NEWS
Seven SRPs in court on fraud charges
Marvin Bascombe, Nicole Stephens, Amoy Blackette, Kerry-Ann Alexander, Monifa David, Vanda O’Neil and Liz Francis appeared before Magistrate Marissa Gomez in the Port-of-Spain Magistrate’s Court. Read more here…
North water should be back in 2 days
PUBLIC Utilities Minister Robert Le Hunte says the water supply to areas in north Trinidad serviced by the Caroni Water Treatment Plant should resume in a couple of days. Read more here…
POLITICS
PNM, UNC claim wins on Wealth Bill changes
Despite a unanimous vote in Parliament for the Civil Asset Recovery and Management and Unexplained Wealth Bill, 2019, on Monday night, the Government and Opposition disagreed over the major amendments made to the bill. Read more here…
Campaign finance reform law soon - AG
The proposed Campaign Finance Reform legislation (CFR) will be brought to Parliament in a couple weeks, Attorney General Faris Al-Rawi says. He gave the yesterday estimate in response to queries from Opposition Senator Gerald Ramdeen, who asked if the Non-Profit Organisations (NPO) bill would extend to political parties. Read more here…
BUSINESS
World Bank: T&T economy will shrink this year
NOTING that T&T has the largest fiscal deficit in Central America and the Caribbean, a group of World Bank economists are forecasting the T&T economy will contract this year by -0.5 per cent. T&T is one of only four countries that the World Bank estimates this year will have weaker economies by the end of 2019. Read more here…
Should CAL be privatised?
ONE of the real problems that I have with how the previous and the current administrations have run T&T since May 2010 is that neither the United National Congress (UNC) nor the People’s National Movement (PNM) have an ideological position on the role of the State in the economy. Read more here…
REGIONAL
A new regional gas producer?
IS Guyana likely to become a natural gas exporter in the near future? Yes, thinks Mark Bynoe, the head of the country’s Department of Energy (DOE). He says the country’s two most recent oil discoveries are expected to lead to a more complex form of field development that will incorporate the development of natural gas. Read more here…
Anguilla’s Fishers Share First-Hand Knowledge About Climate Change and its Impact
Fishers in Anguilla saw posted on Youtube a video they helped produce that depicts the impacts of climate change on their industry. Titled “Anguilla’s Fishing Dilemma”, the four-and-a-half minute video highlights some of the main challenges Anguilla’s 92 licensed fishers’ face in earning a living. Read more here…
INTERNATIONAL
Netanyahu on cusp of victory after tight Israeli election results
Benjamin Netanyahu appeared to be on the cusp of securing a record fifth term as Israeli Prime Minister Wednesday after a dramatic finish to a closely fought election race. Read more here…
Brexit: Theresa May to make plea for 30 June delay at EU summit
Prime Minister Theresa May wants to postpone the date the UK leaves the EU beyond this Friday, until 30 June. Read more here…
10th April 2019