Activist: Comments on crime ‘unbalanced’
Tuesday, September 10, 2013Social activist Hazel Brown has branded Finance Minister Larry Howai’s comments on crime in yesterday’s budget as “unbalanced and inappropriate,” especially in light of his...
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Farmers grouse over $1.3bn for agriculture
Tuesday, September 10, 2013President of the Trinidad United Farmers Association, Shiraz Khan, said he was disappointed in the budget allocation given to the agriculture sector and wondered whether the...
View ArticleAgriculture Society also disappointed
Wednesday, September 11, 2013President of the Agricultural Society Dhano Sookoo is disappointed with the $1.3 billion allocation for agriculture in the 2013/2104 budget.
View ArticleTravel agent on fuel subsidy removal: Government ploy to inject more $$ into CAL
Reshma RagoonathWednesday, September 11, 2013Former president of the Travel Agents Association Wayne Rodriguez says the Government’s removal of Caribbean Airlines’s $50 million fuel subsidy is just a...
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Economist: It’s just political document
Sascha WilsonWednesday, September 11, 2013Students from various schools in San Fernando sit among guests during yesterday’s post-budget forum at OWTU headquarters, Paramount Building, Circular Road,...
View ArticleJames: Budget wasn’t an honest statement
Richard LordWednesday, September 11, 2013Political analyst Winford James says the 2013/14 budget was not an honest statement. Speaking a day after the fiscal presentation by Finance and the Economy...
View ArticleMoonilal: We are not here forever
Richard LordTuesday, September 17, 2013Housing Minister Dr Roodal Moonilal said it was former Works and Transport Minister Jack Warner who approved the million dollar settlement to former Airports...
View ArticleDookeran sees political cost to property tax
Tuesday, September 17, 2013While there is a “political cost” to the 2014 budget’s property tax, it was meant to create sustainability for the future, former Congress of the People (COP) leader Winston...
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No decision on T&T-V’zuela gas plan—minister
Gail AlexanderWednesday, September 18, 2013No decision has been taken on whether the gas from the T&T/Venezuelan joint venture Loran Manatee gas field should be sent to Venezuela or come to...
View ArticleDream of food security moving further away
Saturday, March 15, 2014The media are always primed to open up the flood gates on the topic of death, so let’s discuss death—death of local food security. What is food security?
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