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Unemployed hopeful after job expo
Although over 60 different private companies offered jobs at the Ministry of Labour’s Job Fair on Tuesday, retrenched workers are finding it difficult to find vacancies in their own fields. The Fair...
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Economist on Imbert’s mid-term report: Expect no glad tidings
Citizens can expect more hardship when Finance Minister Colm Imbert makes his mid-term presentation tomorrow. This from University of the West Indies economist and former government senator, Prof...
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Corporations will collect property taxes
Under the new local government reform proposals, regional corporations will be in charge of collecting property taxes.So said Rural and Local Government Minister Franklin Khan during a local government...
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MP worried about Grande murder spike
Three recent murders in the usually peaceful community of Sangre Grande have sparked serious concern to the police in the district and the Member of Parliament.Speaking at a Police Service town meeting...
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Fisherman seeks $$ for boat damage
Five months after his pirogue was damaged by a pontoon floating off the San Fernando Water Taxi Terminal, La Romaine fisherman Alloy Chapman says he has been unable to provide for his family.Chapman,...
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No more luxury vehicle loans
Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley says his Cabinet made a decision yesterday that none of its members will access any loan to buy a luxury vehicle which falls in the new increased tax bracket.He said,...
View ArticleCountry taken for a ride: Kamla
Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar says the country has been taken for a ride over the last six months by the Government.She made the comment yesterday as she noted the mid-term budget review...
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VAT collection lagging behind projections
Government will, in the second half of this year, launch an aggressive tax arrears collection drive and enforce compliance—especially regarding VAT and gaming taxes—since collections of domestic taxes...
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Taxes galore
Citizens are now paying more to travel after a 15 per cent increase in the price per litre of super gasoline and diesel went into immediate effect yesterday. Alcohol and cigarettes are also going up, a...
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PM: T&T Isis returnees under surveillance
A small number of people who have been to areas where the Islamic State (Isis) is operating and who have returned to T&T are under surveillance, Prime Minister Keith Rowley has confirmed.He gave...
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NWRHA must pay doctor nearly $1m for unfair dismissal
The North West Regional Health Authority (NWRHA) has been ordered to pay almost $1 million in compensation to a doctor whom it unfairly dismissed five years ago. Three Industrial Court judges made the...
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Pope releases document on love, marriage
Two years after he began consultations with high-level church officials and gathered information from thousands of churches around the world, Pope Francis has released a 265-page apostolic exhortation...
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Grow up, take responsibility
It’s time that nationals grow up and take some responsibility for T&T, says Health Minister Terrence Deyalsingh. Deyalsingh was at the time fielding questions from the media when he attended a...
View ArticleHealth minister wants partnership for Couva Hospital
Valdeen Shears-NeptuneHealth Minister Terrence Deyalsingh, meanwhile, is calling on the private sector to partner with the Government to make the $1.5 billion Couva Children’s Hospital accessible to...
View ArticleFuel subsidy had to be ended
Senior economist Dr Roger Hosein says the reduction in the gas subsidy comes at a time when oil prices are low and may not be a significant saving measure for the State. However, he said it needed to...
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Man killed on Hochoy highway
The last thing 23-year-old Isiah Williams told his wife was that he was on his way home.The father of two never made it as the car in which he was a back-seat passenger crashed into a lightpole along...
View ArticleMoonilal: Govt is all talk
The People’s National Movement Government has spent seven months reviewing, auditing and consulting without doing any real work to manage the country’s affairs.This was the view of Oropouche East MP...
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Rambachan: Loans policy needed
Tabaquite MP Suruj Rambachan says the Government must establish a policy position on loans in this country as interest rates have risen at local banks.Contributing to debate on the mid-year review of...
View ArticleRowley denies award of contract to Brazilian firm
Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley has moved to quash allegations that it was the People’s National Movement (PNM) Government that signed off on the award of the controversial $5 billion construction...
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Zika detected in Tunapuna, Gulf View
With four Gulf View residents now confirmed as having contracted the Zika virus in three months, residents are very worried about the risks to pregnant women in the community.But while residents...
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