After careful consideration and a comprehensive review by the Ministry of Finance and the EximBank over the last month, Cabinet, at its regular weekly meeting last week, which was held on Friday, November 1st, 2024, agreed to a recommendation from the Minister of Finance that the forex window at the EximBank for essential imports, which…
Following four years of turbulence triggered by a devastating pandemic, deepening geo-economic fragmentation, surging inflation, and widespread monetary policy tightening, the global economy in 2024 seems to be trending toward a ‘soft landing’. According to the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) latest projections, growth for 2024 will hold steady around 3.2 percent owing to markets rebounding as…
We are pleased to advise that effective today, Wednesday 30th October, 2024 (from 10:00 p.m.), First Citizens customers can pay their property tax via the First Citizens Online Banking and Mobile App.
Further to the earlier media release on this matter, Caribbean Airlines has just informed the Minister of Finance that while the figures the airline provided to him for public dissemination regarding the pilots’ salaries were correct, the figure for pilots’ allowances provided by CAL was incorrect.It is expected that CAL will promptly correct that inaccuracy.
Today’s conference is driven by the thought-provoking theme of “Charting New Horizons: Accelerating Growth with Diversification and Seizing Digital Opportunities.”At this critical juncture in our economic development, the Government of Trinidad and Tobago is fully prepared to expand and develop our capital markets. Our goal is clear: to create a resilient, diversified economy that can…
The Minister of Finance, Hon. Colm Imbert, MP, has noticed yet another series of misleading and inaccurate stories about access to foreign exchange being peddled by the Trinidad Express as if these stories were factual. This media campaign is clearly mischievous, and it is necessary to set the record straight. EXIMBANK’s PURPOSE A perusal of…
Pursuant to Regulation 49 of the Public Service Commission Regulations, the Public Service Commission proposes to declare Ms. Raicyne Ramkumar, Temporary Clerk I (Range 14), Ministry of Finance to have resigned her office in the Public Service with effect from 17th March, 2022.
The Minister of Finance, Honourable Colm Imbert, MP, wishes to advise that yesterday the Caribbean Court of Justice (“CCJ”) dismissed the claim brought by Ellis Richards and others against Trinidad and Tobago in relation to the CL Financial bailout in 2009, which excluded annuity and investment products issued by British American Insurance Company Limited (a…