- 8 August, 2025
T&T STILL ON EU TAX BLACKLIST
TRINIDAD and Tobago is now one of only 12 countries in the world on the European Union’s tax blacklist.
The EU has just removed The Bahamas, Belize, Turks and Caicos Islands and Seychelles from its dreaded blacklist.
But T&T is still there, with other countries that, according to the EU, are “not cooperative on tax matters.”
ROWLEY’S ONE-MONTH VACATION
WITH Trinidad and Tobago under a crime siege, Prime Minister Dr. Keith Rowley has quietly taken a one-week vacation in Guyana.
When Rowley returns, he will go on a 10-day holiday.
A PAIR OF PARIAS
IN one part of the country, still-grieving relatives and conscientious nationals rallied to commemorate the second anniversary of the dreadful deaths of four Paria divers.
GUYANA FACES MILITARY ACTION FROM VENEZUELA
UNITED States and British authorities have jumped into action after a new massing of Venezuelan military power near the disputed border with Guyana.
OBSCENE SALARY PROPOSAL
THE Salaries Review Commission can’t be serious.
The rationale for proposing generous salary increases for public office-holders is borderline offensive.
FLORIDA MOVES TO SCRAP PROPERTY TAX
FLORIDA, the American state closest to Trinidad and Tobago, is moving to scrap property tax.
The state’s legislature is undertaking a study to determine the financial impact of eliminating the tax.
CONCRETE SPITE IN CEMENT PRICE INCREASE
SPITEFULNESS from the Rowley Government is the reason local consumers are facing increasing cement prices.
As a monopoly, Trinidad Cement Ltd. (TCL) is jacking up its prices for the fourth time in two years.
REPUBLIC HEADS FOR RECORD $2 B PROFIT
REPUBLIC Bank is heading for a record-shattering $2 billion profit in the current year.
The commercial bank has just reported a three-month profit of $503 million.
‘WHY NO CALYPSO ON PARIA?’
WHILE prominent calypsonians dodged the issue of the deaths of four Paria divers, a music teacher has poured her heart into the scandal.