Dookeran: IMF can help provide covid19 support
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WHAT new economic measures will Government bring to help people whose livelihoods continue to be adversely affected by the covid19 pandemic?
At a news conference at the Diplomatic Centre on May 7, the Prime Minister said Finance Minister Colm Imbert will provide those details on Monday. At a briefing on May 3, Dr Rowley said a sum between $40 million - $50million is being finalised to assist those impacted by the latest covid19 restrictions.
Last May, Imbert said Government was projecting a total expenditure of $6 billion on covid19 relief and other needs between then and September. At that time, he said $934 million had been spent to date on covid19 relief.
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Dennis: Huge step back if autonomy bills abandoned
Chief Secretary Ancil Dennis - Office of Chief Seceratary
Chief Secretary Ancil Dennis has urged Tobagonians to resist calls for a restart of the process to get greater autonomy for the island.
At the post executive council news conference on Wednesday, Dennis gave his views about the Joint Select Committee’s two-day public consultation on the Tobago Self-Government Bill and the Tobago Island Administration Bill, held at the Victor E Bruce Financial Complex, Scarborough, on April 30 and May 1.
The JSC, headed by Planning and Development Minister Camille Robinson-Regis, met with representatives of the island’s major political parties and other stakeholders.
Friday 30 April 2021
WHEN WE WERE FRIENDS: FLASHBACK: Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley, 3rd from left, speaks with trade union leaders in this 2016 file photo when the National Tripartite Advisory Council (NTAC) was formed. The trade unions have since left the council. - FILE PHOTO
THE National Trade Union Centre (Natuc), Joint Trade Union Movement (JTUM) and the Federation of Independent Trade Unions and NGOS (FITUN) claimed earlier this week that the National Tripartite Advisory Council (NTAC) is dead.
They reiterated that they withdraw from NTAC last month because their participation in it was sacrilegious to the objectives of the labour movement. In a statement, on Thursday, all three groups claimed their decision was vindicated by a recent statement by Planning and Development Minister Camille Robinson-Regis when she said their resignations from NTAC were accepted, thanked them for their service and the council s work continues. Robinson-Regis is the current NTAC chair.
Robinson-Regis: Covid19 not hampering PSIP projects
Minister of Planning and Development Camille Robinson-Regis. Photo by Ayanna Kinsale -
PLANNING and Development Minister Camille Robinson-Regis expressed satisfaction on Tuesday that implementing the 2021 Public Sector Investment Programme is not being hampered by the covid19 pandemic.
In a statement issued by her ministry, Robinson-Regis said, “It is heartening to know that although projects have been stymied by covid19, our hardworking public officers have gone the extra mile to ensure PSIP projects have met and surpassed their targets for the period.”
She added, “It is important to note that in some instances, ministries and their executing agencies have reported 100 per cent completion rate for first implementation period, although funds were slow in receipt.”