Fixin’ T&T fears for corruption
Published: Tuesday, September 9, 2014Fixin’ T&T is estimating that, yet again, 50 to 60 per cent of the $64 billion budget will be lost to corruption and inefficiency. “We are reiterating our call...
View ArticleRise in minimum wage will bring inflation—ECA
Published: Tuesday, September 9, 2014Neil Derrick, vice-chairman of the Employers’ Consultative Association (ECA), is concerned about the proposed increase in the minimum wage. He said it may have...
View ArticleThumbs up from South business
Reshma RagoonathPublished: Tuesday, September 9, 2014South business associations have described the $64.664 billion budget as a “good” fiscal package. However, they are urging the Government to...
View ArticleTunapuna chamber grateful for tax, VAT ease
Published: Tuesday, September 9, 2014David Edwards, president of the Greater Tunapuna Chamber of Commerce, said Government has offered an “election budget full of goodies.” In an initial response to...
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Following snub at COP anniversary: Carolyn advised to form new party
Radica SookrajPublished: Tuesday, September 9, 2014Congress of the People supporters are telling their chairman, Carolyn Seepersad-Bachan, to leave the COP and form a new party, following Saturday’s...
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Maxi owners on $35m tax rebate: Wives already counting cash
Gail AlexanderPublished: Wednesday, September 10, 2014Maxi 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...
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More $$ for EBC in election year
Gail AlexanderPublished: Wednesday, September 10, 2014The Election and Boundaries Commission’s estimates of recurrent expenditure for the 2015 general election year totals $164.3 million, an increase...
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$60,000 for Patos’ Divine Echoes
Gail AlexanderPublished: Wednesday, September 10, 2014Recurrent expenditure for the Prime Minister’s Office for 2015 is listed in budget documents as $638.7 million. That includes $24 million...
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Govt relief package ‘an election gimmick’
Published: Wednesday, September 10, 2014Political 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...
View ArticleHowai on election claims: There’s always politics
Geisha KowlessarPublished: Wednesday, September 10, 2014In all budgets there is always a “bit of an overview of politics,” said Finance Minister Larry Howai, responding to claims that the 2014/2015...
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Economist warns of Govt wastage
Kevon FelminePublished: Wednesday, September 10, 2014Government’s plan to pump millions of dollars into the non-energy sector could see taxpayers’ dollars being wasted. That’s the view of economist...
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Devant happy with agriculture funding
Anna-Lisa PaulPublished: Wednesday, September 10, 2014Food Production Minister Devant Maharaj says he is happy with the $1.3 billion allocation to his ministry in this year’s budget. Also expressing...
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Four Roads plan may be reviewed
Highways boss visits site of fatal accidentAnna-Lisa PaulPublished: Wednesday, September 10, 2014Director of the Highways Division, Roger Ganesh, yesterday insisted that the road fatality at the new...
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T&T suicide rates higher than regional, global averages—WHO
Suicide rates in two of the region's countries are among the highest in the worldPublished: Wednesday, September 10, 2014Trouble in paradise?Every forty seconds someone dies from suicide. That's more...
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Port-of-Spain mayor lends weight to chikungunya fight
Neal RasminePublished: Wednesday, September 10, 2014Port-of-Spain Mayor Raymond Tim Kee visited Belmont as part of a public health campaign to stop the spread of dengue and chikungunya. Accompanied by...
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Overloaded CARPHA stops testing for chikungunya in T&T, but no official...
Anna-Lisa PaulPublished: Wednesday, September 10, 2014The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA), which is mandated to test and confirm the instances of chikungunya virus throughout the region, has...
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Howai admits babycare grant not finalised
Kinks to be worked outGeisha KowlessarPublished: Thursday, September 11, 2014There are still some kinks to be worked out with the proposed $500 babycare grant, Finance Minister Larry Howai said...
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Mahabir-Wyatt on baby fund: Teach moms how to be better parents
Yvonne BaboolalPublished: Thursday, September 11, 2014Child rights activist Diana Mahabir-Wyatt says the $500 babycare fund for underprivileged mothers is okay but they also need classes on how to be...
View ArticleRoaming boy saved from death
Living conditions upset copsKevon FelminePublished: Thursday, September 11, 2014Three-year-old Jordon Campbell unknowingly escaped death yesterday after he wandered some 800 metres from his Freeport...
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Court blocks opening of two schools
Dereck AchongPublished: Thursday, September 11, 2014Almost 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...
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