Minister of Tobago Development, Dr. Delmon Baker has given today’s budget presentation a grade of C-minus, after stating his dissatisfaction at the angle in which it was presented.
Secretary of the Division of Finance and Enterprise Development Joel Jack today presented the Tobago House of Assembly’s budget for fiscal year 2013/2014 with an overall request of 4.9billion dollars for Tobago from the Central Government with its theme, “Responding to the People’s Mandate”…Protecting Tobago’s Heritage.
According to Minister of Tobago development, Dr. Delmon Baker; the Central Government is committing itself to paying the full airfare of Tobagonians who need to travel to Trinidad for specific medical treatment.
The Tobago House of Assembly is accustomed to “court clothes” says the Chief Secretary while he was responding to statements made by Attorney General Anand Ramlogan in the Senate on Wednesday night that Finance Minister Larry Howai had been requested to initiate legal action against the THA and himself in relation to the BOLT arrangement for the MILSHIRV office complex contrary to section 51 of the THA Act.
Secretary of Finance, Dr. Anselm London was clearly upset, as he responded to statements made by Minister of Health, Dr. Fuad Khan, with respect to the intellectual capacity of the members of the Tobago House of Assembly.
A number of citizens in Tobago who have reached the age of sixty five and have qualified for the senior citizens grant are yet to receive their money.
