Trinidad & Tobago News

(Trinidad Express) Port workers have been directed by the Industrial Court to return to work with immediate effect.

(Trinidad Guardian) The United States and Trinidad and Tobago governments are pressing full steam ahead with the establishment of a vetted unit for the T&T Police Service (TTPS).

(Trinidad Express) The search has ended for 41-year-old Jamie Mohammed, the Siparia woman who vanished the night of October 18, after leaving a bar with two men.

(Trinidad Guardian) Under heavy clouds, Woodland residents prepared for possible evacuation as floodwaters from the South Oropouche River Basin rose, spreading across the lower plains and flooding homes.

(Trinidad Guardian) Two of T&T’s most respected economists, former minister of finance Wendell Mottley and former Central Bank governor Euric Bobb, are calling for a return of the managed flotation of the TT dollar that was first introduced in April 1993.

(Trinidad Guardian) The Republic Financial Holdings Ltd (RFHL) achieved a profit attributable to equity holders of TT$2 billion for the year ended September 30, 2024.

(Trinidad Guardian) The TTPS will not charge anyone for the death of Jayden Lalchan citing insufficient evidence to prove bullying played a role in his death.

(Trinidad Express) There will be no devaluing of the TT dollar as this will not increase the availability of foreign exchange in the country.

(Trinidad Guardian) The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said on Friday that T&T’s foreign exchange restrictions are not consistent with the Fund’s Articles of Agreement.

(Trinidad Guardian) RBC is insisting that recent foreign exchange limits announced to its credit cards are necessary in the face of a steady increase foreign currency transactions but no corresponding increase in supply.

(Trinidad Express) RBC has announced a 66% reduction in the foreign exchange limits for its personal and business banking credit cards, effective December 1.

 (Trinidad Express) Why is the conduct of Finance Minister Colm Imbert not also being investigated over a $2.5 billion understatement in this country’s 2023 public financial records?

(Trinidad Express) A police officer and a suspected criminal were fatally shot, and another police officer was injured in Guapo, Point Fortin in the early hours of yesterday.

(Trinidad Guardian)  Local conglomerate, ANSA McAL, on Tuesday announced the acquisition of the US-based chlor-alkali producer Bleachtech LLC via its US subsidiary ANSA Chemicals US LLC, for a purchase price of US$327 million.

(Trinidad Guardian) Two weeks after Cunupia businessman Suvesh Ramnarine was bundled into a black SUV by men posing as police officers, he has been released safe and unharmed.

(Trinidad Express) The Bankers Asso-ciation of Trinidad & Tobago (BATT) says it is “deeply concerned” about the ongoing foreign exchange (forex) challenges facing the country.

(Trinidad Guardian) Court of Appeal Judge Mark Mohammed is encouraging citizens to not be afraid to speak out when they witness misconduct. 

(Trinidad Guardian) Five foreign used-car dealerships have been ordered to pay almost $24 million in compensation to ANSA Bank for their roles in a fraudulent loan conspiracy.

(Trinidad Guardian) An Exploration and Production (Public Petroleum Rights) Licence for the Rio Claro Block situated in the Wards of Charuma, Cocal, Ortoire and Guayaguayare has been granted to NGC E&P Investments Limited and Primera Oil and Gas Limited (a wholly owned subsidiary of Touchstone Exploration Inc.)

(Trinidad Guardian) Minister of Finance Colm Imbert has announced the forex window at the EximBank for essential imports, created during the Covid-19 pandemic, has been resumed in a restructured format.