BUSINESS
Trade mission heading to St Vincent
Twenty-two companies across various sectors will be participating in a trade mission to St. Vincent and the Grenadines from October 21 to 25. The trade mission will be led by the Trinidad and Tobago Manufacturers’ Association (TTMA). Some sectors participating in the trade mission are food and beverage, construction, chemicals, household products, shipping and logistics, printing and packaging, HVAC services, automotive, safety, and professional and IT services. The TTMA news release yesterday said some of the companies include SMEs and micro enterprises, such as Mac’s Seasoning & Sauces, Punchy Punch Drink Ltd, Gem Printery Ltd, and Styrofoams Ltd just to name a few. Susan Singh-Seerattan, the director of Trade Facilitation at the Ministry of Trade and Industry, will represent the Minister of Trade and Industry on the mission...read more
NEWS
Hannah’s parents face court
With solemn looks on their faces, 66-year-old Andrew Mathura and 63-year-old Alana Giroud Mathura, entered the docket of the Tunapuna cell block yesterday afternoon, charged with the murder of their daughter, Hannah Mathura...read more
Attorney General: Industrial Court to move to hybrid system
THE Industrial Court will move to a hybrid system with a mix between virtual and in-person sessions, Attorney General Reginald Armour said on October 16, as he faced the sole question about the court’s 2025 budget allocation. Armour was also meant to face questions about the $3,865,800 budget allocation to the Equal Opportunity Tribunal, but there were none...read more
Robinson-Regis: 806 home improvement grants handed out in fiscal 23/24
MORE THAN 800 home improvement grants have been handed out by the Ministry of Housing in the last fiscal year. This was revealed as the ministry's budgetary allocation of $853,842,000 was approved by Parliament's Standing Finance Committee on October 15. Housing Minister Camille Robinson-Regis said 806 people were recipients of the home improvement grants with the largest number of recipients (135) coming from the Couva/Tabaquite/Talparo Regional Corporation...read more
Ex-SSA director will not know why he was fired
FORMER Strategic Services Agency (SSA) director retired Major Roger Best will not immediately know why he was fired. This is because the information he requested from National Security Minister Fitzgerald Hinds is exempt under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). However, he will be provided within the week with information relating to the authority used for his dismissal; documents on salary during his employment in the Volunteer Defence Force (VDF); and evidence of his attendance for duty in the VDF...read more
POLITICS
Young sorry for salacious ‘cross-talk’. Kamla ignores apology and will refer him to Privileges Committee
The Opposition United National Congress (UNC) will today seek House Speaker Brigid Annisette-George’s permission to refer Energy Minister Stuart Young to Parliament’s Committee of Privileges, over his comments aimed at Kamla Persad-Bissessar while she and other members were exiting the chamber last week (October 10). Although the Port-of-Spain North/St Ann’s West MP publicly apologised to the public for his “hot mic” comment yesterday, Persad-Bissessar said she was not accepting it. Taking to his Facebook page yesterday, Young said, “I accept that more is expected of me as a representative Member of Parliament, and I wish to record my regret that this ‘cross-talk’ has unnecessarily distracted public discourse. Please accept my humblest apologies.”...read more
REGIONAL
Dominica: Police use teargas on protestors, PM talks with truckers
Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit has released a statement saying he met with representatives of the Tipper Truckers Association today following their protest action “regarding rates offered for their services on the International Airport Project.” Early Wednesday morning members of the Tipper Truckers Association used their dump trucks and trailer trucks to block the highway leading to the capital in the area of Canefield...read mor
Grenada: Government postpones budget presentation to early 2025
The Grenada Government Wednesday announced that it would not be presenting the 2025 national budget this year but would do so in either January or February next year. Prime Minister Dickon Mitchell, speaking at a news conference, where he also announced a pension plan for public sector workers, said that the decision to postpone the fiscal package is a result of the significant disruptions caused by Hurricane Beryl when it passed through the country on July 1 this year as well as recent fiscal developments...read more
INTERNATIONAL
'We are heartbroken': Liam Payne's family pays tribute after singer dies in hotel fall.
One Direction star Liam Payne has died after falling from the third floor of a hotel balcony in Buenos Aires. Police say they were called to the hotel after reports of an "aggressive man who may have been under the effects of drugs and alcohol"...read more
Medics say 22 killed by air strike on Gaza shelter that Israel says was Hamas site
Local medics say an Israeli air strike on a school-turned-shelter killed 22 people in Jabalia in northern Gaza. Israel says the site was being used as an operational meeting point for Hamas and Islamic Jihad operatives - something Hamas denies...read more
17th October 2024