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Payment plan for T&TEC's $7b debt
Posted: Friday, August 8, 2025
Padarath: Payment plan for T&TEC's $7b debt to NGC
BARRY PADARATH, Minister of Public Utilities, says the government will put in place a payment plan for T&TEC to address its $7 billion debt to the National Gas Company (NGC) as its gas-supplier, replying to questions at the post-Cabinet briefing at the Diplomatic Centre, St Ann's, on August 7.
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Who is watching our children?
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SoE regulations expanded to cover weapons, prison contraband
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State to pay student over $250k after 2017 attack at school
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Autopsy finds Jasher's cause of death: Parents reject it
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