MATT PRESIDENT A HYPOCRITE WHEN IT COMES TO GOVERNMENT FUNDING ?

It was with great alarm that I read the article entitled ‘Government’s 15,000 per diem for journalist’ in the Sunday Express of December 28th. In said article, the author alledged that the named media workers received the per diem whilst accompanying the Prime...
Posted On 28 Dec 2014
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PP deserves a second term

THE EDITOR: In 2010 when the PP Government came into power, the critics claimed it could not last six months. But it lasted four years and is set to finish its full five years in style with two new highways, one to Point Fortin and one through Caroni to Piarco. Every right...
Posted On 28 Dec 2014
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Petrotrin Cleared by EMA – No association with Otaheite Oil

The EMA’s statement clearing Petrotrin from any association with the claim of oil appearing at Otaheite, is welcomed at this time as the Company continues to focus on improved operations with a long view towards securing the Company’s sustainability and its continued...
Posted On 26 Dec 2014
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Guaracara River Clean-up Completed

On Christmas Eve, Petrotrin completed the clean-up of oily water that escaped into the Guaracara River earlier this week. Due to an upset condition on one of the process units in the Pointe-a-Pierre refinery on Sunday 2014 December 21, 15 barrels of oil were discharged from the...
Posted On 26 Dec 2014
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Ramnarine’s high points

By David Renwick With only two Energy Insiders left for the year, it is fitting to devote this one to the achievements of our Minister of Energy and Energy Affairs, Kevin Ramnarine, during the course of 2014 and, next week, to look ahead to what he needs to accomplish in the six...
Posted On 26 Dec 2014
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Christmas Greetings from Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar

Fellow citizens, On behalf of the Government and people of Trinidad and Tobago, I extend a very happy and holy Christmas to our Christian Community. Today, worldwide, in celebration of the birth of the Christ child, Christian families will come together in churches and at home to...
Posted On 24 Dec 2014
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$600M for HCU shareholders

FINANCE Minister Larry Howai yesterday said payments in cash and bonds to depositors and shareholders of the Hindu Credit Union (HCU) will cost the State a total of $600 million. In making this disclosure, Howai also revealed that HCU depositors and shareholders who had accounts...
Posted On 23 Dec 2014
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China EXIMBank meets Minister Bharath

China EXIMBank meets Vasant Bharath, Minister of Finance and the Economy (Ag.) December 16 2014:- On Monday 15th December, 2014, Senator the Honourable Vasant Bharath, the Acting Minister of Finance and the Economy, along with senior Ministry officials, met with a visiting high...
Posted On 22 Dec 2014
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PM: Let good sense prevail on hanging bill

PRIME Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar is hoping for “good sense to prevail” with the reintroduction of the Constitution (Amendment) Bill, commonly referred to as the “Hanging Bill” saying that researches reveal that wherever the death penalty is enforced the homicide rates...
Posted On 22 Dec 2014
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Minister Howai Responds to Spurious Media Report

Statement by the Minister of Finance and the Economy, Senator the Honourable Larry Howai: I refer to various recent reports in the media relating to an investigation by the Securities Exchange Commission in 2005—some 10 years ago. The matter involved a number of persons and was...
Posted On 18 Dec 2014
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