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High
prices affect Petrotrin
Rising
oil prices has not meant good news for everybody. State-owned
energy company Petrotrin has been caught in the middle
while the price of fuel oil, the bulk of the output
from its refinery, has remained relatively stable while
crude oil has shot up over the past few months...
Chinese-speaking
Vincentians soon says Gonsalves
Universal
secondary education will soon be completely introduced
to St Vincent and it will be entirely funded by the
country, St Vincent Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves said
Sunday...
Regional
gas pipeline project stalls
The
November 1 deadline for a decision for the construction
of the “historic Caribbean Gas Pipeline project”
has come and gone... with no country giving a commitment
to the project as yet...
Automated
trading comes to T&T
The
local Securities and Exchange Commission announced last
week that it had approved the introduction of new rules
for automated trading in shares on the local stock exchange...
Trade
Ministry clamps down on dumping, slaps heavy duties
on Chinese AC units
Air
condition imports from China have been slapped with
anti-dumping duties of over 300 per cent in some cases
in a decision that effectively protects local aseemblers
of air conditioners...
Digicel
denies bribery charge in Antigua
Digicel,
one of the cellular firms believed to be bidding for
a cellular licence, has denied allegations that that
it tried to bribe officials in Antigua...
We
need energy library says Duprey
CL
Financial Chairman, Lawrence Duprey, has called for
a library full of case studies of the Trinidad experience
in building and operating methanol and ammonia plants...
TSTT
in emergency mode says new boss
TSTT’s
new Chief Executive Officer, Carlos Espinal, introduced
himself to the business sector with the promise of transparency
and a wish for the majority State-owned telecoms giant
to be seen as “humbly working hard.”
IATA
predicts airlines will lose about US$5b this year
The
global airline industry will lose about US$5 billion
this year and more bankruptcies of carriers are likely,
due in part to rising fuel costs, an International Air
Transport Association official said in Tobago on Monday...
bpTT
shows ‘another strong performance’
The
local operations of BP, the British energy company,
contributed ten per cent to the group’s upstream
exploration and production segment during the third
quarter, company officials said this week...
DR
gearing for new US border controls
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic —The recent two-day
seminar on Adapting Border Controls to Facilitate Trade
and Security in the Dominican Republic (DR) was attended
by more than 100 government officials and business people
representing numerous areas of economic activity especially
related to its dynamic trade and tourism...
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