounting is complicated. The more recent methodologies which attempt to account […]

Minister of Caricom and Foreign Affairs Dr Amery Browne has stressed Haiti needs to lead the solutions to its challenges, supported by international co-operation. He made the statement on Saturday during a speech at the 79th session of the UN General Assembly in New York. Haiti has been grappling with political turmoil for years with […]

TT Red Force fast bowler Anderson Phillip ended with a nine-wicket haul in Lancashire’s English County Championship division one four-day match against Worcestershire at New Road, Worcester, but his feat was unable to provide a winning result or help his team avoid relegation. When the game came to an end on the fourth and final […]

Reigning east zone Intercol champions Arima North Secondary (ten points) continued their unbeaten run in the 2024 Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) premier division season when they played to a goalless draw with the ninth-placed Queen’s Royal College (seven points) at the Arima Velodrome on September 28. However, as referee Anil Joseph blew his whistle […]

Claxton Bay labourer Brandon Barclay, 31, died from gunshot injuries on September 28 after he was dropped off at a Couva health facility by two anonymous men. Police said a nurse of the Couva District Health Facility contacted the Couva Police Station and reported Barclay was brought in around 6 am with several gunshot wounds. […]