Police seek to ID murdered man
Police are yet to identify the body of a man who was found with a gunshot wound to his head in La Romaine yesterday.Checks were being made to the missing persons database and fingerprints were taken...
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PNM expected FATCA walkout
Finance Minister Colm Imbert says the Government is still awaiting a response from the US Treasury Department on its request for an extension to have the FATCA legislation approved. The extension may...
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FATCA bill hits a wall
There were political fireworks at the start of the Parliament’s Second Session yesterday, as government’s bid to push through with the Tax Information Exchange Agreement (2016) bill in Parliament hit a...
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Economists warned: Higher prices if FATCA Bill not passed
Rosemarie SantHigher food prices, loss of investor confidence and a worsening of the country’s already bleak foreign exchange situation are among the repercussions T&T could face if the Tax...
View ArticleWhat is FATCA?
The Foreign Account Tax Compliant Act (FATCA), which was enacted by the United States Government in March 2010, requires foreign financial institutions to report directly to the US Internal Revenue...
View ArticleCarmona to clear the air Monday
President Anthony Carmona will address several issues raised in the public domain related to his office on Monday.Over the last couple days debate has been raging about spending at the President’s...
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Smaller fiscal package likely
Rosemarie SantIn just under seven days Finance Minister Colm Imbert will present the country’s fiscal package in an economic climate which the Central Bank has said is challenged by lower global energy...
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Parents protest over unfinished primary school
Parents of students attending the Curepe Presbyterian Primary School are calling on the Ministry of Education to complete the new school building so that students can be relocated from the old facility...
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Gumbs seeks legal advice on Rowley’s book
Rosemarie Sant A former journalist who has been immortalised in a book written by Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley titled From Mason Hall to Whitehall is seeking legal advice on the contents in a chapter...
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Carmona attacks media
President Anthony Carmona took traditional and social media to task yesterday as he slammed newspapers for becoming “garbage dumps” and lamented the rise of “armchair journalism.”Carmona has now called...
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Health ...more expenditure needed
What Imbert said:Health: “Our public health facilities, with deteriorating infrastructure, are not patient-friendly and with acute shortages of medical personnel the patient experience leaves much to...
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Family distressed by ‘reckless tips’
As the search for Debe hairstylist Ria Sookdeo continued yesterday, her husband, Mark Sookdeo, made a teary-eyed and desperate appeal to her abductors to return her to their family.“I’m here today...
View ArticleImbert: Govt to deal with FATCA after budget
Finance Minister Colm Imbert says the Government will proceed with the Tax Information Exchange Agreements Bill, 2016, in Parliament once the 2017 Budget is wrapped up.Debate on the bill that would see...
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Crime...a major budget concern
What Imbert said:Crime: “Our first priority is to establish an optimal security apparatus, the broad elements of which the previous PNM administration had put in place to bolster the nation’s external...
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Rowley on his dismissal from Manning Cabinet: SHOCKED AND LET DOWN
Rosemarie SantPrime Minister Dr Keith Rowley dedicated a chapter in his book, From Mason Hall to Whitehall, to his dismissal from the Cabinet of the late prime minister Patrick Manning.In a chapter...
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‘Little trooper’ receives kidney from dad
While the gifts given two Christmases ago to other children her age may already have been tossed away and long forgotten, six-year-old Aaliyah Henry still cherishes the one given to her by her...
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Bracing for higher food prices
For Sarah Perez, who is the head of her household, it is a constant struggle to keep up with rising food prices.Perez lives in Chaguanas with her daughter and two grandchildren.Often, meals prepared...
View ArticleNo disciplinary action over WASA shutdown
Process Plant Operators (PPO) at the Water and Sewerage Authority (WASA) will not be facing any disciplinary action and all working arrangements are to be normalised with immediate effect.This was the...
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Matt: Carmona wrong to use Republic message to deflect questions
The Media Association of T&T says President Anthony Carmona was wrong to use his Republic Day message to “deflect legitimate questions raised in the media about the use of public funds by...
View ArticlePregnant teen girls will commit suicide
President of the T&T Chapter of the Global Organisation of People of Indian Origin (GOPIO) Karan Nancoo says suicide may be the only option for some teenage girls if the Hindu Marriage Act is...
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