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Trinidad Express (Free subscription) | 11/20/2008
There is a saying that you can fool some of the people some of the time, but you can't fool all the people all the time. This was clearly demonstrated over the last few weeks by Finance Minister Karen Nunez-Tesheira, Mariano Browne and Energy Minister Conrad Enill. These three financial wizards were all over the media assuring us that Trinidad and Tobago had prudent financial planning...
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Trinidad Express (Free subscription) | 11/19/2008
... slowing down the rate of development. Asked where the cutbacks in expenditure would be, Minister Mariano Browne said, yesterday, cutbacks would come from "rationalising programmes, from looking at inefficiencies and from ensuring that some of the mistakes and excesses...are not repeated". He added: "There is always overlap between social programmes and we want to make sure that we...
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Trinidad Express (Free subscription) | 11/18/2008
Govt's jobless numbers gameTuesday, November 18th 2008I believe that Minister Mariano Browne was painting a false picture to the people of TT with his extolling the "great unemployment statistics" for the country of 4.7 per cent. I believe that these statistics are rather misleading. Can Minister Browne state what the unemployment figures would be if one were to minus those that...
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Trinidad Express (Free subscription) | 11/18/2008
Spend on poor people, not on dignitariesTuesday, November 18th 2008Why does Minister Mariano Browne have to be so insensitive when it comes to wage negotiations and requests for wage increases, especially at a time when rising food prices have hit the pockets of poor working class citizens? While I understand people will have to choose between lower inflation and jobs, I don't necessarily...
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Trinidad Express (Free subscription) | 11/18/2008
There is no trade-off between inflation and jobs in the Trinidad and Tobago economy, says former Central Bank Governor Winston Dookeran. This was his response to comments made by Minister in the Ministry of Finance Mariano Browne in yesterday's Express that workers in this country must choose between a lower inflation rate and jobs as he noted the difficulties that now face the local...
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Trinidad Express (Free subscription) | 11/17/2008
Take the CNG leadMonday, November 17th 2008Minister Mariano Browne suggests that the Government may restrict gasoline cars for us mere mortals but until I see our Ministers leading by example by driving eco-friendly or CNG-powered vehicles, stop insisting that CNG is a viable alternative. I want to follow my leaders and aspire to drive the most expensive gas or diesel-guzzling vehicles,...
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Trinidad Express (Free subscription) | 11/17/2008
... is quickly emerging as part of his essential character, the Minister in the Ministry of Finance Mariano Browne, was more provocative. He suggested a few weeks ago that people in the economic and financial elite were panicking because they had investments abroad and they felt exposed. He said further, it was they who, by their public expression of fear and trembling, were causing needless...
