There is a need for cred­i­tors of Caribbean coun­tries to grant a mora­to­ri­um on the pay­ment of in­ter­est on loans, at least to the end of the year, and al­so re­duce the in­ter­est rates ac­cord­ing to Ali­cia Bárce­na, the ex­ec­u­tive sec­re­tary of the Eco­nom­ic Com­mis­sion for Latin Amer­i­ca and the Caribbean (ECLAC).

The Cen­tral Bank is pre­dict­ing that there could be con­tin­ued lay­offs and re­duc­tion in work­ing hours as the im­pact of the Coro­n­avirus pan­dem­ic con­tin­ues.

Pa­tri­cia Ghany has been re-elect­ed as Pres­i­dent of the Amer­i­can Cham­ber of Com­merce of Trinidad and To­ba­go (Am­cham T&T).

My friend Gary is an African Amer­i­can. He was born in Brook­lyn, New York, but has no Caribbean her­itage. We met at Howard Uni­ver­si­ty in Wash­ing­ton DC when we were at col­lege and have been friends ever since. He has been to Trinidad sev­er­al times, par­tic­u­lar­ly dur­ing Car­ni­val and fan­cies him­self as an hon­orary Tri­ni.

State-owned Her­itage Pe­tro­le­um Com­pa­ny Ltd has re­sumed ex­port of its crude oil af­ter pre­vi­ous­ly opt­ing to store its oil rather than sell it at record low prices.

No­bel prize-win­ning econ­o­mist Joseph Stiglitz will present his vi­sion of the glob­al eco­nom­ic sit­u­a­tion and the chal­lenges that Latin Amer­i­ca faces in the com­ing years on Thurs­day as the CAF-De­vel­op­ment Bank of Latin Amer­i­ca cel­e­brates its 50th an­niver­sary.

Trinidad Tourism Ltd (TTL) has re­vealed that it is cur­rent­ly pur­su­ing po­ten­tial av­enues to syn­er­gise the mar­ket­ing and pro­mo­tion of the coun­try as a des­ti­na­tion with the is­land’s en­ter­tain­ment artistes.

The In­ter­na­tion­al Labour Or­gan­i­sa­tion (ILO) has re­leased a new tool on safe­ty and health for de­ci­sion mak­ers in the world of work to con­front COVID-19.

Suc­ces­sive Au­di­tor Gen­er­al re­ports have raised se­ri­ous ques­tions about the way in which pub­lic funds are be­ing ac­count­ed for by the To­ba­go House of As­sem­bly.

Has To­ba­go been al­lowed to spend bil­lions of tax­pay­ers dol­lars with lit­tle or no over­sight and even less ac­count­abil­i­ty to the peo­ple of T&T whose mon­ey it is en­trust­ed every year?

Man­ag­ing Di­rec­tor of Bas­tion Mar­ket In­tel­li­gence Ltd in Port-of Spain, Roger Mon­tero, be­lieves that if the prob­lems of il­lic­it trade are ad­dressed, then this coun­try can get an im­proved rank­ing in the next Glob­al Il­lic­it Trade En­vi­ron­ment In­dex.

The Chair­man of the To­ba­go Busi­ness Cham­ber, Mar­tin George has re­vealed that wastage in To­ba­go has been oc­cur­ring for years.