Anthony Wilson

3 weeks ago | guardian.co.tt | Anthony Wilson

The cost of funding seven of the main promises/commitments made by Kamla Persad-Bissessar, the political leader of the opposition United National Congress (UNC), during the 2025 general election campaign could be more than $18 billion in additional expenditure or revenue foregone, according to Business Guardian calculations, based on publicly available information and verified by senior economists, who insisted on anonymity because of their sensitive positions.

4 weeks ago | guardian.co.tt | Anthony Wilson

The US Government’s proposal to impose huge fees on Chinese-built or Chinese-flagged vessels docking at US ports could increase the cost of freight to the Caribbean by between 50 and 60 per cent, which could result in higher prices on imported goods of 15 to 20 per cent. That is the analysis of the CEO and technical director of the Caricom Private Sector Organisation (CPSO), Dr Patrick Antoine, who also argues that T&T’s energy exports could be “hit hard,” if the US fees are fully implemented.

1 month ago | guardian.co.tt | Anthony Wilson

In my view, the fact that one of the first official decisions made by Prime Minister Stuart Young was to select new Ministers of Finance and National Security is both an indication of the importance of those ministries and of the need for change in the management of the economy and of the crime situation.

2 months ago | guardian.co.tt | Anthony Wilson

Last week, a WhatsApp message was sent to me outlining that a payment service provider named SurePay had announced that it was terminating its service in Trinidad and Tobago effective March 15, 2025. The message, which was from Simone Jack, supervisor of electronic sales at the PBS Group in T&T, states: “Reference is made to the matter at caption.

2 months ago | guardian.co.tt | Anthony Wilson

In delivering the budget for fiscal 2021 on October 5, 2020, Minister of Finance, Colm Imbert, said that at the prevailing international oil prices, “subsidies do not arise in the sale of premium gasoline or super gasoline; but they continue to prevail in the sale of diesel, kerosene and LPG.” As a result of subsidies not arising on the sale of premium or super gasoline at the then prevailing prices for those commodities, Mr Imbert said, “We are of the view that in the context of the...