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With Government abolishing the Revenue Authority (TTRA), promising to eliminate property tax, reduce corporation taxes, and spend on campaign promises, former Finance Minister Colm Imbert yesterday warned of a dark and dismal revenue outlook for T&T.
A Ministry of Energy investigation into the deadly June 2023 fire at NiQuan Gas to Liquids plant, which a High Court judge ordered be made public, found “inadequate leadership and supervision” led to the incident.
Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar says her Government is reviewing security protocols at all schools across the country, following reports that an intruder entered the Santa Rosa Government Primary School and assaulted several pupils earlier this month.
Former minister in the Ministry of National Security, Keith Scotland, is urging a more measured and legally sound approach to addressing school violence.
A suspect who has been arrested in relation to the murder of 20-year-old Savanna Dyer has been sent to the St Ann’s Psychiatric Hospital for evaluation, police said.
Relatives of Elton Collymore, the Moruga man killed in the parking accident at Gulf City Mall, have forgiven the driver, but believe she should still face charges.
The mother of Candace Cassie-Ann Lemessy says her family is hurting and desperately seeking answers after her daughter was gunned down near their Mayaro home.
A new Board of Directors of the State-owned Estate Management and Business Development Company Limited (EMBD) has been named and some members have already met with the line Minister to discuss matters.
A High Court Judge has resolved a protracted legal dispute between two families over control of a large parcel of land in Balmain, Couva.
Labour Minister Leroy Baptiste has pledged a unified, decisive approach to addressing workers’ issues, promising fair wage settlements, legislative reform, and stronger social protection in his first Labour Day message since assuming office.
The Employers’ Consultative Association (ECA) has urged all stakeholders to recommit to tripartite dialogue, warning that a “business as usual” approach is unsustainable in the face of rapid change.
The Movement for Social Justice (MSJ) marked Labour Day by calling for peace, unity, and renewed struggle. The party described the last decade under the former PNM government as “a vicious attack” on labour, citing mass retrenchments at Petrotrin, TSTT, UTT, and TIDCO, along with delayed wage negotiations.
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