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Media Release: Joint Effort by Customs and Excise Division, Port of Port of Spain and Port of Point Lisas for Management of Vessel Traffic for Cargo Operations

The Trinidad and Tobago Customs and Excise Division, in collaboration with the Port Authority of Trinidad and Tobago (PATT) with its Cargo Handling Facility The Port of Port of Spain (PPOS) and the Point Lisas Industrial Port Development Corporation Limited (PLIPDECO) hereby advises the national community and shipping stakeholders of coordinated measures that have been…

Speech: Trinidad and Tobago Stock Exchange Limited Capital Markets and Investor Conference 2025

In delivering the feature address at the Trinidad and Tobago Stock Exchange Limited Capital Markets Conference 2025, Finance Minister, the Honorable Davendranath Tancoo said, a strong and dynamic capital market is at the heart of the transformation that we envision for Trinidad and Tobago.”He further stated, it is one of the most powerful mechanisms for…

Media Release- Misrepresentation of comments made by the Honorable Minister of Finance on Funding for Public Sector Wage Negotiations

The Minister of Finance, the Honourable Davendranath Tancoo, notes with concern an article published in the Trinidad and Tobago Guardian Newspaper on October 22nd 2025, titled “No funds in budget for public servants’ payments – Tancoo”. The article does not accurately reflect the Minister’s comments made during the Standing Finance Committee meeting held on October…

Media Release: Minister of Finance Addresses TTMA Post Budget Forum

The Honourable Davendranath Tancoo, Minister of Finance on October 14th, 2025, delivered the feature address and also participated in an open panel discussion at the Trinidad and Tobago Manufacturers’ Association’s (TTMA) annual Post Budget Forum held at the HYATT Regency Trinidad. In his address, Minister Tancoo commended the TTMA and manufacturers for their resilience and…

Media Release: Ministry of Finance – “Rejoice in Investment Grade Status”

Fear mongering in Trinidad and Tobago is a favourite pastime of PNM puppets and puppeteers.And it is no different with the latest ratings action from Standard & Poor’s, the internationalcredit ratings agency. We have all been conditioned to think and expect the worse when a moredispassionately objective assessment would better serve everyone. Let’s try to…

Media Release: S&P Affirms Trinidad and Tobago’s Investment Grade Rating but Revises Outlook, Highlighting the Need for Reforms

Today, the rating agency Standard & Poor’s (S&P) affirmed Trinidad and Tobago’s investment grade rating at BBB-, while revising the outlook from stable to negative. S&P’s affirmation of Trinidad and Tobago’s investment grade status reflects the country’s long established democratic institutions, economic stability, favourable external profile and buffers (“This profile includes a strong external creditor…

Media Release: Response to Colm Imbert’s comments on Credit Card USD spending limit cut

“Mr Imbert is expressing fake concern for a crisis he caused by failing to create an enabling environment for foreign and domestic investment, economic diversification and to boost non-energy production and exports in particular,” the Finance Minister said.“As a country, we are using more foreign exchange than we are generating, and have been doing so…