Media Release: EXIMBANK and CAF Partner to Strengthen SMEs and Drive Export Growth in Trinidad and Tobago
More than one hundred (100) Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Trinidad and Tobago are set to receive a significant boost in financing to grow their operations and expand into new markets. The Minister of Finance, Hon. Colm Imbert and the Director Representative for CAF – Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean in…
Budget Statement 2025: Steadfast and Resolute – Forging Pathways to Prosperity
National Budget Statement 2025 presented by the Honourable Colm Imbert, MP, Minister of Finance in the House of Representatives on Monday 30th September, 2024.
Media Release: Privy Council Appeal No 0051 of 2024 Terrisa Dhoray v. The Attorney General and the TTRA
The Minister of Finance, Honourable Colm Imbert, MP, wishes to advise that today the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council on appeal from the Court of Appeal of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, unanimously dismissed the appeal in Civil App. No. P 351 of 2023 Terrisa Dhoray v. The Attorney General and the Trinidad…
Media Release: Unprofessional and Biased Reporting From the Media on Global Forum 2024 Bill
On Friday September 13th the Minister of Finance led a debate on the Miscellaneous Provisions (Global Forum): Bill, 2024 that involved both Government and Opposition. On Saturday September 14th and Sunday September 15th, the Trinidad Newsday and Trinidad Express carried coverage of the debate and astonishingly reported the Opposition’s false allegations in the debate in…
Media Release: Statement by the Minister of Finance on the Special Report of the Auditor General on the Public Accounts for the Financial Year 2023 in the House of Representatives on Monday 9th September, 2024
Madam Speaker, I am authorized by Cabinet to make the following statement on the Special Report of the Auditor General on the Public Accounts for the Financial Year 2023. Following the public statements made by the Auditor General with respect to her original report on the 2023 Accounts, her baseless assertion that the Ministry of…
Media Release: S&P Affirms Trinidad and Tobago’s Investment Grade Rating
The Minister of Finance, Hon. Colm Imbert, MP, wishes to advise that today, Standard and Poors, the international credit rating agency, has affirmed Trinidad and Tobago’s credit rating at BBB-, an Investment Grade Rating reflective of the country’s credit strength. S&P has also maintained its stable outlook for Trinidad and Tobago. The country’s strong external…
Media Release: Increase in Deposit Insurance Coverage
The Minister of Finance, Hon. Colm Imbert, MP, wishes to advise that on August 28, 2024, he signed both the Central Bank (Deposit Insurance) Order, 2024 and the Central Bank (Deposit Insurance Coverage Limited) Order, 2024, which were both published on August 29, 2024 as Legal Notice Nos. 159 and 160 of 2024, respectively (see…
Notice of Vacancies: Tax Treaty Unit, Ministry of Finance
The Ministry of Finance is inviting applications from suitably qualified persons for employment, on contract, for a period of three (3) years, in the undermentioned positions in the Tax Treaty Unit: