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FOOD PRICES TO RISE AGAIN

FOOD prices are projected to rise again in 2023.  With local farmers still reeling from the effects of the recent…

2 years ago

Prepare to pay more for pasta, as FOOD PRICES UP AGAIN

LOCAL floods and global factors are sending up food prices once more. Domestic farmers, wholesalers, and retailers say vegetable prices…

2 years ago

FOOD PRICES UP 50 PER CENT IN 7 YEARS

YOU are paying an average of 50 per cent more than you did seven years ago to feed your family. …

3 years ago

WASA THE WORST OF INDEPENDENT T&T

THE Water and Sewerage Authority recently messaged me that my account was “in arrears.” “Pay your bill now to avoid…

3 years ago

‘1 %’ WORRIED OVER CARICOM FOOD PLAN

BUSINESS corporations are concerned about reduced profits over Caricom’s plan to slash the annual US $5 billion food importation bill.

3 years ago

FOOD PRICES STILL GOING UP

WARNING: The cost of food would continue to rise. Also, the shortage of imported Christmas goodies – toys, decorations, furnishings…

3 years ago

WHY YOU WOULD STILL PAY MORE FOR FOOD

YOU would still have to dig deep into your pockets even with the removal of Value Added Tax (VAT) on…

4 years ago

NO TEARS AS ISHMAEL GOES OUT OF BUSINESS

POLITICAL activist Inshan Ishmael is closing down his 20-year auto business – but many people are not distressed. In fact,…

4 years ago

LIGHT BILLS GETTING HEAVIER NEXT YEAR

START budgeting to pay more for your electricity service from next year. The slow-moving review by the Regulated Industries Commission…

4 years ago

REAL ESTATE SECTOR REOPENS TO CRISIS

As the industry reopens after the Covid-19 shutdown, Trinidad and Tobago is in the midst of a mortgage market crisis,…

4 years ago