Government of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago

Tag: 2024

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

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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…

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Media Release: Misleading Forex Access Stories in the Trinidad Express

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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…

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Media Release: AGOJ2021/001 Ellis Richards and Others v The State of Trinidad and Tobago Caribbean Court of Justice

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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…

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Media Release: EXIMBANK and CAF Partner to Strengthen SMEs and Drive Export Growth in Trinidad and Tobago

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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…

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Media Release: Privy Council Appeal No 0051 of 2024 Terrisa Dhoray v. The Attorney General and the TTRA

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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…

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Media Release: Unprofessional and Biased Reporting From the Media on Global Forum 2024 Bill

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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…

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Media Release: Statement by the Minister of Finance on the Special Report of the Auditor General on the Public Accounts for the Financial Year 2023 in the House of Representatives on Monday 9th September, 2024

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Madam Speaker, I am authorized by Cabinet to make the following statement on the Special Report of the Auditor General on the Public Accounts for the Financial Year 2023. Following the public statements made by the Auditor General with respect to her original report on the 2023 Accounts, her baseless assertion that the Ministry of…

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