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$47B in taxes owed
Posted: Thursday, June 23, 2016
$47B in taxes owed
SOME $47 billion is owed in taxes to the State, a Parliament Public Accounts Committee (PAC) was told yesterday while examining the Ministry of Finance, at Tower D, Wrightson Road, Port-of-Spain.
Secrecy rule in Income Tax Act to be amended
The contentious secrecy provision contained in Section Four of the Income Tax Act may be amended as the matter was now being dealt with by the Attorney General, Parliament's Public Accounts Committee heard yesterday.
Imbert does not rule out VAT changes
SEALES ON SEDITION CHARGE
WORDS which led to his suspension from the Police Service a year ago, resulted yesterday in a sedition charge being levelled against Secretary of the Police Social and Welfare Association (PSWA ) Inspector Michael Seales. The Inspector went to the Port-of-Spain CID shortly after 3 pm yesterday, having been informed late Tuesday by Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Deodath Dulachan, that the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) instructed that he be charged. Dulalchan was the lead officer appointed in June last year to investigate statements made on a morning television programme.
$75,000 bail for top cop
Secretary of the Police Service Social and Welfare Association, Insp Michael Seales, was granted $75,000 bail at the Port-of-Spain Magistrates' Court yesterday afternoon after he appeared charged with making a seditious statement on June 24 last year.
Central Bank regulatory powers lacking
Colman report knocks Central Bank in Clico, HCU fiasco: Regulatory control seriously lacking
Deficiency in the Central Bank's regulatory control of the insurance industry and the respective "visions" of CL Financial chairman Lawrence Duprey and Hindu Credit Union chairman Harry Harnarine have come in for criticism by chairman of the Clico/HCU commission of enquiry, Sir Anthony Colman.
May 15 deadline to stay in Food Card system
MINISTER of Social Development and Family Services Cherrie- Ann Crichlow-Cockburn has given a July 15 deadline for food card holders to visit her ministry or face being struck off the system.
PM orders audit into NLCB
Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley has instructed Finance Minister Colm Imbert to institute an audit into the affairs of the State agency, National Lotteries Control Board (NLCB), which is under the microscope for awarding millions of dollars in questionable contracts and to unregistered companies...
Bharath's Porsche SUV being sold by Agriculture Ministry
The controversial luxury Porsche Cayenne vehicle once used by former People's Partnership food production minister Vasant Bharath for ministerial duties is now up for sale.
Clampdown on foreigners
OFFICIALS of the South West Regional Health Authority (SWRHA) yesterday said they have started clamping down on foreigners accessing free medical treatment, as a Parliament committee heard concerns about the impact of non-nationals, including Venezuelans, on the system.
Govt cuts Soca on the Seas funding
Government sponsorship for the Soca on the Seas cruise has been cut. This was confirmed yesterday by Tourism Minister Shamfa Cudjoe who told the Express by phone that the allocation from her ministry would be $65,000 and no longer $225,000.
14,000 food card holders were not eligible
At least 14,000 holders of the Trinidad and Tobago Food Card are not eligible for the grant. And should they be removed, the Government would save $110 million annually.
Government to audit food card holders
Garcia concerned over victims of porn ring
Garcia on leaked nude photos Law must deal with the hackers
Garcia sees success story with 52 deviant students
Fifty-two disruptive and deviant students who were removed from the El Dorado East Secondary (EESS) and Chaguanas North Secondary (CNSS) schools have been rehabilitated and are now doing well in and outside of the classrooms.
Judge rules: Church free to make noise
A HIGH Court Judge has ruled in favour of a church and has thrown out the lawsuit of a resident who lives on the same compound but who challenged loud noise emanating from the Church of the Spiritual Metaphysics located in south Trinidad.
Man held with turtle carcass
A man arrested after being found with the carcass of a turtle in his car trunk faces a maximum of two years imprisonment and a $100,000 fine if found guilty.
UWI lecturer Dave Chadee dies
UNIVERSITY of the West Indies, St Augustine campus Principal Prof Clement Sankat yesterday paid tribute to UWI senior lecturer and parasitologist Dave Chadee, who died on Tuesday, saying it would not be easy to fill Chadee's shoes at the university.
PM lashes Opposition
PRIME Minister Dr Keith Rowley waded into the United National Congress (UNC) Opposition on Tuesday night for refusing to support his government in Parliament on critical pieces of legislation, which he said, the PNM had supported when the party was in Opposition.
Senate passes 'Family Court' Bill
THE Senate unanimously passed an amended Family and Children Division Bill 2016 after a 12-hour sitting ending at 10.35 pm on Tuesday night.
Panday agrees Rowley should be paid for suspension
FORMER UNC parliamentarian and Minister in the Ministry of National Security, Subhas Panday, is siding with Prime Minister, Dr Keith Rowley, in his call for payment during the time of his suspension from the House of Representatives over the "emailgate" affair.
Lawyer on $100,000 bail for alleged sex acts
A 27-YEAR-OLD attorney was yesterday granted bail in the sum of $100,0000 by a Port-of-Spain Magistrate before whom he appeared charged with one count of serious indecency and another count of indecent assault.
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