Media Release – FIUTT Friday 16th July, 2021
The Financial Intelligence Unit of Trinidad and Tobago (“the FIUTT”) has noted content in the media, inclusive of social media, which alleges that the FIUTT is investigating specific issues.
Media Release No 6 – PAYMENT OF COMPENSATION TO PROPERTY OWNERS – Tobago Airport
The Minister of Finance, the Honourable Colm Imbert, M.P., in conjunction with the Chief Secretary of the Tobago House of Assembly, the Honourable Ancil Dennis, wishes to advise that approval has been granted for the payment of compensation to an additional twelve (12) property owners in Tobago, whose properties are being acquired for the construction…
Statement made by the Honourable Colm Imbert, Minister of Finance on the Finance Bill 2021 in the Senate on July 6th,2021
Madam President, before you is the Finance Bill, 2021 aimed at putting in place the remainder of the fiscal measures that were announced in this Honourable House on October 05, 2020. Madam President, I will also put before you certain other matters at least one of which I had signalled in the Budget Statement, 2021…
Media Release: Procurement Regulations Laid in Parliament by the Honourable Colm Imbert, Minister of Finance
The Minister of Finance, Honourable Colm Imbert, MP, today laid in the House of Representatives a package of Regulations required to operationalize the Public Procurement and Disposal of Public Property Act. The legislative package consists of a total of ten (10) individual Regulations.
Media Release: Misleading and Inaccurate Editorial on the National Insurance System
In that Editorial the Express falsely claimed that the Minister of Finance was only making “darting references and piecemeal approaches” to address the “stark” problem of the shortfall between contributions and benefits in the National Insurance System (NIS) and went on to declare that rather than these “piecemeal” approaches, what was required was a comprehensive…
MEDIA RELEASE: INACCURATE AND MISLEADING GUARDIAN ARTICLE ON THE REPLACEMENT OF OLD SMALL DENOMINATION COTTON BANKNOTES WITH NEW POLYMER NOTES
The Minister of Finance, Honourable Colm Imbert M.P., has taken note of an inaccurate and misleading article in today’s Trinidad Guardian regarding the planned replacement of old small-denomination cotton banknotes ($1, $5, $10, $20 and $50) with new polymer notes.In this article, the Guardian quotes Opposition politicians and known UNC activists who falsely and irresponsibly…
MEDIA RELEASE: WILD AND MISLEADING ALLEGATIONS FROM THE OPPOSITION ABOUT THE USE OF WITHDRAWALS FROM THE HERITAGE AND STABILISATION FUND
The Minister of Finance, Honourable Colm Imbert M.P. has noted a number of wild, misleading and inaccurate allegations made by Members of the Opposition UNC regarding the utilisation of withdrawals from the Heritage and Stabilization Fund (HSF) during the last year.The Opposition has claimed that the money withdrawn from the Fund was used to pay…
Media Release: More Political Mischief by Opposition MPs – Distorting, Misquoting and Twisting Statements made in Parliament by the Minister of Finance
For two days in a row now, the Minister of Finance has observed Opposition MPs spreading false, inaccurate and misleading information, designed to create mischief.
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…