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Ex-Tobago chamber head: ‘This is an ambitious budget’
FORMER chairman of the Tobago Chamber of Industry & Commerce, Demi John Cruickshank, has described the Tobago House of Assembly (THA) budget presentation for fiscal 2022-2023 as “ambitious.” On Thursday, the assembly through Chief Secretary Farley Augustine requested an allocation of $3.97 billion from central government to manage the island’s affairs for the next fiscal year. This sum is reflective of 6.9 per cent of the national budget which Augustine anticipated to be $57.4 billion. The 6.9 per cent slice of the national budget pie is the maximum amount set for Tobago's annual budget as recommended by the Dispute Resolution Committee. The minimum...
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MARTIN GEORGE ON CCJ AS FINAL APPEAL COURT
The debate on whether the Caribbean Court of Justice should become the final court of appeal for this country continues. Attorney at Law Martin George is of the view that now is not the time to make such a move and believes public trust is an aspect that must be garnered first. Alicia Boucher has the details from Morning Edition. To view full story visit https://www.tv6tnt.com/news/7pmnews/martin-george-on-ccj-as-final-appeal-court/article_562d6250-e1b8-11ec-ad52-e3e1b1767335.html?utm_campaign=blox&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social ...
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Attorneys cite political interference, wrong timing
AG wants CCJ as T&T’s final court…
Lack of political maturity and this is not the right time were the sentiments expressed yesterday by two attorneys on whether Trinidad and Tobago should depart from the Privy Council and make the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) this country’s final court of appeal. T&T should approach this with caution, says attorney Martin George. It is not that this country should never accept the CCJ as its final appellate court, but George said in his opinion, the time is not right. This is because, the attorney said, we are still in a scenario where members of the public may believe “there is still...
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Tobago sanitation worker gets back job
A sanitation worker from Tobago got back his job at the Tobago Regional Health Authority (TRHA) after a High Court judge ordered his reinstatement. On Thursday, Justice Margaret Mohammed ordered the TRHA to reinstate Malaku Kent, of Scarborough, in his former position of sanitation and maintenance worker, starting next Tuesday. She also ordered the authority to pay the costs of his judicial review claim. Kent, of Gardenside Street, joined the TRHA in 2012. He went on vacation in 2019, but was arrested and charged with possession of cocaine on January 18. He was remanded in prison for four months and pleaded guilty on...
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