- 3 June, 2025
$20 M BUDGET GIVEAWAY COMING
The giveaway of taxpayer dollars would be handled by General Secretary of the ruling PNM Foster Cummings in his capacity as Minister of Youth Development and National Service.
ANOTHER BUSINESS LEADER FINDS HIS VOICE
Dr. Thackwray “Dax” Driver, Chief Executive Officer of the Energy Chamber, is now saying that it cannot be business as usual.
INVESTORS FLEEING T&T
The value of US $914 million left last year, according to a brand-new report on foreign direct investment (FDI) by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC).
SUCCESS STORY
EVEN as a young man, Kama Maharaj observed how difficult it was for dark-skinned tropical women to find appropriate cosmetics.
INVEST IN GUYANA, DR. ALI TELLS INDIA
GUYANA’S President Dr. Irfaan Ali has urged Indian entrepreneurs to explore investments in his country.
PROCUREMENT BOSS HAS GOODS ON CORRUPT POLITICIANS
PROCUREMENT Regulator Moonilal Lalchan has the goods on certain corrupt politicians. But it is unlikely that Lalchan would be able to move against the lawbreakers since the relevant law has not been fully proclaimed and he is racing against time.
VIV, BAS AND STARBUCKS IN THE AIRPORT’S ATRIUM
The Starbucks outlet at the nerve centre of the Trinidad and Tobago experience is an indication of how big business has captured our national identity.
120,000 jobless, 6,000 small businesses closed, while THE RICH GETTING RICHER
ONE year after creating a monopoly in the importation of pharmaceuticals, Agostini Ltd. has reported a staggering 49.5 percent six-month profit, compared to the previous similar period.
NOT EVEN A TRUCK WATER SUPPLY FOR PENAL
THE Penal-Debe Regional Corporation (PDRC) does not even have enough money to buy diesel for delivery trucks as a water crisis worsens in its community.
BRACE FOR CEMENT PRICE GOUGING
ROCK Hard Cement has been squeezed out of business at a time when the Government is pledging to assist the private sector.
This leaves Trinidad and Tobago’s consumers open to blatant cement price gouging by retailers, and higher profits by a monopoly operator owned by local and foreign interests.
