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Business unusual in Trinidad and Tobago
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In a scene more reminiscent of a public holiday than a regular Tuesday, stores on Frederick St, Port of Spain are shuttered. - Marvin Hamilton
Businesses are again feeling the pinch as the Government has implemented several measures, including a state of emergency, to limit the movement of people and reduce the spread of covid19. Between May 1 and May 18, there have been 6,326 confirmed cases and 148 virus-related deaths.
Our photographers have been capturing images of business unusual during this unprecedented time.
There are goods but few vendors or customers in sight at the San Fernando market on May 18. - AYANNA KINSALE
Retrenched workers protest outside TCL
Monday 22 February 2021
Retrenched workers including, (fourth from right) Nigel Ifill, Senior Operator at Packaging, Trinidad Cement Limited, held a protest at the company s carpark on Monday morning. Photos by Marvin Hamilton
Retrenched workers of Trinidad Packaging Ltd (TPL), a subsidiary of Trinidad Cement Ltd (TCL), protested on Monday morning, calling for the immediate payments of outstanding money.
From around 8 am, a small group gathered at the front of the TCL plant at the Southern Main Road in Claxton Bay. One placard read, Sent home with no money, and another, TPL now, who next?
Speaking on behalf of the 40-plus retrenched workers, former senior operator Nigel Ifill accused the company of breaking its promise to pay off the retrenched group.
Sunday 21 February 2021
GOVERNMENT has been told to reverse a decision to increase the import duties for cement to 50 per cent.
The order came from the Caribbean Court of Justice on Friday as it ruled on an interim measure application by local cement importer Rock Hard Distributors and its St Lucia-based parent company.
The interim measure means that the five per cent Common External Tariff on imported cement remains in place until the court determines Rock Hard’s challenge of the increase on import duties.
In reading out the court’s order, Justice Jacob Wit said the Government “shall not enforce the statutorily rate of duty applicable on other hydraulic cement, as far as it exceeds the Common External Tariff (CET) of five per cent.”
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