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Augustine asks JSC: Why 6.8% for Tobago?
PDP deputy leader Farley Augustine. FILE PHOTO
PDP deputy political leader Farley Augustine is calling on the Joint Select Committee (JSC) to explain how they came up with the proposal to allocate a minimum of 6.8 per cent of the national budget to Tobago.
In an interview with Newsday on Monday, Augustine said the members of the JSC need to provide some clarity on the figure.
“We are wondering how the JSC arrived at 6.8 per cent. What is the justification, what is the arithmetic behind it?”
He added: “They have not been able to properly justify how they arrived at 6.8 per cent. (It) cannot do the kind of development work that is needed in Tobago; we’re talking about capital expenditure work that is needed in Tobago and so that is something that has to be revisited.”
Cudjoe: JSC talks not cancelled for lack of interest
Minister of Sport and Community Development Shamfa Cudjoe. - Vidya Thurab
Day three of the public consultation on the draft Tobago Self-Government Bill 2020 and the Tobago Island Administration Bill 2021, on Monday, was cancelled after just four people registered for the virtual session.
The joint select committee (JSC) told those who had applied to contribute that “unfortunately not enough persons have applied for Monday’s session. As a result, the committee invites you to kindly submit your comments in writing.”
The JSC, chaired by Minister of Planning and Development Camille Robinson- Regis, has been meeting with Tobagonians, virtually and in person, at the Victor E Bruce Financial Complex in Scarborough since Friday, getting feedback on the draft bills. The sessions were expected to end on Monday.
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.”
Robinson-Regis accepts labour resignations from NTAC
File photo: Minister of Planning and Development Camille Robinson-Regis. Photo by Ayanna Kinsale - AYANNA KINSALE
THE resignations of five labour representatives from the National Tripartite Advisory Council (NTAC) have been accepted by the council s chair, Planning and Development Minister Camille Robinson-Regis.
A statement issued by NTAC on Thursday said that on April 20 Robinson-Regis wrote to Christopher Henry, James Lambert, Michael Annisette, Carlton Gibson and Joseph Remy. They had all resigned from NTAC on March 11.
In informing them that their resignations had been accepted, Robinson-Regis recalled for their benefit her first letter of response, dated March 16, in which the claims they made as the basis for their resignations were denied, and they were told the door was being kept open for their return to NTAC.