By Sue-Ann Wayow THERE will be no increase in the price of cooking gas. In a press release on Saturday, the Ministry of Energy and Energy Industries stated that the retail price of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) tanks used for cooking gas will remain at the current price of $21 for 20lb tank. Also, the […]
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By Prior Beharry WHILE the subsidy will be removed on liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), the price for a 20 pound (lbs) cylinder in Trinidad and Tobago will remain at $20. This was the assurance given by Minister of Energy and Energy Industries Franklin Khan in the Senate on Tuesday. He was responding to a […]Read More
WHEN it comes to the natural gas reserves of Trinidad and Tobago, the country is on fairly frim ground. This was the claim of Energy Minister Franklin Khan at the presentation of the gas audit results for the year end 2019 at the Ministry of Energy and Energy Industries in Port-of-Spain on Thursday. Khan […]Read More
By Prior Beharry RADIO 103.1FM launches a new version of its Chutney Soca Road March Competition. On Wednesday, Executive Director of 103.1FM Jason Corbie said, “The clear objective of this initiative is the achievement of shaping and setting greater industry standards.” The announcement was made live on air and on social media. Corbie said producers […]Read More
Covid-19 Vaccine Bilateral Arrangements Don’t Involve WHO
By Prior Beharry WHEN a country enters a bilateral agreement with a pharmaceutical company for the purchase of the Covid-19 vaccine, approval from the World Health Organization (WHO) is not necessary. But it is advisable that the country looks at the safety and efficacy of the vaccine it is buying. This according to Pan […]Read More
Patriotic Energies and Technologies Company Limited is given 15 more days to raise US$500 million dollars for the purchase of the Pointe-a-Pierre refinery. A release issued on Wednesday by the Finance Minister Colm Imbert noted that as corporation sole he has been directed by Cabinet to give the extension to Patriot. The release stated: “The […]Read More
QUESTIONING whether the Pointe-a-Pierre refinery will be sold to the Maduro regime in Venezuela, Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar has called on Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley to resign. She made the statement in a release on Tuesday after the government announced that it had rejected the bid by Patriotic Energies and Technologies Company Limited […]Read More
AFTER being rejected in its bid to acquire the Pointe-a-Pierre refinery, Patriotic Energies and Technologies Company Limited is requesting a meeting with Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley to prove that it has the financial backing to complete the transaction. This after being blanked on two occasions. The latest came in an announcement at a joint […]Read More
By Sue-Ann Wayow MINISTER of Tourism, Culture and the Arts Randall Mitchell is expected to meet with the board of Asa Wright Centre which is now closed as a result of Covid-19. Speaking during Parliament on Tuesday, Mitchell said he met with a board member since the announcement that the popular eco-tourist site will […]Read More
By Sue-Ann Wayow DO not throw away all the gains that you have made under the People’s National Movement (PNM) leadership. This was the appeal made to Tobagonians by Political Leader of the PNM Tobago Council Tracy Davidson-Celestine during a PNM political meeting in Black Rock on Sunday. As the general election for the […]Read More