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- 22 December, 2024
NOW CORRUPTION-ACCUSED NIGERIAN FIRM IN RACE FOR PETROTRIN
This newspaper had earlier exposed the corruption charges against previous frontrunner Naveen Jindal, an Indian entrepreneur.
Jindal, who was not asked to submit a formal tender, later backed off, blaming public critics.
NEW REPORT WARNS: MORE HARD TIMES AHEAD!
THE elderly, low-income families, disabled, sick, unemployed, and university students should brace for more hard times.
That is because, with declining revenues from the energy sector, the Government will be unable to fund the social welfare system.
NEW DATA SHOWS DRAMATIC ECONOMIC DECLINE
PRIME Minister Dr. Keith Rowley, who recently termed damning financial data as “jackassness,” may want to examine other disturbing economic statistics.
LOCALS CAN’T ACCESS LOANS FROM AFRICAN BANK
PRIME Minister Dr. Keith Rowley donned his most attractive dashiki on Emancipation Day even as locals were unable to access funds from a major African bank.
IMBERT’S TTRA TO TAX DOUBLES VENDORS
FINANCE Minister Colm Imbert, who is scraping everywhere to collect money, will soon tax doubles and other vendors.
A TALE OF TWO ECONOMIES
THERE was a time, mere decades ago,\ when the economies of Trinidad and Tobago and Guyana were diametrically different from what currently exists. In the
CASINO WORKERS TO LOSE JOBS OVER HEFTY NEW FEES
The Government is proposing hefty fees on the gambling industry, which have casino operators fearing they would have to shut down or send home workers.
1980s, HERE WE COME
FINANCE Minister Colm Imbert’s broad hint of a review of free public healthcare is another pointer that Trinidad and Tobago is reversing to the quality of life experienced in the miserable 1980s.
BP’S DECLINE ANOTHER ECONOMIC BLOW
BP, once the biggest investor in Trinidad and Tobago, is realigning its operations in the midst of continuously dwindling returns.
TAXPAYERS STILL PAYING $4.4 B PETROTRIN LOANS
TAXPAYERS still owe $4.4 billion for scandalous Petrotrin project cost overruns from the Patrick Manning era.
So far, the country has repaid $7.5 billion on a number of loans to finance several hugely expensive ventures at Pointe-a-Pierre.
