On April 30, 2024, an individual gained unauthorised access to the top floor of the Ministry of Finance Head Office Building at the Eric Williams Financial Complex by pretending to be a member of an exterior building cleaning team.Suspicion arose later in the day when CCTV technicians and maintenance staff detected serious water leakage at…
Based on current media coverage, which is not unexpectedly slanted towards the sensational, the Minister of Finance, Hon. Colm Imbert, MP, wishes to dispel the notion that still persists in some quarters that he somehow “backdated” the national public accounts for the financial year It bears repeating that the national public accounts are prepared and…
At the start of the financial year 2023, elevated inflation and aggressive monetary policies in developed countries raised fears that these countries could not possibly avert a recession leading to a global downturn.
Today, the Cabinet approved the composition of a Team recommended by the Minister of Finance to investigate the understatement of revenue for the financial year 2023 and related matters. The Investigation Team will be chaired by retired High Court Judge Justice David Harris and will include Mr. David C. Benjamin, a former Audit Director at…
The Minister of Finance, Hon. Colm Imbert, MP, wishes to advise that on April 5, 2024, he signed into law, with the agreement of the Office of Procurement Regulation (“OPR”), the Public Procurement and Disposal of Public Property (Simplified Procurement) Regulations, 2024, that is applicable to the procurement of all goods, services and works valued…
Draft Estimates of Revenue and Expenditure of Ministries and Departments including the Income and Expenditure of Statutory Boards and similar Bodies and of the Tobago House of Assembly for the Financial Year 2025.
The Comptroller of Accounts, Treasury Division wishes to advise the following Cheques issued between the period October 1st 2022 and September 30th 2023 and remain uncashed will become VOID after March 31st 2024. Payees are therefore requested to have outstanding cheques encashed before March 27th 2024. Persons should disregard this notice, if cheques were encashed…