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- 23 December, 2024
GOVT SNUBS VISITING GHANA ENERGY MINISTER
GHANA’S Energy Minister Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh was largely snubbed by the Trinidad and Tobago Government during a just-ended visit.
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.
US FED UP OF LACK OF ANTI-DRUG ACTION FROM ROWLEY
THE American authorities asked for last week’s meetings in Washington because the Keith Rowley Government is doing nothing to counter organised crime.
HAITI, ANYONE?
“Gangs have taken over entire neighbourhoods in Haiti’s capital, and killings have more than doubled in the past year, but for the organisers of the Port-au-Prince Jazz Festival, the show simply had to go on.”
US ANXIOUS OVER CHINESE PROJECT IN T&T
THE United States authorities are reacting with deep concern to the launch of the China-funded Phoenix Park Industrial Estate.
A report is being prepared for US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on the likely impact of the commissioning of the 145-acre industrial park, financed with a Chinese loan of almost $700 million.
‘SCROOGE’ IMBERT RUINS CHRISTMAS FOR IMPORTERS
Blame is being heaped on Finance Minister Colm Imbert, who has ministerial responsibility for the division and who was alerted several weeks ago about the worsening problem.
EGG ON ROWLEY’S FACE
But mere days before the Prime Minister and his ministerial sidekicks headed to the talks, he had pronounced that there was no role for mediation in the territorial dispute between both countries.
ROWLEY’S $M SAUDI JOYRIDE
TRINIDAD and Tobago exports barely over $100 million worth of goods to Saudi Arabia each year, a little more than one per cent of its annual international sales.
YACHTING INDUSTRY RUNS AGROUND
THE yachting and marine industry, which was proposed in 2009 for diversification of the economy, is in its worst state in decades.
USELESS T&T-CANADA TALKS?
T&T’s falling gas feedstock availability, increased electricity rates and higher minimum wage are expected to impact the cost of production.
