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Export booster for Tobago entrepreneurs
Posted: Monday, March 8, 2021
Gopee-Scoon: Export booster for Tobago entrepreneurs
Minister of Trade and Industry Paula Gopee-Scoon said Cabinet had approved an export booster initiative for the manufacturing sector valued at $50 million, adding that the manufacturing sector remains an important and dynamic sector in the domestic economy. She said the initiative is made up of 16 programmes under three broad strategic areas: export promotion, capacity building and institutional strengthening.
Give FIU powers to investigate and prosecute
THE Movement for Social Justice (MSJ) has restated its recommendation for the Financial Intelligence Unit to be established as a statutory body, free from political interference and be given powers to investigate and prosecute suspicious transactions.
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Automotive Dealers' boss wary of Super fuel removal
Calling on Khan to provide reasons for the proposal to remove Super gasoline, Babwah said, "This is why we have a democracy to engage the views of everyone because this is a critical matter. What are the statistics saying for the removal of Super fuel? Is it that the fuel is substandard, because as it is, a significant amount of motorists use Super? If they should stop importation of Super, then people will have no choice but to use Premium."
UNC, PNM spar over WASA
T&TEC workers protest supervisor's transfer over race tension
Trinidad and Tobago Electricity Commission's (TTEC) Tobago branch are calling on their Trinidad managers to rethink the transfer of a senior south-based supervisor to Tobago, as they fear he will fuel long-standing racial tensions affecting the delivery of services to Tobago's customers.
4 covid19 cases in 3 days
The man who was supposed to be MP
Late last year, Rondon suffered a severe pain to his neck and back. Doctors diagnosed him with spinal cord compression. Rondon underwent corrective surgery and is now recovering. He said, "I am by the doctor now. I had a MRI on Thursday and I am not doing too well. I am still healing and in a lot of discomfort."
Hard work, pie vendor's recipe for success
By 5 am he is at his spot, ready to serve his customers, usually early-morning workers, police, gas station attendants and farmers who tend to crops over the highway. He usually stays then until 10 am, when he goes home for a shower and a change of clothes before heading out to his second job, selling water at the corner of Broadway and South Quay, Port of Spain, until 5 pm.
Race, title and anguish: Meghan and Harry explain royal rift
In a wide-ranging interview aired Sunday, Harry and Meghan described painful palace discussions about the colour of their son's skin, losing royal protection and the intense pressures that led the Duchess of Sussex to contemplate suicide.
Truck driver crushed to death in highway crash
According to reports, around 10 pm Marcus Lezama was driving a truck and trailer with a shipment of frozen French fries along the north-bound lane of the Solomon Hochoy Highway, when he got a "bad-drive" near the Modern Electrical Limited building.
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