- 19 May, 2025
US BLANKS ROWLEY ON DRAGON GAS
The United States is continuing to blank the appeals of Prime Minister Dr. Keith Rowley to facilitate the monetising of the natural gas reservoir.
FOOD PRICES HIKE 100 %, WORKERS GET 4 % PAY RISE
Finance Minister Colm Imbert, in bolstering the 2023 budget to $61 billion, said the economy has gained “broad-based momentum.”
WHY IS BILLIONAIRE SOROS SPENDING $$ IN T&T?
Soros’ organisation, Open Society Foundations (OSF), signed an agreement with The University of the West Indies in 2020 to “work with like-minded entities” on issues such as climate change, racial injustice, and attacks on democracy.
THAT $3.1 B WGTL SCANDAL!
THE collapsed $3.1 billion World Gas-to-Liquids (WGTL) project is the single largest waste of Trinidad and Tobago taxpayers’ dollars.
SILENCE AS MONOPOLY TIGHTENS IN MEDICINE BUSINESS
AGOSTINI’S Ltd. has just bought its fourth pharmaceutical company, deepening its monopoly of that important sector.
IMF TELLS GOVT: INCREASE NIS RATES
IN its brand-new report on Trinidad and Tobago, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has urged the Government to increase National Insurance Scheme (NIS) rates.
$10.7 M MORE FOR PRESIDENT’S HOUSE
PRESIDENT Christine Kangaloo is costing taxpayers more than her predecessor Paula Mae-Weekes.
The Government is allocating a further $10,797,000 to President’s House for the rest of the fiscal year, which ends in September.
INDIA WANTS TO ASSIST CARICOM, BUT WHERE IS T&T?
INDIA wants to collaborate with Caricom in a wide range of areas.
But Trinidad and Tobago, once the head-and-shoulders leader in the region, is playing only a nominal role, with little apparent interest.
WHY ISN’T T&T BOOSTING ECONOMIC TIES WITH INDIA?
“INDIA has much to offer T&T,” said a headline in the Trinidad and Tobago Guardian newspaper upon the return of regional journalists who were given insights into the South Asian giant.
OBAMA, OBIKA AND THE WEALTH GAP
FORMER United States President Barack Obama has told journalist Christiane Amanpour that “economic inequality” is a threat to democracy.