WATER SUPPLY A NATIONAL CRISIS

BY Ken Ali When large communities in central and south Trinidad are denied a water supply for weeks, while urban areas get a constant free flow, it is not the commodity that is in short supply. It is justice. It is equity, fair play, even-handedness. That is the current situation...
Posted On 29 Apr 2019
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Lying Keith Rowley and Sinanan can’t get their maths right

By Capil Bissoon Prime Minister Kei­th Row­ley was being dishonest and deliberately mislead the population by saying that the entire Curepe Interchange Project will cost $221.7M. Is Rowley telling the country that the $221.7M includes the cost of the 37 parcels of land and...
Posted On 21 Feb 2019
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Media Should be More Vigilant with Galleons Passage

By Capil Bissoon I refer to your story in yesterday’s edition of the Trinidad Express captioned “Has the work started” with regards to the mechanical and technical upgrades to the Galleons Passage in Cuba. I must confess that I am a frustrated reader because the media continues...
Posted On 10 Jun 2018
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GAS AND GROWTH IN 2018

By Kevin Ramnarine For the last two decades, the Trinidad and Tobago (T&T) economy can best be described as a “gas based economy”. When natural gas production grows, it’s likely that our economy will also grow. We produce a lot of natural gas in comparison to our oil...
Posted On 20 Dec 2017
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The Bogeyman Thesis – Budget 2018 has not inspired public and investor confidence

Is Government deliberately making the energy and banking sectors into the economic bogeymen of T&T? If so, this is an extremely dangerous course that does not augur well for the future of this nation. Despite the economic storms of the last three years, these two sectors have...
Posted On 14 Oct 2017
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THE BOGEY MEN

By Kevin Ramnarine The Government is deliberately making the energy and banking sectors into the economic bogey men of T&T. That is dangerous since investors have options. T&T isn’t the only girl on the dance floor. This is not 1977. To say that the country produces 3.0...
Posted On 10 Oct 2017
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Ramnarine: Imbert Wrong on Fiscal Incentives

Statements by Colm Imbert regarding the fiscal incentives of 2014 are totally wrong and misleading. These statements and their tone also serve to erode investor confidence in T&T’s energy sector. The facts of the matter remain that these incentives (accelerated capital...
Posted On 03 Oct 2017
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THE WORST POVERTY IS A POVERTY OF IDEAS

By Kevin Ramnarine The budget is October 2nd, 2017. Brace for Impact. The Minister of Planning has already signaled that this will be a hard budget. How much more can the population take? Well at least they haven’t rioted as yet. The private sector is buckling under the weight of...
Posted On 20 Sep 2017
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ECONOMIC DROUGHT – 2018 AND BEYOND

By Kevin Ramnarine I hate to be the bearer of bad news but the economic drought will continue into 2018 and maybe beyond. While the recession will end, thanks to increased gas production from the Juniper project, Government revenue in 2018 will not be vastly different from 2016...
Posted On 09 Sep 2017
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The Politics of Distraction and Bias

By Devant Maharaj Since 6am Tuesday 29th August to now the man who has perhaps fought more constitutional cases in the courts of Trinidad and Tobago protecting the rights of citizens, often times pro bono, has been in detention by the Police for a conversation three years ago...
Posted On 30 Aug 2017
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