1:40pm:Areas of Focus
Job Creation: poverty reduction and a closing of the inequity gap.
Investments: entrepreneurial opportunities for public and private investments
Security: continued implementation of strategies for crime reduction, as well as increased focus on food security.
1:30pm: Welcome to the presentation of the National Budget for the fiscal year 2011-'12, live from Parliament at the Waterfront Complex, Port of Spain.
Finance Minister Winston Dookeran opens his budget presentation stating that his government's budget policy has three areas of focus: job creation, investments, and national security.