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Education allocation dips but more funding for AI and laptops

12 October 2026

Shane Su­perville While ed­u­ca­tion and skills train­ing con­tin­ues to re­ceive the largest al­lo­ca­tion i...

Tancoo announces surcharge on high residential electricity use

12 October 2026

Fi­nance Min­is­ter Dav­en­dranath Tan­coo has an­nounced a five-cent-per-kilo­watt-hour sur­charge on res­i­...

Patriotic Energies backs phased restart of Guaracara refinery

12 October 2026

Pa­tri­ot­ic En­er­gy Ser­vices Lim­it­ed (PESL) has en­dorsed the Gov­ern­ment’s phased ap­proach to rest...

Govt’s $63.3B budget gives more to pensioners, taxes remote digital services

12 October 2026

Fi­nance Min­is­ter Dav­en­dranath Tan­coo has pre­sent­ed a $63.368 bil­lion na­tion­al bud­get for fis­ca...

Budget 2027: 20 key measures announced by finance minister

12 October 2026

The fol­low­ing are 20 pro­posed mea­sures in the 2027 Bud­get pre­sent­ed by Fi­nance Min­is­ter Dav­en­dra...

Tancoo maintains 40% cash proposal for PSA arrears

12 October 2026

Fi­nance Min­is­ter Dav­en­dranath Tan­coo says the Gov­ern­ment has al­lo­cat­ed fund­ing in the 2027 Bud­...

Tobago to receive $3.47B in Budget 2027

12 October 2026

Fi­nance Min­is­ter Dav­en­dranath Tan­coo has an­nounced a to­tal al­lo­ca­tion of $3.473 bil­lion for To­...

Government projects $63.4B Budget for 2027

12 October 2026

Fi­nance Min­is­ter Dav­en­dranath Tan­coo has pro­ject­ed Gov­ern­ment ex­pen­di­ture of $63.368 bil­lion...

Finance Minister announces $250 increase in senior citizens’ pension

12 October 2026

Fi­nance Min­is­ter Dav­en­dranath Tan­coo has an­nounced a $250 in­crease in the se­nior cit­i­zens’ pen­...

Children’s Authority takes charge of 13-year-old girl who was reported missing

12 October 2026

The Chil­dren’s Au­thor­i­ty of Trinidad and To­ba­go has con­firmed that the 13-year-old girl who was re­cent...