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THE Heritage and Stabilisation Fund (HSF) recorded a Net Asset Value (NAV) of US$5.466 billion ($37.17 billion) on Friday, Finance Minister Colm Imbert stated yesterday.

In this episode of Morning Edition, Mr. Edward Moodie, President of the South Oropouche Riverine Flood Action Group to discuss the torrential rains and floods in South Trinidad.

Analysts from island nations struggling with expensive fossil fuels and extreme weather say the latest effort to counter China’s modest influence in the region does “not impress.”

Ex-Central Bank governor Jwala Rambarran says the loss of US$913.5 million incurred by the Heritage and Stabilisation Fund (HSF) in 2022 should "disturb us all." He described it as a "grave fiscal irresponsibility." In its annual report last week, the HSF revealed that it recorded its first-ever loss at a total of US$913,456,918. It said

THE management system that currently exists within the 14 municipal corporations is weak and needs to change, the Prime Minister said on Saturday as he opened the Diego Martin Administrative Complex. During his feature address, Dr Rowley explained some of the pains that councillors face having to deal with CEOs who at times do not

THE EDITOR: On listening to the Ministry of Finance outline the process of making payments of the VAT refunds being owed to the business community, I wondered how come no one has challenged the legality of this action. So, not being an expert, I referred to a friend much more knowledgeable than I am on

GOVERNMENT has received the green light from the High Court to go ahead with its plans for the TT Revenue Authority (TTRA), including the recruitment of staff.

There is a new example of political truth being stranger than fiction. It is that it takes two very wobbly Attorneys General to make a distrusted Opposition look good.When it was not trying to pre

FINANCE Minister Colm Imbert says the government will return to Parliament to bring “minor tweaking” to the Valuation of Land (Amendment) Bill 2023 which was passed in the Senate on Friday with 24 of the 30 senators voting for the bill. In wrapping up, Imbert said there would be some minor adjustments to the law

OPPOSITION Senator Wade Mark said on Friday that whenever the local government election is called, voters would scrap the property tax and scrap the ruling PNM, speaking in the Senate against the Valuation of Land (Amendment) Bill 2023. He vowed that a future UNC government would act to cancel the property tax. Scoffing at the