The Honourable Colm Imbert, MP, Minister of Finance Keynote Speech at the Trinidad and Tobago Stock Exchange Limited Capital Market Conference 2024: “Charting New Horizons: Accelerating Growth With Diversification And Seizing Digital Opportunities” at the Hyatt Regency Hotel, Regency Ballroom, Wrightson Road, Port of Spain on Wednesday, October 30, 2024
Today’s conference is driven by the thought-provoking theme of “Charting New Horizons: Accelerating Growth with Diversification and Seizing Digital Opportunities.”At this critical juncture in our economic development, the Government of Trinidad and Tobago is fully prepared to expand and develop our capital markets. Our goal is clear: to create a resilient, diversified economy that can…
Media Release: Misleading Forex Access Stories in the Trinidad Express
The Minister of Finance, Hon. Colm Imbert, MP, has noticed yet another series of misleading and inaccurate stories about access to foreign exchange being peddled by the Trinidad Express as if these stories were factual. This media campaign is clearly mischievous, and it is necessary to set the record straight. EXIMBANK’s PURPOSE A perusal of…
Public Notice: Service Commission Department – Ms. Raicyne Ramkumar, Temporary Clerk I (Range 14), Ministry of Finance
Pursuant to Regulation 49 of the Public Service Commission Regulations, the Public Service Commission proposes to declare Ms. Raicyne Ramkumar, Temporary Clerk I (Range 14), Ministry of Finance to have resigned her office in the Public Service with effect from 17th March, 2022.
Media Release: AGOJ2021/001 Ellis Richards and Others v The State of Trinidad and Tobago Caribbean Court of Justice
The Minister of Finance, Honourable Colm Imbert, MP, wishes to advise that yesterday the Caribbean Court of Justice (“CCJ”) dismissed the claim brought by Ellis Richards and others against Trinidad and Tobago in relation to the CL Financial bailout in 2009, which excluded annuity and investment products issued by British American Insurance Company Limited (a…
Media Release: EXIMBANK and CAF Partner to Strengthen SMEs and Drive Export Growth in Trinidad and Tobago
More than one hundred (100) Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Trinidad and Tobago are set to receive a significant boost in financing to grow their operations and expand into new markets. The Minister of Finance, Hon. Colm Imbert and the Director Representative for CAF – Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean in…
Budget Statement 2025: Steadfast and Resolute – Forging Pathways to Prosperity
National Budget Statement 2025 presented by the Honourable Colm Imbert, MP, Minister of Finance in the House of Representatives on Monday 30th September, 2024.
Media Release: Privy Council Appeal No 0051 of 2024 Terrisa Dhoray v. The Attorney General and the TTRA
The Minister of Finance, Honourable Colm Imbert, MP, wishes to advise that today the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council on appeal from the Court of Appeal of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, unanimously dismissed the appeal in Civil App. No. P 351 of 2023 Terrisa Dhoray v. The Attorney General and the Trinidad…
Media Release: Unprofessional and Biased Reporting From the Media on Global Forum 2024 Bill
On Friday September 13th the Minister of Finance led a debate on the Miscellaneous Provisions (Global Forum): Bill, 2024 that involved both Government and Opposition. On Saturday September 14th and Sunday September 15th, the Trinidad Newsday and Trinidad Express carried coverage of the debate and astonishingly reported the Opposition’s false allegations in the debate in…