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Opposition MPs, business heads want firmer action on crime
While the Prime Minister assured resources were being allocated to the national security forces to combat crime and called on citizens to speak up against criminals, stakeholders are not satisfied this is enough to get a grip on the scourge. Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley's statement on Saturday morning after a wave of violent crime in the last week of the year, including a brazen shooting on Churchill Roosevelt Highway, where four people were killed, including an innocent woman, and the kidnapping of an El Socorro woman by fake cops. For political opponents, like opposition national security shadow minister Dr Roodal Moonilal,...
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Response to Chief Secretary – threats to sue the government
Chief Secretary threats to sue the government In this episode of Morning Edition, the Chairman of the Tobago Business Chamber and Attorney at Law, Martin George, warns Chief Secretary Farley Augustine to stop warring with the Government. https://youtu.be/m4tW21B0q90 Chief Secretary threats to sue the government MAGCO Views Home ...
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Tobago’s Economy and Political Landscape
Tobago's Economy and Political Landscape https://youtu.be/B3gMe79EMEM Tobago's Economy and Political Landscape The Morning Edition MAGCO Views Home ...
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Tobago Carnival Review 2023
Tobago Carnival Review 2023 https://youtu.be/GI6xSXHeMp8 Tobago Carnival Review 2023 MAGCO VIEWS Home ...
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Business groups troubled by T&TEC rate hike plan
Business groups troubled by T&TEC rate hike plan Several business chambers have expressed their discontent with the Regulated Industries Commission's (RIC) plan for higher electricity costs. Tobago Business Chamber chairman, attorney Martin George, expressed his chamber's dissatisfaction with the rate hike, describing the increase as "palpable absurdity and patent stupidity" and a "slap in the face to the average Trinbagonian." George said, "T&TEC is a proliferate waster of money. T&TEC has a history of wasting billions of dollars and yet still, you are going to impose a 15-64 per cent increase on domestic consumers." He called on the government to intervene and prevent the...
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RIC’s proposed electricity rate hike: Tobago chamber chairman damn vex
Electricity rate hike TOBAGO stakeholders outright condemned the Regulated Industries Commission’s (RIC) recommendations for increasing electricity rates across the board to T&TEC customers. They are calling on citizens to reject these proposals, saying it will lead to further suffering. Describing the move as a “slap in the face” of the average consumer, the Tobago Business Chamber said the reasons advanced by the RIC for the proposed hikes – increasing efficiency and productivity – made no sense. Chamber chairman Martin George did not mince his words as he claimed T&TEC had a history of wasting billions of dollars. “Yet still you are telling me that...
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TOBAGO BUSINESS CHAMBER calls upon Commercial Banks to do better
Commercial Banks The TOBAGO BUSINESS CHAMBER calls upon all our Commercial Banks to do better by their service to customers by bringing their Customer Service Experience up to International standards and to improve their ease of doing business. https://youtu.be/UA9C1djGGY4 TOBAGO BUSINESS CHAMBER calls upon Commercial Banks to do better MAGCO VIEWS HOME ...
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Police ‘monitoring’ PriceSmart credit card incident
Police 'monitoring' PriceSmart credit card incident POLICE ARE "monitoring developments" over last week's discovery that unknown charges were made to PriceSmart customers' credit card accounts on Friday, with reimbursements falling short of the original figure. Since the incident, there have been calls on social media for the matter to be investigated. In a brief response to a query from Newsday through the corporate communications unit, the office of the ACP White Collar Crime Division said: "No formal report has been made on this matter to the best of my knowledge. But we are monitoring the developments." While the police may not be...
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Tobago Business Chamber calls on Government: Resolve Registrar General ‘debacle’ by week’s end
Tobago Business Chamber calls on Government: Resolve Registrar General 'debacle' by week's end THE Tobago Business Chamber wants the “debacle” involving the Registrar General’s department in Trinidad and the Deputy Registrar General (Tobago) to be resolved by the end of this week. On Friday, THA Chief Secretary Farley Augustine called on the Prime Minster and Attorney General Reginald Armour, SC, to investigate swiftly why Tobagonians were being prevented from accessing services of the Registrar General’s department. In a statement from his office, Augustine said he had received numerous complaints from Tobagonians about their inability to access services from the department. He also said he...
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