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NO BACKPAY
Posted: Saturday, December 12, 2015
NO BACKPAY
NO backpay will be paid this year to public servants and members of the protective services, said Finance Minister, Colm Imbert, although salaries will be paid by December 18, in time for Christmas.
Special bond to raise funds
The Government has no money to pay public servants their arrears in salaries and backpay resulting from wage negotiations settled by the last People's Partnership administration, Finance Minister Colm Imbert admitted yesterday.
No data showing T&T in recession—Rowley
Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley says a claim by Central Bank Governor Jwala Rambarran that T&T is in a recession is now very contentious because there is no supporting data.
PM: Govt will not fire Jwala
PRIME Minister Dr Keith Rowley yesterday declared that it will not be the job of the Government to fire Central Bank Governor, Jwala Rambarran, if he is deemed to be guilty of misconduct.
Rowley appeals: Retrenchment not first response
PRIME Minister Dr Keith Rowley yesterday appealed to all employers in this country, "do not seek to use retrenchment and closure as the first response to any challenge."
Stalemate between ArcelorMittal, steel workers union
THE stalemate continues between global steel giant Arcelor- Mittal and the Steel Workers Union of Trinidad and Tobago (SWUTT) as the union refused to accept the terms proposed by the company regarding its recent laying off of 600-plus workers.
June 2016 hearing for election petitions
$630,000 'wetting' for Ian Alleyne
Alleyne to pay $600,000 to Sammy for defamation
Crime Watch host Ian Alleyne has been ordered to pay businessman Shaun Sammy over $600,000 in compensation for defamation.
Nicole: Original cost $1.2 million
ENERGY Minister Nicole Olivierre stunned Opposition MPs into silence and evoked howls of surprise from Government MPs when she disclosed that under the former People's Partnership (PP) government, a $1.2 million Christmas party was approved for employees of the group of companies of the National Gas Corporation (NGC) at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Port-of- Spain tonight.
Guyanese national killed in El Socorro
Man stabbed to death in domestic dispute
Woman's body found inside barrel
THE decomposing body of a woman was found stuffed in a iron barrel at Havelock Street in Curepe, shortly after 4.30 pm on Thursday.
Energy minister in shale gas blunder
Energy Minister Nicole Olivierre made a blooper in Parliament yesterday when she said the former People's National Movement (PNM) administration signed an agreement with Cheniere Energy, "one of the world's leading producers of shale gas".
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