Government of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago

Category: Media Release

MEDIA RELEASE – POLITICAL MISCHIEF BY OPPOSTION MPs REGARDING THE CONDITIONS OF MULTILATERAL LOAN AGREEMENT

The Minister of Finance, the Honourable Colm Imbert M.P., has observed that within the last month, Opposition MPs have made a habit of spreading false, inaccurate, misleading, and deliberately scandalous information regarding the Government’s relationship with multilateral funding agencies, such as the World Bank, the IMF, CAF and the IDB. A few weeks ago, the…

MEDIA RELEASE – EXPRESS ARTICLE ON STATEMENTS MADE BY THE MINISTER OF FINANCE ON A COLLECTIVE AGREEMENT AT THE NIB IS EXTREMELY MISLEADING AND UNTRUTHFUL

The Minister of Finance, the Honourable Colm Imbert, M.P., has taken note of an extremely misleading and untruthful headline and article in the Daily Express today, regarding statements he made in the Senate yesterday regarding a recent collective agreement between the National Insurance Board (NIB) and the Public Services Association (PSA). The Express has published…

Media Release: Ministry of Finance Meets with Patriotic

The Minister of Finance/Corporation Sole, the Honourable Colm Imbert, MP, wishes to advise that yesterday February 25, 2021 officials of the Ministry of Finance, including himself, met with officials of Patriotic Energies and Technologies (Patriotic), at the request of Patriotic, to clarify any issues that may exist with respect to the details of the financing…

Media Release: Guardian Media Publishes Erroneous Article on Petrotrin Refinery Sale

The Minister of Finance, Honourable Colm Imbert M.P. is forced to yet again correct a media inaccuracy from the Trinidad Guardian. In today’s (19th February, 2021) article entitled “Cabinet rejects Patriotic’s offer again”, senior, veteran journalist Gail Alexander misquotes the Minister in her article when she wrote, “In each of the two instances Government was…

Media Release: False and Misleading Article in the Sunday Guardian Regarding the 2020 Industrial Court Decision on a Collective Agreement for NP

The Minister of Finance, Hon. Colm Imbert, MP, has taken note of a false, misleading, and mischievous article in the Sunday Guardian, entitled “Imbert Wrong on NP Wage Settlement” written by Curtis Williams about a recent decision of the Industrial Court on a collective agreement between the Oilfield Workers Trade Union and the Trinidad and…

MEDIA RELEASE – ASYCUDA 4.2.2 BRINGS NEW FEATURES AND GREATER EFFICIENCY

The Ministry of Finance wishes to announce that the Customs and Excise Division has upgraded to ASYCUDA World 4.2.2. It introduces many new features that are geared towards improving the quality of service offered by the Division whilst at the same time enforcing the necessary Customs controls that ensure consistent quality data is submitted by…