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President of the T&T Chamber of Industry and Commerce Sonji Pierre-Chase is pleased with Finance Minister Davendranath Tancoo’s emphasis on pressing issues such as foreign exchange availability, debt management, tax reform, and export-led growth, during his presentation of the 2025 Mid-Year Fiscal Review.
There are mixed views concerning the government’s plan to establish a foreign exchange allocation committee.
Having current collective bargaining agreements (CBAs) is vital for ensuring fair labour practices, promoting productivity, and preventing industrial unrest.
In a show of concern over growing geopolitical tensions that was broad in its reference to the contemporary “geopolitical landscape” but light on detail, once again, foreign ministers of the Caribbean Community (Caricom) bloc recently placed a spotlight on the current geopolitical moment. They did so last month in a broader effort to advance their respective countries’ national interests.
San Fernando East MP and former Minister in the Ministry of Finance Brian Manning yesterday questioned Government’s current fiscal strategies and warned of broader economic fallout.
Let us be clear. The country has entered Kamla II’s reign in 2025 with a bad economic and political hand – a losing hand based on the historical record.
At the end of last week’s BG View commentary, which was headlined, "Will Kamla expose 'forex distribution cartel’?" some aspects of the Exchange Control Act were quoted, pertinent to the ability of the Government to determine the arrangements by which foreign exchange in T&T is bought and sold.
The Central Statistical Office has noted a slight dip in the inflation rate, according to the Consumer Price Index for the month of May 2025.
Chairman of the Confederation of Regional Business Chambers (CRBC) Vivek Charran is hoping the new government will find a better balance in terms of foreign exchange allocation.
Guardian Media has been reliably informed that the directors are attorney Gerald Ramdeen, Ramnarine Bedasie, Nazim Sarjad, Dr Rampersad Motilal, Samantha Surujbally, Darren Mitchell, and Dr Ahmad Khan.
Crime has reached “crisis levels” in T&T, not only affecting the general business environment in a negative way, but also impacting core industrial relations issues, according to the Employers’ Consultative Association (ECA).
Wisely using waste has long been a strategy employed by Louisea John-Browne, but her drive has led her onto the path of burgeoning business.
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