T&T’s economy in slump says Central Bank Governor

May 24 2012. Central Bank Governor Ewart Williams says the economy is in a slump, with three
 consecutive years of economic decline, slow implementation of Government projects  and a reluctance by the private sector to invest, all contributing to the slowdown. In presenting what he acknowledges will be his last Monetary Policy  Report, Williams said yesterday: “The economy has been in a slump and we are waiting on the recovery and the recovery has been delayed.......
source: Trinidad Guardian

Creating a knowledge-based economy Does Trinidad and Tobago have what it takes?

 Trinidad and Tobago has flourished under the nurturing arm of oil and gas production for the last century. But it must outgrow its dependence on these natural resources due to changes in the global economy.
source: Trinidad Express

T&T to axe property taxes.

June 4 2010

THE property tax in Trinidad & Tobago will soon be axed. New Attorney General Anand Ramlogan, said the first order of business will be to bring legislation to have the controversial Property Tax law repealed
source: Jamaica Observer

Trinidad in energy exploration deal with Canadian company

July 8, 2009
Trinidad and Tobago's state-owned energy company Petrotrin signed a $40 million oil and gas exploration deal on Tuesday with Canadian company Voyager Energy Ltd.

Obama among 33 world leaders going to Trinidad for OAS summit; Opposition worries about costs.

Monday, January 26, 2009
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad: Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister, Patrick Manning announced in Parliament that US President Barack Obama will be among 33 leaders who will attend the Fifth Summit of the Americas in Port of Spain in April, and also told lawmakers that his government was committed to hosting the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in November.

WHAT IS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY? by Thomas G. Field Jr.
"Rum and Coca-Cola," perhaps the best-known Calypso song of all time, became a big hit for the Andrews Sisters in the 1940s. It also sparked a famous U.S. court case brought to establish the authorship of Trinidad musician Lionel Belasco, who had written the song several decades earlier under the title "L'Année Passée." The lawyer acting for the man who published Belasco's original score proved to the court that "Rum and Coca-Cola" was the Creole musician's work and no one else's.
Source:US Department of State