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Photo above is of First Citizens Bank Chief Executive Officer, Jason Julien. Photo courtesy of First Citizens Bank. PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Feb 29, (CMC) – The Trinidad-based First Citizens Bank said, it had repaid US$175 million bond, issued through ...
Read More »Trinidad Cement Limited Records Significant After Tax Profits
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Feb 29, (CMC) – The Trinidad Cement Limited (TCL) Group says, profits after tax has amounted to TT$428.7 million (One TT dollar =US$0.16 cents) last year, compared with TT$211 million in the previous year. The TCL ...
Read More »T&T Steel Company Lays Off Workers
Illustration above is of the company logo of Central Trinidad Steel Limited (CENTRIN) . PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Feb 26, (CMC) – Central Trinidad Steel Limited (CENTRIN) has sent dismissal letters to nearly 200 of its employees, which the union ...
Read More »Guyana Government To Help Indigenous Women Start Up Businesses
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Feb 26, (CMC) – The Guyana government says, it will provide four million dollars (One Guyana dollar =US$0.004) to support viable business ventures for indigenous women. It said, the funds would be channelled through the Indigenous Women’s Small ...
Read More »Benefit From Better Notices
(NC) We are all concerned about getting the most money back during tax time. Having clear information in an easy to understand format definitely helps us determine which benefits we might qualify for. The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) is improving ...
Read More »Africa Launches Largest Trading Block With 620 Million Consumers
Illustration above: courtesy of the African Union Commission. By Baher Kamal and Fareed Mahdy IPS Africa Correspondents CAIRO, Egypt Feb. 24, 2016 (IPS) — In Egypt more than 1,500 public and private business delegates and state leaders agreed on February ...
Read More »Caribbean Economies In “Recovery Mode”, Says Caribbean Development Bank
Photo above is of Dr. William Warren Smith, President of the Caribbean Development Bank. Photo credit: CDB. BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Feb. 24, (CMC) – The economies of Caribbean countries are in a “recovery mode”, even though it is still operating in ...
Read More »Reports Of Terrorism-linked Financial Activities Tripled In T&T: Report
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Feb 24, (CMC) – The Financial Intelligence Unit of Trinidad and Tobago (FIUTT) says, the number of reports of financial transactions, suspected of being linked to terrorism activities, has tripled over the past year. In its ...
Read More »GUYSUCO Threatens To Halt Sugar Crop
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC) – Last Friday, the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GUYSUCO) threatened to shut down operations for the current crop, if the Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) does not end its strategy of staging weekly strikes in the ...
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