Minister of Finance Dave Tancoo gesticulates as he delivers his maiden 2025/26 National Budget, Redhouse, Abercromby Street, Port-of-Spain yesterday.
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FLASHBACK – The Chief Personnel Officer Commander Dr Daryl Dindial (2nd right), is photographed with President General of the Contractors and General Workers Trade Union (CGWTU), Ermine De Bique-Meade (2nd left), and the union’s executive, at the Personnel Department after the signing of the collective agreement in April 2025.
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FILE - D'Angelo performs during FYF Fest in Los Angeles on Aug. 23, 2015. (Photo by Rich Fury/Invision/AP, File)
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President Donald Trump waits to greet Argentina's President Javier Milei, as he arrives at the White House, Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
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Finance Minister Dave Tancoo is congratulated by his colleagues after presenting his maiden Budget in Parliament yesterday.
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Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar addresses the media following yesterday’s Budget presentation at the Red House yesterday. Also in picture are, from left, Ministers Dr Roodal Moonilal, Khadijah Ameen and Kennedy Swaratsingh.
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Opposition Leader Pennelope Beckles addresses members of the media while former finance minister Colm Imbert looks on, following the reading of the 2025/26 National Budget at the Red House, yesterday.
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THA Chief Secretary Farley Augustine, addresses members of the media after the reading of the 2025/26 National Budget at the Red House on Abercromby Street, Port-of-Spain, yesterday. Also in the photo are Councillor Petal-Ann Roberts and Assemblyman Niall George.
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A woman looks at a selection of feminine hygiene products at a supermarket in San Fernando, where monthly spending on such items can reach $100.
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Minister of Finance Dave Tancoo gesticulates as he delivers his maiden 2025/26 National Budget, Redhouse, Abercromby Street, Port-of-Spain yesterday.
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Minister of Finance and Minister in the Ministry of Planning, Economic Affairs and Development and Member of Parliament for Fyzabad, Davendranath Tancoo, MP, presenting the budget for financial year 2025/2026. Image courtesy Office of the Parliament.
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The Bankers Association of Trinidad and Tobago (BATT) has welcomed many of the 2026 Budget’s reform measures but cautioned that the proposed 0.25 per cent levy on commercial banks’ assets could dampen expansion and affect financial stability if not carefully structured.
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Head offices of the Law Association of Trinidad and Tobago (LATT) on Frederick Street in Port of Spain, Trinidad. [Image courtesy LATT]
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The Law Association of Trinidad and Tobago (LATT) has welcomed several measures in the 2025/2026 national budget aimed at strengthening the justice system.
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Ministry of Health Head Office, corner of Jerningham Avenue and Queen’s Park East, Port-of-Spain
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The Trinidad and Tobago Medical Association (T&TMA) has welcomed the $8.214 billion budget allocation to the Ministry of Health—the highest in over a decade and the second-largest allocation after Education.
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FLASHBACK – The Chief Personnel Officer Commander Dr Daryl Dindial (2nd right), is photographed with President General of the Contractors and General Workers Trade Union (CGWTU), Ermine De Bique-Meade (2nd left), and the union’s executive, at the Personnel Department after the signing of the collective agreement in April 2025.
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President General of the Contractors and General Workers Trade Union (CGWTU), Ermine De Bique-Meade, hopes if the other unions now getting the opportunity to return to the drawing board with Chief Personnel Officer (CPO) Commander Dr Daryl Dindial are granted a Cost of Living Allowance (COLA), that her members will receive it as well.
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FILE - D'Angelo performs during FYF Fest in Los Angeles on Aug. 23, 2015. (Photo by Rich Fury/Invision/AP, File)
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D’Angelo, the Grammy-winning R&B singer recognized by his raspy yet smooth voice and for garnering mainstream attention with the shirtless “Untitled (How Does It Feel)” music video, has died. He was 51.
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President Donald Trump waits to greet Argentina's President Javier Milei, as he arrives at the White House, Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
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President Donald Trump says the U.S. struck another small boat that he accused of carrying drugs in the waters off Venezuela.
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The Police Service is seeking assistance from the public in positively identifying the body of a man which was discovered at Paria Bay, Blanchisseuse.
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A Carapichaima man, who was charged with possession of a gun and ammunition in 2024, has been charged with murder and will re-appear in court next year.
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After the release of the last living hostages and Palestinian prisoners and detainees, the tenuous ceasefire in Gaza was holding Tuesday while questions remain over other key parts of a U.S. plan for the region.
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Finance Minister Dave Tancoo is congratulated by his colleagues after presenting his maiden Budget in Parliament yesterday.
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Government’s negotiations regarding public servants’ salaries will begin at 10 per cent, motorists began paying $1 less for Super gas yesterday - but Customs duties on rum and spirits, beer and cigarettes increased yesterday as well.
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Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar addresses the media following yesterday’s Budget presentation at the Red House yesterday. Also in picture are, from left, Ministers Dr Roodal Moonilal, Khadijah Ameen and Kennedy Swaratsingh.
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Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar has described the 2026 National Budget as “a budget for the people,” defending her administration’s measures aimed at job creation, wage adjustments, and fuel price reductions.
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Opposition Leader Pennelope Beckles addresses members of the media while former finance minister Colm Imbert looks on, following the reading of the 2025/26 National Budget at the Red House, yesterday.
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Opposition Leader Pennelope Beckles has labelled the 2026 Budget “fake and fraudulent,” accusing the Government of misleading the population and continuing its election campaign months after the April 28 General Election.
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Members of the T&T Fire Service Search and Rescue carry the body recovered from the Paria Bay Waterfall in Blanchisseuse.
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Minister of Finance and Minister in the Ministry of Planning, Economic Affairs and Development and Member of Parliament for Fyzabad, Davendranath Tancoo, MP, presenting the budget for financial year 2025/2026. Image courtesy Office of the Parliament.
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Head offices of the Law Association of Trinidad and Tobago (LATT) on Frederick Street in Port of Spain, Trinidad. [Image courtesy LATT]
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FLASHBACK – The Chief Personnel Officer Commander Dr Daryl Dindial (2nd right), is photographed with President General of the Contractors and General Workers Trade Union (CGWTU), Ermine De Bique-Meade (2nd left), and the union’s executive, at the Personnel Department after the signing of the collective agreement in April 2025.
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FILE - D'Angelo performs during FYF Fest in Los Angeles on Aug. 23, 2015. (Photo by Rich Fury/Invision/AP, File)
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President Donald Trump waits to greet Argentina's President Javier Milei, as he arrives at the White House, Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
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