We are pleased to advise that effective today, Tuesday 12th November, 2024, Republic Bank customers can pay their Property Tax via the Republic Online and Republic Mobile digital banking platforms.
The Minister of Finance, Hon Colm Imbert, MP, has taken note of commentary in the mainstream media over the last two weeks regarding (1) the availability of foreign exchange, (2) the policy for distribution of foreign exchange, and (3) the exchange rate of the TT Dollar to the US Dollar and the question of floating…
Today, at the OECD Headquarters in Paris, the Hon Colm Imbert MP, Minister of Finance of Trinidad and Tobago signed the Multilateral Convention on Mutual Administrative Assistance in Tax Matters (the Convention), bringing the total number of jurisdictions that participate in the Convention to 149. By today’s signing, Trinidad and Tobago joins the world’s widest reaching international…
The Minister of Finance is pleased to announce the arrival of the first two (2) high/medium energy mobile X-ray scanners in Trinidad on Sunday November 3rd 2024. In January 2024, the Ministry of Finance signed a contract with Canadian-based Sectus Technologies for the purchase of four (4) high/medium mobile X-ray scanners to be used for…
Port of Spain, 04 November 2024: The Honourable Colm Imbert, MP, Minister of Finance, met with Her Excellency Harriet Cross, the United Kingdom’s High Commissioner to Trinidad and Tobago, on Wednesday, 30th October 2024, to sign a Memorandum of Understanding between the United Kingdom’s (UK) Export Guarantees Department (operating as UK Export Finance) and the…
After careful consideration and a comprehensive review by the Ministry of Finance and the EximBank over the last month, Cabinet, at its regular weekly meeting last week, which was held on Friday, November 1st, 2024, agreed to a recommendation from the Minister of Finance that the forex window at the EximBank for essential imports, which…
Following four years of turbulence triggered by a devastating pandemic, deepening geo-economic fragmentation, surging inflation, and widespread monetary policy tightening, the global economy in 2024 seems to be trending toward a ‘soft landing’. According to the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) latest projections, growth for 2024 will hold steady around 3.2 percent owing to markets rebounding as…
We are pleased to advise that effective today, Wednesday 30th October, 2024 (from 10:00 p.m.), First Citizens customers can pay their property tax via the First Citizens Online Banking and Mobile App.
Further to the earlier media release on this matter, Caribbean Airlines has just informed the Minister of Finance that while the figures the airline provided to him for public dissemination regarding the pilots’ salaries were correct, the figure for pilots’ allowances provided by CAL was incorrect.It is expected that CAL will promptly correct that inaccuracy.