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MEDIA RELEASE – PUBLICATION OF THE SIMPLIFIED PROCUREMENT REGULATIONS, 2024

The Minister of Finance, Hon. Colm Imbert, MP, wishes to advise that on April 5, 2024, he signed into law, with the agreement of the Office of Procurement Regulation (“OPR”), the Public Procurement and Disposal of Public Property (Simplified Procurement) Regulations, 2024, that is applicable to the procurement of all goods, services and works valued…

Public Notice: Void Cheques Listing of Payees Uncashed Cheques for the Period – October 1st 2022 to September 30th 2023

The Comptroller of Accounts, Treasury Division wishes to advise the following Cheques issued between the period October 1st 2022 and September 30th 2023 and remain uncashed will become VOID after March 31st 2024. Payees are therefore requested to have outstanding cheques encashed before March 27th 2024. Persons should disregard this notice, if cheques were encashed…

Media Release: Ministry of Finance Statement on the Implementation of Property Tax

Madam Speaker, I am authorized by Cabinet to make the following statement regarding the implementation of Property Tax in Trinidad and Tobago. The Government has been making steady progress in the implementation of Property Tax. To this end, we are currently at the stage where Notices of Tax Assessments under the Property Tax Act, have…

Media Release: IMF Confirms that Trinidad and Tobago is Undergoing a Sustained Economic Recovery

The Minister of Finance, Hon. Colm Imbert, MP, is encouraged and heartened by the Staff Concluding Statement of the recent IMF 2024 Article IV Mission to Trinidad and Tobago, which predicts a positive medium-term outlook for Trinidad and Tobago. The IMF’s 2024 Article IV visit to Trinidad and Tobago occurred between February 28, 2024, to…

CAF donates USD 250,000 to assist in alleviating oil spill in Trinidad and Tobago

CAF -Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean- approved a donation of USD 250,000 for Trinidad and Tobago, which will assist in alleviating the effects of the oil spill that has affected the coast of Tobago, damaged its beaches, reefs, and threatened the local tourism industry. In a letter addressed to Keith Rowley, Prime Minister of…