Is it legal to refuse the old $100 notes?
Finance Minister, Colm Imbert is seeking advice on whether merchants can legally refuse the old $100 notes before they’re demonetised on December 31. Responding to an...
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Amendments to law to allow new $100 bill passed
There will be a grace period for people whose special circumstances did not allow them to change their old $100 bills to the new polymer bills during the stipulated timeframe. In his introduction t...
Colm: UNIPET owes Paria $100M
State owned Paria Fuel Trading Company says UNIPET owes them over $100 million in defaulted payments. The revelation comes after Paria’s decision to stop supplying UNIPET with fuel. Acti...
Sinanan: Water level in photo of Imbert was not that high
Minister of Works and Transport Rohan Sinanan said a viral photo circulating of Finance Minister Colm Imbert sheltering from flash flooding was being made out to seem worse than it was. The photo, ...
Expect Christmas surge in black market USD, say finance experts
Businesses unable to procure foreign exchange in the run-up to Christmas may resort to buying USD through illegal means. Elson James, CEO JMMB Express Finance, said that the situation has remained ...
Budget 2020: Where are the Venezuelans in the national plan?
One of the most glaring omissions in the 2020 Budget presentation on Monday was the Venezuelan migrant situation in Trinidad and Tobago. One economist who took note of that omission told Loop that ...
Budget 2020: No more arrivals forms, airport allowance increased
Trinbagonians will no longer have to worry about filling out arrival forms on re-entry to the country. Speaking during the 2020 National Budget presentation, Finance Minister Colm Imbert added that...
A Cultural Supernova: Carifesta XIV hailed as a success
Carifesta XIV has been hailed as a success. Speaking at the closing ceremony of the festival on Sunday night, Trinidad and Tobago’s Minister of Community Development, Culture and the Arts Dr Nyan G...
Imbert to look at claims Tourism Trinidad Board given extension
The claim by the Chairman ofTourism Trinidad Limited that her board was given another two-year term is being challenged. In a release, Minister of Tourism, Randall Mitchell, said he has taken note ...
PM heads to CARICOM meeting in St Lucia
Finance Minister Colm Imbert will once more be stepping in as interim Prime Minister as Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley heads to St Lucia for a CARICOM meeting on Tuesday. The Office of the Prime Mi...