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In a viral video, a college student is depicted with skin that has been darkened or tanned. And the commenters argue the girl is wearing blackface . Britney Sinh posted a stitch of an original TikTok video showing the two girls dancing inside their dorm room.
Imbert said the government will adjust the criteria for accessing GATE. He said students with good standing, enrolled in accredited institutions and programmes will qualify if they completed an initial programme of study.#ttbudget2023
— T&T Newsday (@Newsday_TT) September 26, 2022
3 GOVT GUARANTEED LOANS FOR THE HDC totaling to $1.5 billion.
Finance Minister Colm Imbert said $500 million will be used for stalled or existing projects, $500 mil for debt owed to contractors and $500 mil for the construction of new housing units. @Newsday_TT
— Narissa Fraser (@rhopico) September 26, 2022
He said the difference in revenue would be better spent in social grants, where $5.4 billion is spent per year, food support, on which $175 million is utilised, disability grants at $630 million, and social assistance grants, which cost $355 million.https://t.co/9lsgAsolSF
Finance Minister Colm Imbert said the government has allocated $300m for agricultural incentives, infrastructure and programmes.#ttbudget2023
Finance Minister Colm Imbert says that right now, the 4 % proposed increase in wages to public sector workers is the best the government can do.#Budget2023 @Newsday_TT
Finance Minister Colm Imbert says that right now, the 4 % proposed
Amy Cooper , the infamous white woman who called the cops on a Black bird-watcher in 2020, sued her former employer for defamation and lost the case. As Blavity previously reported, Cooper became known after a video of her calling the police on an innocent Black man who was watching birds in New York’s Central Park went viral during the pandemic.
THE government has announced major road repair and rehabilitation programmes for the new fiscal year.
During the 2022/2023 budget presentation in Parliament on Monday afternoon, Finance Minister Colm Imbert said, “Our road infrastructure, which deteriorated during the pandemic, when resources were redirected to the health sector, would see now a major repair and rehabilitation exercise.”
He said a new state company – the Secondary Road Rehabilitation and Improvement Co Ltd –has been resourced with $100 million and will be given a further $100 million in 2023 for secondary road repairs.
Additional allocations will also be provided to the 14 municipal corporations.
Imbert said the government raised a further $250 million in loan financing for the road upgrade and enhancement programme under the Ministry of Works and Transport.
He said the ministry \"has also been allocated a further $1 billion in its development programme for 2023, as well as increased allocations and other line items for road repairs at the district level.\"
The Solomon Hochoy Highway to Point Fortin and the Diego Martin vehicle and pedestrian bridge overpass are near completion and should be commissioned in 2023.
Tobago's airport's new main terminal building is in progress and is expected to be completed by 2024.
The environmental impact assessment of the Toco Port is at an advanced stage.
The completion of the San Fernando Waterfront redevelopment project and upgrade works on the Moruga fishing port is set for 2023.
Imbert also said Lady Hailes Avenue will be widened into a dual carriageway at a cost of $136 million, to be completed in 2023.
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Finance Minister Colm Imbert said he has been instructed to distribute $210 million to health care workers in this year's budget.
Speaking during his budget presentation on Monday, Imbert said this would involve an ex-gratia payment to over 20,000 people.
The Prime Minister had promised the payment to healthcare workers on August 23 at a PNM national public meeting at the Belmont Community Centre.
The post Budget snippet: $210m to be distributed to 20,000 healthcare workers appeared first on Trinidad and Tobago Newsday.
By Ben Jealous Truth is a threat to authoritarianism. Reading is a path to truth. That’s why the freedom to read is essential to the freedom to learn. And that’s why the freedom to learn is often attacked by those who abuse power and those who cling to it. Every year, the American Library Association […]
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Photo: Getty Images 'Pink Sauce' made by TikTok creator Chef Pii (@chefpii) has sent the internet in a frenzy as social media users question the taste, safety, and shipping of the viral mystery condiment. The latest internet craze began last month when the TikTok chef began advertising her $20 pink-colored sauce. A series of videos … Continued
The mother of a man who lost his balance and fell into a drain on his way home from a bar believes his alcohol addiction was what ultimately killed him.
Chandroutie Kuarsingh urged people to avoid alcohol.
\"Stop it now. Stop the drinking,\" the 53-year-old mother of four told Newsday on Monday at the family’s home.
On Sunday, her son David \"Boyo\" Steven died at Papourie Road, Lengua Village in Barrackpore. Steven, a labourer, turned 29 on Saturday.
\"He was a hard worker. His only problem was he liked to drink a lot. Plenty of people talked to him about it. I talked to him many times, and he promised to ease it up.
\"When he drank, he would come home, eat and sleep,\" Kuarsingh said. \"Saturday was his birthday, and he came home drunk that night. Earlier this year, he fell from the stairs and fractured three ribs. Sometimes his friends would come and carry him to drink out the road.\"
The grieving mother said Steven was sickly and had liquid in his lungs. Doctors advised him not to work for at least a year. He applied for public assistance and was expected to collect his first grant next month.
The police found Steven’s body in the drain at around 2 pm on Sunday.
Minutes earlier, he and his friend Marlon Rampersad had been liming in a bar.
Rampersad recalled that he and Steven drank two nips of puncheon rum in 30 minutes and, at around 1.30 pm, decided to return to their separate homes in the area.
\"I was walking in front of him, and when I looked back, I did not see him. It seems he slipped, but I did not hear anything,\" Rampersad said. \"When I looked, I saw blood, and he was not moving.
\"I flagged down a car, and a guy stopped to help. He called the police, and I went to the station to tell them what had happened.
\"I was at Boyo’s home earlier in the day, and we drank soup before leaving to go to the bar.\"
PCs Sandy, Nabbie, Ramdeo and Maharaj found the Steven lying on his back with head wounds. A DMO later ordered Steven’s body taken to the mortuary of the San Fernando General Hospital.
An autopsy is set to be done during the week at the Forensic Science Centre in St James.
Sgt Narine, Cpl Khallie, and other Barrackpore police gathered evidence.
Investigations are ongoing.
The post [UPDATED] Barrackpore woman: Rum killed my son appeared first on Trinidad and Tobago Newsday.
The postponement, according to the institution's post UTME Screening Planning Committee, was to allow more candidates to complete registration.
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Finance Minister Colm Imbert has said the International Monetary Fund's forecast for global growth is 3.2 per cent in 2022 and 2.9 per cent in 2023, significantly less than the 6.1 per cent in 2021.
He made the statement during the reading of the Estimates of Expenditure for Fiscal 2023 in the budget reading in Parliament on Monday.
Imbert said this would be exacerbated by expected recessions in the US and Europe.
\"A US recession may be induced by an aggressive monetary-policy tightening in response to elevated inflation, and a recession in Europe will reflect surging energy prices and rationing.
\"China may escape recession, but is expected to experience weaker than usual growth in 2022 due to repeated lockdowns, a housing correction and weakening external growth, and they are expected to see only a modest recovery in 2023.\"
The post Budget snippet: IMF forecasts 2.9% global economic growth in 2023 appeared first on Trinidad and Tobago Newsday.
A jewelry company based in London is facing backlash after allegedly reposting a Black creator's photo with an edited hand of a white woman.
Photos courtesy of Getty Images Since launching the Side Lot program in 2014, the Detroit Land Bank Authority (DLBA) has sold more than 21,000 vacant lots to Detroit homeowners, which is more than other cities across the country. The DLBA is invested in rehabbing vacant and blighted buildings, returning them to productive use. Residents … Continued
Millions of older Americans will see an increase in benefits this January when a new adjustment is added to Social Security payments
Finance Minister Colm Imbert said the government will fund a new long-term loan guarantee scheme for small and medium enterprises.
Speaking during the budget presentation for 2023 on Monday, Imbert said the project will be managed by First Citizens Bank, in collaboration with other commercial banks.
“We are funding $500 million in partnership with commercial banks, a new long-term loan guarantee scheme for SMEs. The government guarantee will be up to 80 per cent of the value of the loans for up to ten years, inclusive of a two-year moratorium on repayments, and will focus on the non-energy sector.”
He said this will be in addition to a number of facilities put in place by government, including the gateway to trade programme, the export booster initiative, the grant fund facility in eight designated sectors, and the SME mentorship programme.
A full tax holiday will be granted for the first six years, business levy and green fund levy, and a 50 per cent reduction in taxes for the next five years.
He said government will expand the forex facility for manufacturers through the Exim Bank.
“One hundred and 36 manufacturers, with 118, or 34 per cent of these, falling into the SME categories, have accessed a total of US$395 million under the Exim Bank forex manufacturing facility. Eighty-seven importers will have access to a total of US$488 million to supply the nation with food, sanitary products, pharmaceuticals, PPE, and other essential supplies, through the essential supplies forex window.”
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Over the weekend, it was officially announced that Rihanna will break her years-long hiatus from music to headline the Super Bowl LVII halftime show on Feb. 12 in Glendale, AZ. This will also mark the self-made billionaire ‘s return to the stage since welcoming her first child with rapper A$AP Rocky last May. View this post on Instagram A post shared by badgalriri (@badgalriri) Rihanna helped usher in the good news with a cryptic Instagram post that has garnered millions of likes in less than 24 hours. In the post, the entrepreneur’s heavily tattooed hand is seen holding an NFL-branded football.
GOCOP intends to use the opportunity of the conference to moderate the already tense political climate.
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After a TikToker discovered that Dr. Seuss’s books sound a lot like today’s rap music, she and her videos quickly went viral .
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A Black fraternity pledge filed a lawsuit claiming that he and another Black pledge experienced racial discrimination during \"rush\" week.
The Greensboro College Football team celebrated with emotion after their first win of the season, following a Saturday afternoon victory over Southern Virginia University on sun drenched Pride Field by a score of 38-28. The Pride used a potent offense which battered the Knight’s defense for 555 yards and created timely turnovers to pick up […]
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Energy prices have changed so the Government had to make adjustments, was how the Prime Minister explained the increase in fuel prices during the 2023 budget.
On Monday, during the budget presentation at the Red House, the Finance Minister, Colm Imbert, announced the prices of premium, super and kerosene increased by $1 while diesel increased by 50 cents.
He said while other countries taxed fuel, TT subsidised it, so the country's response to the energy crisis would be different. The reason the Government did not further increase the diesel prices, he said, was because it would have caused major price increases in other sectors.
At the same time, those on the lower income scale were eligible for a one-off $1,000 transportation grant to ease the burden. He added that the Government did not remove subsidies on LPG, deciding to keep the $300 million in subsidies for the benefit of lower income households.
Dr Rowley said fuel subsidies were decreased because the Government decided not to use all of the unexpected $8 billion revenue caused by the unexpected increase in fuel prices to only subsidise fuel. He said he expected some 'push back' but it was best for the country.
He said of the $8.2 billion of increased revenue, about $2.6 billion was spent in the mid-year review, $1 billion was placed in the Heritage and Stabilisation Fund, $2.5 billion went to public servants, about $2 billion in fuel subsidy, and the remaining was used on other things that needed to be done.
'If we had not interfered with the fuel price at all, $7 billion worth of subsidies would have been required and the $8 billion that we would have got from the increased market arrangements would have gone straight to that.
'It means we could have done nothing else for the country, including the people who would have benefited from that.'
He suggested people could reduce personal fuel cost by buying vehicles that used less fuel, not driving during peak traffic hours, carpooling, and taking public transport.
He said the Government was not prepared to have public servants work from home to help reduce personal fuel costs as the arrangement would take a certain amount of infrastructure and discipline he did not think the people of the country had.
'Let us not misbehave here over the changes that were forced upon us. This change in fuel price is not the Government's doing. It's the Government responding to a product which is priced internationally. And we, fortunately, are in a position to do something about it.'
Imbert interjected that the Government could have increased the personal income tax exemption from $84,000 to $90,000 a year was because of the reduction in the fuel subsidy. 'It's a trade off.'
Addressing the $25 to $50 price increase in travel to and from Tobago, Rowley said it was an expensive service. He said the two ferries on the sea bridge cost $1 billion and the Government was still paying off the loan. And even with the increase, the ferry rides were still being subsidised for about $170 million, which was pai
It's 2021 and Cardi B is still having to preserve her marriage from trolls. A female that has plagued her union in the past is back at it. As spotted on HipHopDX the Bronx bombshell and her husband are once again the subject of scandal. Earlier this week self-proclaimed industry thot Celina Powell recently took to […]
The beauty side of TikTok is calling out Hailey Bieber for her ‘brownie glazed’ lip trend. The model and owner of Rhode Skin posted a video showing her favorite new fall lip trend, and TikTok let her know their aunties have been doing this since the ’90s. @haileybieber the lip combo vibe I’m feeling for fall 😍🤎 @rhode skin ♬ She – Tyler, The Creator TikTok Courtesy of @HaileyBieber In the clip captioned “the lip combo vibe I’m feeling for fall,” Bieber does a quick tutorial for her followers. She begins by lining her lips with a brown lip liner, applies her Peptide Lip Treatment as the clear gloss topper, then blends the two, creating a classic glossy chocolate lip shade. As reported by Stylecaster , the look is part of the viral “clean girl aesthetic” and “gym lip” trends that have been all over TikTok. The idea is to have a no-makeup makeup look that includes overlining your lips with a brown or neutral lip pencil and then topping with a clear gloss or lip treatment. While Bieber...
If you’ve spent any amount of time on social media, you’ve probably run across the infamous #PeriodAhh video at some point. Hate it or love it, TikToker @brittbarbie3 has racked up millions of views on her videos with celebrities like Chloe Bailey and Yung Baby Tate stitching and remixing her viral “Period Ahh” song with their own twist. @chloebaileywashere #duet with @brittbarbie3 #periodahh ♬ original sound – Brittbarbie3 However, as the momentum of @brittbarbie3’s song began to take off, social media users couldn’t help but detect a noticeable shift in the creator’s online content. Within a span of a few weeks, her speech and accent appeared to change. The content creator, who was already under fire for appearing to use a fake “ blaccent ” and allegedly mocking Black culture , had now appeared to be using slurred speech and faking a disability, according to users on TikTok.
By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent The racial pay gap has long presented issues for African Americans in corporate America and other industries. It’s now filtered to social media. MSL U.S., in partnership with The Influencer League, unveiled a first-of-its-kind research study, “Time to Face the Influencer Pay Gap,” uncovering a vast […]
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