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Central Bank reports rising food prices but improved fiscal performance
2+ mon, 5+ day ago (550+ words) Central Bank Governor Larry Howai Trinidad and To'ba'go record'ed a mod'est rise in in'fla'tion in 2025, dri'ven large'ly by high'er in'ter'na'tion'al food prices, even as im'proved en'er'gy rev'enues helped nar'row the coun'try's fis'cal deficit, the Cen'tral Bank has re'port'ed. In its…...
Growing debt threatens budget sustainability, economists argue
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (788+ words) Un'der the weight of shrink'ing fis'cal space, weak eco'nom'ic growth and mount'ing debt oblig'a'tions, T&T's pub'lic fi'nances are fac'ing in'creas'ing'ly hard choic'es. The Au'di'tor Gen'er'al's 2025 Re'port, laid in Par'lia'ment on April 24, has brought those is'sues in'to sharp fo'cus, pro'vid'ing…...
Minister: Govt moving to cut food import bill amid global crisis
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (626+ words) A farmer carries buckets of water to water his crops on Aranguez Farm Road, San Juan, last week. Agri'cul'ture and Fish'eries Min'is'ter Ravi Rati'ram has sound'ed the alarm over bil'lions of dol'lars bleed'ing from Trinidad and To'ba'go's econ'o'my due to…...
426 retrenched in private sector last year
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (822+ words) The dis'clo'sure of 426 pri'vate sec'tor re'trench'ments in Trinidad and To'ba'go in 2025, record'ed un'der the Re'trench'ment and Sev'er'ance Ben'e'fits Act (RS'BA), lays bare a par'tial but telling snap'shot of labour dis'place'ment at a time of eco'nom'ic ad'just'ment, cor'po'rate re'struc'tur'ing and grow'ing…...
CPO meets CGWTU on workers" agreement
4+ mon, 21+ hour ago (234+ words) CPO Commander Dr Daryl Dindial Personnel Department FB page Chief Per'son'nel Of'fi'cer Com'man'der Dr Daryl Din'di'al to'day met with the Ex'ec'u'tive of the Con'trac'tors and Gen'er'al Work'ers Trade Union fol'low'ing the sign'ing of re'vised terms and con'di'tions for the pe'ri'ods…...
Framing T&T's economic position
2+ day, 8+ hour ago (366+ words) The Mid-Year Bud'get Re'view by the Min'is'ter of Fi'nance brings with it the ex'pect'ed com'men'tary about the state of the lo'cal econ'o'my. My sug'ges'tion to the many econ'o'mists and an'a'lysts now pon'tif'i'cat'ing on the T&T econ'o'my is sim'ple: choose…...
High-end steakhouse focuses on cost efficiency
1+ week, 1+ day ago (515+ words) In an econ'o'my where ris'ing costs are squeez'ing mar'gins and con'sumers are spend'ing more care'ful'ly, build'ing a high-end restau'rant is a cal'cu'lat'ed risk. " For De'owatie Dharam Singh, it is one ground'ed in dis'ci'pline, de'tail, and a clear gap in the…...
T&T's economy is dying': Businesses lash Govt policies
1+ week, 2+ day ago (1429+ words) T&T busi'ness'es say they are be'ing squeezed on all fronts'soar'ing crime-re'lat'ed costs, a stub'born for'eign ex'change crunch and ris'ing eco'nom'ic un'cer'tain'ty. Still, some voic'es with'in the pri'vate sec'tor are more mea'sured, de'fend'ing the ad'min'is'tra'tion as it grap'ples with deep-root'ed…...
Small businesses hope budget brings relief amid rising costs, slow sales
1+ week, 3+ day ago (851+ words) Small busi'ness own'ers op'er'at'ing in com'mu'ni'ties along the East-West Cor'ri'dor say they are hope'ful that fea'tures of this year's bud'get will fo'cus on stim'u'lat'ing growth while ad'dress'ing the needs of the gen'er'al pub'lic. On Mon'day, the Amer'i'can Cham'ber of Com'merce…...
Dukharan: T&T heading towards debt default
1+ week, 4+ day ago (451+ words) Econ'o'mist Mar'la Dukha'ran has is'sued a warn'ing re'gard'ing T&T's fis'cal tra'jec'to'ry, cau'tion'ing that the na'tion is rapid'ly gain'ing mo'men'tum on the road to'wards an even'tu'al sov'er'eign debt de'fault or re'struc'tur'ing. Speak'ing fol'low'ing the Mid-Year Bud'get Re'view de'liv'ered by Fi'nance…...