Rise in minimum wage will bring inflation—ECA
Neil Derrick, vice-chairman of the Employers’ Consultative Association (ECA), is concerned about the proposed increase in the minimum wage. He said it may have repercussions on the economy and call
View ArticleThumbs up from South business
Reshma RagoonathSouth business associations have described the $64.664 billion budget as a “good” fiscal package.
View ArticleTunapuna chamber grateful for tax, VAT ease
David Edwards, president of the Greater Tunapuna Chamber of Commerce, said Government has offered an “election budget full of goodies.” In an initial response to the Finance Minister Larry Howai’s
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Following snub at COP anniversary: Carolyn advised to form new party
Radica SookrajCongress of the People supporters are telling their chairman, Carolyn Seepersad-Bachan, to leave the COP and form a new party, following Saturday’s snub at the party’s eighth anniversary...
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Maxi owners on $35m tax rebate: Wives already counting cash
Gail AlexanderMaxi taxi operators who purchased 25-seater vehicles in previous years will be getting $35 million in rebates from the 2015 budget, as the People’s Partnership (PP) Government seeks to...
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More $$ for EBC in election year
Gail AlexanderThe Election and Boundaries Commission’s estimates of recurrent expenditure for the 2015 general election year totals $164.3 million, an increase over its 2013 and 2014 figures. The...
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$60,000 for Patos’ Divine Echoes
Gail AlexanderRecurrent expenditure for the Prime Minister’s Office for 2015 is listed in budget documents as $638.7 million.
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Govt relief package ‘an election gimmick’
Political analyst Dr Winsford James says the 2015 budget was intended to appease the population in the light of abuses the Government has committed over the years. And James says the measures propo
View ArticleHowai on election claims: There’s always politics
Geisha KowlessarIn all budgets there is always a “bit of an overview of politics,” said Finance Minister Larry Howai, responding to claims that the 2014/2015 budget presented in Parliament on Monday...
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Economist warns of Govt wastage
Kevon FelmineGovernment’s plan to pump millions of dollars into the non-energy sector could see taxpayers’ dollars being wasted.
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Devant happy with agriculture funding
Anna-Lisa PaulFood Production Minister Devant Maharaj says he is happy with the $1.3 billion allocation to his ministry in this year’s budget. Also expressing confidence that farmers will benefit from...
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Four Roads plan may be reviewed
Anna-Lisa PaulDirector of the Highways Division, Roger Ganesh, yesterday insisted that the road fatality at the new intersection at Four Roads, Diego Martin, was not due to the Ministry of Works and...
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Mahabir-Wyatt on baby fund: Teach moms how to be better parents
Yvonne BaboolalChild rights activist Diana Mahabir-Wyatt says the $500 babycare fund for underprivileged mothers is okay but they also need classes on how to be better parents, among other things....
View ArticleRoaming boy saved from death
Kevon FelmineThree-year-old Jordon Campbell unknowingly escaped death yesterday after he wandered some 800 metres from his Freeport home onto the busy Southern Main Road. Death would have been almost...
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Court blocks opening of two schools
Dereck AchongAlmost two weeks after the start of the school term, more than 200 pupils remain at home after the planned opening of their two private schools was blocked by a last-ditch lawsuit by the...
View ArticleCorporation: 34 ChikV cases in Diego
Anna-Lisa PaulThe Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA), which is mandated to test and confirm the instances of chikungunya virus throughout the region, has reportedly stopped testing, owing to the...
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WASA to spend $1.2b to beef up waste plants
Kalifa ClyneContracts have been awarded in a TT$1.2 billion investment in the rehabilitation of T&T’s waste water treatment plants to allow for a centralised sewerage system. This was announced at...
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Armoured carriers soon for protective troops
Gail AlexanderSix armoured personnel carriers (APCs) being purchased this year, to add to similar carriers the T&T Defence Force previously had, will be used for situations including...
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Islamic links keep T&T under watch
Gail AlexanderAfter the failed 1990 coup attempt in T&T and the attack on the US on September 11, 2001—the 13th anniversary of which is today—the Caribbean’s situation where the growth of Islamic...
View ArticleSingh unhappy at SWMCOL’s pace
Rhondor DowlatThe Solid Waste Management Company (SWMCOL) came under fire yesterday from the Minister of the Environment and Water Resources Ganga Singh. Singh threatened to scrap its contract should...
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