In the continued efforts to strengthen overseas relationships, Senator the Honourable Larry Howai, Minister of Finance met with ambassadors from both the British High Commission and the United States Embassy in two separate meetings held on Monday, July 23rd 2012. Documents Minister Howai strengthens relationships with UK and US (PDF)
The Honourable Larry Howai, Minister of Finance met today with Governor of the Central Bank Jwala Rambarran and outgoing Governor Ewart Williams. Documents Finance Minister Welcomes New Central Bank Governor (PDF)
After 31 years of service at First Citizens Bank I chose to take early retirement when I received a call to serve my country as Minister of Finance and Economy. The decision was not an immediate one since I knew two things would occur for certain. Documents Finance Minister Clarifies Position (PDF)
Georgetown: Minister Doookeran delivered the opening statement at ECLAC’s Second high-level meeting of the Caribbean Development Roundtable in Georgetown, Guyana on May 30th, 2012. The feature address of the meeting was presented by His Excellency Donald Ramoutar, President, Republic of Guyana. The title of Minister Dookeran’s statement echoed the second agenda item “Small states in…
The Honourable Winston Dookeran, Minister of Finance addressed Caribbean Business Executives this morning at a seminar hosted by the Caribbean Centre for Money and Finance (CCMF) at the Hyatt Regency, Trinidad. The theme for the seminar was “the future of the pension industry in the Caribbean”. Documents Finance Minister …Strides in Pension Reform (PDF)
On Friday 27th April 2012, the Ministry of Finance as part of its ongoing efforts to promote Safety and Health in the Workplace and to reinforce its compliance with the Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) initiative Documents OSH Awareness at the Ministry of Finance (PDF)
Small States given special mention at the Inter- Governmental Group of Twenty- Four (G-24) Meeting on IMF Affairs and Development Documents Small States given special mention at the Inter- Governmental Group of Twenty- Four (G-24) Meeting on IMF Affairs and Development (PDF)
Finance Minister Winston Dookeran left the country today, Thursday 19th April, 2012 to attend the 2012 Meeting of the Inter-Governmental Group of Twenty-Four on International Monetary Affairs (G-24), and Spring Meeting of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank Group scheduled for Washington D.C, United States from April 16th – 22nd. Documents Minister Dookeran off…
The minimum National Insurance Retirement Pension was increased from $2,000.00 to $3,000.00 per month with effect from February 1, 2012. This was a measure announced in the 2011/2012 Budget presented by the Honourable Winston Dookeran, Minister of Finance in October of last year Documents Minimum National Insurance Retirement Pension was increased (PDF)
Trinidad and is planning its first global bond sale since 2007 as the Caribbean nation’s economy is poised to expand for the first time in three years, Finance Minister Winston Dookeran said. The sale of as much as $500 million in notes should take Documents Trinidad and Tobago seeks US$500M in Bond Sale (PDF)