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Re: PNM in Gov't -AH WHOLE 4 YEARS LATER!!!!!

Postby maj. tom » January 26th, 2020, 7:12 am

$60,000 per sheet to paint zoom galvanize cowshed in national PRIDE colors!!!

Will take 10 years and really cost $6,00,000.
Doh study dat, dem cows will be representing T&T pride.

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Re: PNM in Gov't -AH WHOLE 4 YEARS LATER!!!!!

Postby shake d livin wake d dead » January 26th, 2020, 8:52 am

https://trinidadexpress.com/news/local/ ... ium=social

Ahhhh yes Faris...while pnm mites studying what and when to eat

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Postby zoom rader » January 26th, 2020, 10:32 am

shake d livin wake d dead wrote:https://trinidadexpress.com/news/local/m-in-rent-from-state/article_07d22246-3fdd-11ea-9b24-0b76cf8cbcfd.html?fbclid=IwAR1g-2qVfL2ky8z0H76gi5zw95OpfZgThz5JqRdLHXDQompgz-v-b83pR1Y#utm_campaign=blox&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social

Ahhhh yes Faris...while pnm mites studying what and when to eat
Yeah

Elite doh mind he getting fed grate

Meanwhile joe feeling the pride

AG laughing all the way to the bank

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Re: PNM in Gov't -AH WHOLE 4 YEARS LATER!!!!!

Postby apole69 » January 26th, 2020, 10:48 am

zoom rader wrote:
shake d livin wake d dead wrote:https://trinidadexpress.com/news/local/m-in-rent-from-state/article_07d22246-3fdd-11ea-9b24-0b76cf8cbcfd.html?fbclid=IwAR1g-2qVfL2ky8z0H76gi5zw95OpfZgThz5JqRdLHXDQompgz-v-b83pR1Y#utm_campaign=blox&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social

Ahhhh yes Faris...while pnm mites studying what and when to eat
Yeah

Elite doh mind he getting fed grate

Meanwhile joe feeling the pride

AG laughing all the way to the bank

Whilst this may not be illegal, it is certainly morally wrong and highly questionable!

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Re: PNM in Gov't -AH WHOLE 4 YEARS LATER!!!!!

Postby zoom rader » January 26th, 2020, 10:58 am

apole69 wrote:
zoom rader wrote:
shake d livin wake d dead wrote:https://trinidadexpress.com/news/local/m-in-rent-from-state/article_07d22246-3fdd-11ea-9b24-0b76cf8cbcfd.html?fbclid=IwAR1g-2qVfL2ky8z0H76gi5zw95OpfZgThz5JqRdLHXDQompgz-v-b83pR1Y#utm_campaign=blox&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social

Ahhhh yes Faris...while pnm mites studying what and when to eat
Yeah

Elite doh mind he getting fed grate

Meanwhile joe feeling the pride

AG laughing all the way to the bank

Whilst this may not be illegal, it is certainly morally wrong and highly questionable!
PNM is the moral and spiritual govermnet, they was selected on these words by the then Robinson.

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Re: PNM in Gov't -AH WHOLE 4 YEARS LATER!!!!!

Postby hydroep » January 26th, 2020, 11:05 am

zoom rader wrote:
apole69 wrote:
zoom rader wrote:
shake d livin wake d dead wrote:https://trinidadexpress.com/news/local/m-in-rent-from-state/article_07d22246-3fdd-11ea-9b24-0b76cf8cbcfd.html?fbclid=IwAR1g-2qVfL2ky8z0H76gi5zw95OpfZgThz5JqRdLHXDQompgz-v-b83pR1Y#utm_campaign=blox&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social

Ahhhh yes Faris...while pnm mites studying what and when to eat
Yeah

Elite doh mind he getting fed grate

Meanwhile joe feeling the pride

AG laughing all the way to the bank

Whilst this may not be illegal, it is certainly morally wrong and highly questionable!
PNM is the moral and spiritual govermnet, they was selected on these words by the then Robinson.


Still can't understand how Robinson was able to get away with that nuh. Imagine all the wailing and gnashing of teeth that would've ensued had he taken away the Government from the PNM and given it to the UNC...:|

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Re: PNM in Gov't -AH WHOLE 4 YEARS LATER!!!!!

Postby zoom rader » January 26th, 2020, 11:14 am

hydroep wrote:
zoom rader wrote:
apole69 wrote:
zoom rader wrote:
shake d livin wake d dead wrote:https://trinidadexpress.com/news/local/m-in-rent-from-state/article_07d22246-3fdd-11ea-9b24-0b76cf8cbcfd.html?fbclid=IwAR1g-2qVfL2ky8z0H76gi5zw95OpfZgThz5JqRdLHXDQompgz-v-b83pR1Y#utm_campaign=blox&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social

Ahhhh yes Faris...while pnm mites studying what and when to eat
Yeah

Elite doh mind he getting fed grate

Meanwhile joe feeling the pride

AG laughing all the way to the bank

Whilst this may not be illegal, it is certainly morally wrong and highly questionable!
PNM is the moral and spiritual govermnet, they was selected on these words by the then Robinson.


Still can't understand how Robinson was able to get away with that nuh. Imagine all the wailing and gnashing of teeth that would've ensued had he taken away the Government from the PNM and given it to the UNC...:|
He had a private meeting with PNM and they convince him to change the outcome. The media also played a part in twisting the publics mind

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Re: PNM in Gov't -AH WHOLE 4 YEARS LATER!!!!!

Postby rspann » January 26th, 2020, 1:11 pm

PNM have more spiritual values. Check Camille and Les Coteaux Mamoo.

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Re: PNM in Gov't -AH WHOLE 4 YEARS LATER!!!!!

Postby Rovin » January 26th, 2020, 2:45 pm

not only al fairy eating out most of d trough but other pnm ministers too , u jes doh hear of it from d media who in bed with them

iirc in d PP govt mary king lost she minister wuk because she husband got a 90something thousand lil end to print something & ppl called for her to be fired & kamla bowed to pressure & fire she ... when pnm in power u they cud take what they want & ppl doh even blink ah eye ....

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Postby zoom rader » January 26th, 2020, 2:52 pm

Rovin wrote:not only al fairy eating out most of d trough but other pnm ministers too , u jes doh hear of it from d media who in bed with them

iirc in d PP govt mary king lost she minister wuk because she husband got a 90something thousand lil end to print something & ppl called for her to be fired & kamla bowed to pressure & fire she ... when pnm in power u they cud take what they want & ppl doh even blink ah eye ....
Cause all the media are PNM mattresses. Both women and men take pipe and giving pipe to PNM mps.

Most PNM mps are homosexuals

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Re: PNM in Gov't -AH WHOLE 4 YEARS LATER!!!!!

Postby pugboy » January 26th, 2020, 3:03 pm

weekend almost done
keep up the pride for the work week folks

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Postby zoom rader » January 26th, 2020, 5:00 pm

pugboy wrote:weekend almost done
keep up the pride for the work week folks
They will hash on pride till elections , wait for the full page adds to highlight PNM achievement.

But they won't take the blame for the PNM murder rate

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Re: PNM in Gov't -AH WHOLE 4 YEARS LATER!!!!!

Postby shake d livin wake d dead » January 26th, 2020, 8:20 pm

5 years in office...give me 5 things (not them jackass buildings) that positively affected the average citizen

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Postby paid_influencer » January 26th, 2020, 9:04 pm

shake d livin wake d dead wrote:5 years in office...give me 5 things (not them jackass buildings) that positively affected the average citizen


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Postby antlind » January 26th, 2020, 9:16 pm

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shake d livin wake d dead wrote:5 years in office...give me 5 things (not them jackass buildings) that positively affected the average citizen


https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=185423395905042

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I stopped looking after she said ‘credible government’. Another waste of taxpayers $$$.

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Postby The_Honourable » January 26th, 2020, 11:11 pm

Tracy Davidson-Celestine won against Kelvin Charles making her political leader of the pnm tobago council.

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Postby zoom rader » January 27th, 2020, 12:10 am

The_Honourable wrote:Tracy Davidson-Celestine won against Kelvin Charles making her political leader of the pnm tobago council.

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Who cares, they are useless to Trinidad.

They don't want injuns in bago and they are of little use to Trinidad.

Bunch of lazy freeloaders and always wanting more money.

Time to Trinexit

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Postby De Dragon » January 27th, 2020, 1:25 am

^^^ At least she's much easier on the eyes than Charles with he dopey look. I'll give her a chance, but even well meaning people are forced to bend to the corrupt PNM. Hopefully she'll buck the trend

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Postby zoom rader » January 27th, 2020, 1:28 am

De Dragon wrote:^^^ At least she's much easier on the eyes than Charles with he dopey look. I'll give her a chance, but even well meaning people are forced to bend to the corrupt PNM. Hopefully she'll buck the trend


She a lil pretty so that's a plus.

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Postby shake d livin wake d dead » January 27th, 2020, 7:43 am

Thou­sands of jobs may be lost if the Na­tion­al Gas Com­pa­ny (NGC) goes ahead with its plan to sig­nif­i­cant­ly in­crease nat­ur­al gas prices to man­u­fac­tur­ers.

The State En­ter­prise is al­ready de­mand­ing that the man­u­fac­tur­ing sec­tor pay 13 per cent more for nat­ur­al gas this year, mov­ing to as high as a 100 per cent in­crease by 2023.

The Sun­day Guardian has learnt that at present man­u­fac­tur­ers pay be­tween US $2 to US $2.50 per mil­lion British Ther­mal Unit (mmb­tu) and the NGC wants this price to es­ca­late over time to US $4 per mmb­tu.

The NGC has been em­broiled in dif­fi­cult ne­go­ti­a­tions with all its cus­tomers as it tries to sig­nif­i­cant­ly in­crease prices be­cause of its new deal with the oil and gas ma­jors that have seen sig­nif­i­cant price in­creas­es for the ag­gre­ga­tor.

The deal which was bro­kered by Prime Min­is­ter Dr Kei­th Row­ley means that the NGC has to pass on price hikes to its cus­tomers, many of whom say they can­not pay the new prices.

This has al­ready led to the loss of scores of high-pay­ing jobs and tens of mil­lions of dol­lars to the Trea­sury, the clo­sure of an am­mo­nia plant, and the planned shut­down of a methanol plant in a week.

Sev­er­al man­u­fac­tur­ers spoke to the Sun­day Guardian on con­di­tion of anonymi­ty for fear of be­ing tar­get­ed. They in­sist­ed that the one com­pet­i­tive ad­van­tage they have is be­ing tak­en away from them by the NGC and they will have no choice but to pack up and leave be­cause they will not be able to com­pete.

They point­ed to the fact that many com­pa­nies have al­ready moved to Ja­maica and South Amer­i­ca where labour laws are less re­stric­tive, pro­duc­tiv­i­ty high­er and the ease of do­ing busi­ness bet­ter, as T&T be­comes in­creas­ing­ly un­at­trac­tive to do busi­ness.

Jobs have al­ready been lost as a re­sult of the chal­lenges fac­ing the sec­tor.

TTMA: Mem­bers wor­ried

Pres­i­dent of the T&T Man­u­fac­tur­ers As­so­ci­a­tion (TTMA) Fran­ka Costel­loe con­firmed to the Sun­day Guardian that her mem­bers are ex­treme­ly wor­ried by the pro­posed price in­crease which has been made retroac­tive­ly to 2019.

“We are ex­cep­tion­al­ly con­cerned about the im­pact, about the cost im­pact, about our abil­i­ty to main­tain com­pet­i­tive­ness, specif­i­cal­ly in the ex­port mar­ket, and our abil­i­ty to re­main com­pet­i­tive in at­tract­ing in­ward in­vest­ments for new man­u­fac­tures and for in­ter­na­tion­al in­vestors to stay in Trinidad and to ex­pand their fac­to­ries,” Costel­loe said in a can­did in­ter­view.

Costel­loe ex­plained that while she did not know the ex­act num­bers, since each man­u­fac­tur­er has in­di­vid­ual con­tracts with the NGC if what she has been told is cor­rect, it could lead to mas­sive lay­offs.

“If we start to re­duce our com­pet­i­tive­ness in the man­u­fac­tur­ing mar­ket, you start to talk about un­em­ploy­ment, you start to talk about in­vestors pulling out.

“I wouldn't be sur­prised that you could an­tic­i­pate the close­down of some of those ma­jor fac­to­ries if there is a 100 per cent in­crease of ma­jor ex­pense items.”

The TTMA pres­i­dent said nat­ur­al gas was T&T’s com­pet­i­tive ad­van­tage over oth­er CARI­COM states, and al­so some South Amer­i­can coun­tries, and for a lot of in­ter­na­tion­al in­vestors and lo­cal man­u­fac­tur­ers who have a sub­stan­tial size and use nat­ur­al gas.

She said the sec­tor was al­ready faced with a sig­nif­i­cant num­ber of tax­es that are work­ing to in­crease the cost of do­ing busi­ness and de­crease the ease of do­ing busi­ness.

She ar­gued: “It is the one thing that we have, it’s not done as yet, so it’s a mat­ter of ne­go­ti­a­tions be­tween NGC and the in­di­vid­ual mem­bers, and the TTMA is meet­ing with the of­fice of the Min­istry of En­er­gy to dis­cuss it. So, we’ll see if we get some head­way.”

Com­pa­nies to be hit hard

Among the hard­est-hit com­pa­nies will be:

•Trinidad Ce­ment Lim­it­ed

•As­so­ci­at­ed Brands Lim­it­ed

•Sev­er­al com­pa­nies that fall un­der the ANSA McAL group in­clud­ing Carib, Carib Glass­works, Abel etc. ANSA McAL is the par­ent com­pa­ny of Guardian Me­dia Lim­it­ed.

“Yes, you are ab­solute­ly cor­rect, those are the big­ger com­pa­nies that are go­ing to be gross­ly af­fect­ed by any price in­crease. You list­ed them all out. It’s a sig­nif­i­cant por­tion of their ex­pense line item.

"This is a big deal, a game-chang­er for them, but it’s neg­li­gent to NGC, it’s .5 per ec­nt of NGC’s nat­ur­al gas sales vol­ume. And that’s where we are go­ing to be dis­cussing with the of­fice of the Min­istry of En­er­gy be­cause we have to sup­port the man­u­fac­tur­ing com­mu­ni­ty to cre­ate a sus­tain­able en­vi­ron­ment in Trinidad. We have to be able to main­tain these jobs. The man­u­fac­tur­ing sec­tor em­ploys 50,000 peo­ple in this coun­try,” Costel­lo said.

'This is a na­tion­al is­sue'

Costel­lo told the Sun­day Guardian that all 150 man­u­fac­tur­ers com­bine make up less than .05 per cent of the NGC’s sales and sure­ly the com­pa­ny was putting an en­tire in­dus­try at risk for a small per­cent­age of its busi­ness.

Asked why the NGC should sub­sidise pri­vate sec­tor com­pa­nies, the TTMA pres­i­dent said, “Why do I go to the Min­is­ter of En­er­gy? I go to the Min­is­ter of En­er­gy to high­light the plight of the man­u­fac­tures in this de­ci­sion and this is a na­tion­al is­sue. This is not just an NGC is­sue or a man­u­fac­tur­ers is­sue, this is a na­tion­al is­sue.

“I agree that every state-owned com­pa­ny, like any com­pa­ny, should be not be run­ning at a deficit, not run­ning at break-even, and state com­pa­nies sub­si­dis­ing to its own per­il def­i­nite­ly should not be a strat­e­gy.

"We sup­port com­pa­nies to al­ways run at a prof­itable state, it’s noth­ing dif­fer­ent than what we would say for the NGC. But at the same time, this is a group that con­sti­tutes less than one per cent of vol­ume sales and is made up of 150 mem­bers and this can have a mas­sive im­pact on the en­tire na­tion.

"If we start to re­duce our com­pet­i­tive­ness in the man­u­fac­tur­ing mar­ket, you start to talk about un­em­ploy­ment, you start to talk about in­vestors pulling out. We’re talk­ing about sub­si­dis­ing .52 per cent for NGC’s ex­is­tence.”

Ques­tions to Enill

The fol­low­ing ques­tions were sent to the NGC Chair­man Con­rad Enill.

1) Has the NGC in­di­cat­ed to man­u­fac­tures that the price they pay for nat­ur­al gas will be in­creased ef­fec­tive 2019?

2) What per­cent­age of to­tal gas sales by the NGC is sold to man­u­fac­tur­ers?

3) Why the need for dou­ble-dig­it price in­creas­es at this time?

4) Is the NGC con­cerned by the po­ten­tial im­pact of this on the sec­tor and jobs?

Enill sug­gest­ed that the ques­tions be sent to the Head of Cor­po­rate Com­mu­ni­ca­tions at the NGC Lisa Bur­kett.



NGC: We will con­tin­ue to ne­go­ti­ate in good faith, we will not con­duct ne­go­ti­a­tions via the me­dia

In a re­sponse, Bur­kett said "NGC has been in dis­cus­sions with the LIC sec­tor for over 18 months and is still in dis­cus­sions with them. We all recog­nise that there is a chang­ing en­er­gy land­scape, not just in Trinidad and To­ba­go, but al­so glob­al­ly.

"We are in ac­tive ne­go­ti­a­tions at this point and would not con­duct ne­go­ti­a­tions via the me­dia.

"NGC ac­knowl­edges the im­por­tance of the LIC sec­tor and has ap­proached its ne­go­ti­a­tions in that con­text. We will con­tin­ue to ne­go­ti­ate in good faith."


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Re: PNM in Gov't -AH WHOLE 4 YEARS LATER!!!!!

Postby shake d livin wake d dead » January 27th, 2020, 7:45 am

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shake d livin wake d dead wrote:5 years in office...give me 5 things (not them jackass buildings) that positively affected the average citizen


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Postby zoom rader » January 27th, 2020, 8:41 am

shake d livin wake d dead wrote:Thou­sands of jobs may be lost if the Na­tion­al Gas Com­pa­ny (NGC) goes ahead with its plan to sig­nif­i­cant­ly in­crease nat­ur­al gas prices to man­u­fac­tur­ers.

The State En­ter­prise is al­ready de­mand­ing that the man­u­fac­tur­ing sec­tor pay 13 per cent more for nat­ur­al gas this year, mov­ing to as high as a 100 per cent in­crease by 2023.

The Sun­day Guardian has learnt that at present man­u­fac­tur­ers pay be­tween US $2 to US $2.50 per mil­lion British Ther­mal Unit (mmb­tu) and the NGC wants this price to es­ca­late over time to US $4 per mmb­tu.

The NGC has been em­broiled in dif­fi­cult ne­go­ti­a­tions with all its cus­tomers as it tries to sig­nif­i­cant­ly in­crease prices be­cause of its new deal with the oil and gas ma­jors that have seen sig­nif­i­cant price in­creas­es for the ag­gre­ga­tor.

The deal which was bro­kered by Prime Min­is­ter Dr Kei­th Row­ley means that the NGC has to pass on price hikes to its cus­tomers, many of whom say they can­not pay the new prices.

This has al­ready led to the loss of scores of high-pay­ing jobs and tens of mil­lions of dol­lars to the Trea­sury, the clo­sure of an am­mo­nia plant, and the planned shut­down of a methanol plant in a week.

Sev­er­al man­u­fac­tur­ers spoke to the Sun­day Guardian on con­di­tion of anonymi­ty for fear of be­ing tar­get­ed. They in­sist­ed that the one com­pet­i­tive ad­van­tage they have is be­ing tak­en away from them by the NGC and they will have no choice but to pack up and leave be­cause they will not be able to com­pete.

They point­ed to the fact that many com­pa­nies have al­ready moved to Ja­maica and South Amer­i­ca where labour laws are less re­stric­tive, pro­duc­tiv­i­ty high­er and the ease of do­ing busi­ness bet­ter, as T&T be­comes in­creas­ing­ly un­at­trac­tive to do busi­ness.

Jobs have al­ready been lost as a re­sult of the chal­lenges fac­ing the sec­tor.

TTMA: Mem­bers wor­ried

Pres­i­dent of the T&T Man­u­fac­tur­ers As­so­ci­a­tion (TTMA) Fran­ka Costel­loe con­firmed to the Sun­day Guardian that her mem­bers are ex­treme­ly wor­ried by the pro­posed price in­crease which has been made retroac­tive­ly to 2019.

“We are ex­cep­tion­al­ly con­cerned about the im­pact, about the cost im­pact, about our abil­i­ty to main­tain com­pet­i­tive­ness, specif­i­cal­ly in the ex­port mar­ket, and our abil­i­ty to re­main com­pet­i­tive in at­tract­ing in­ward in­vest­ments for new man­u­fac­tures and for in­ter­na­tion­al in­vestors to stay in Trinidad and to ex­pand their fac­to­ries,” Costel­loe said in a can­did in­ter­view.

Costel­loe ex­plained that while she did not know the ex­act num­bers, since each man­u­fac­tur­er has in­di­vid­ual con­tracts with the NGC if what she has been told is cor­rect, it could lead to mas­sive lay­offs.

“If we start to re­duce our com­pet­i­tive­ness in the man­u­fac­tur­ing mar­ket, you start to talk about un­em­ploy­ment, you start to talk about in­vestors pulling out.

“I wouldn't be sur­prised that you could an­tic­i­pate the close­down of some of those ma­jor fac­to­ries if there is a 100 per cent in­crease of ma­jor ex­pense items.”

The TTMA pres­i­dent said nat­ur­al gas was T&T’s com­pet­i­tive ad­van­tage over oth­er CARI­COM states, and al­so some South Amer­i­can coun­tries, and for a lot of in­ter­na­tion­al in­vestors and lo­cal man­u­fac­tur­ers who have a sub­stan­tial size and use nat­ur­al gas.

She said the sec­tor was al­ready faced with a sig­nif­i­cant num­ber of tax­es that are work­ing to in­crease the cost of do­ing busi­ness and de­crease the ease of do­ing busi­ness.

She ar­gued: “It is the one thing that we have, it’s not done as yet, so it’s a mat­ter of ne­go­ti­a­tions be­tween NGC and the in­di­vid­ual mem­bers, and the TTMA is meet­ing with the of­fice of the Min­istry of En­er­gy to dis­cuss it. So, we’ll see if we get some head­way.”

Com­pa­nies to be hit hard

Among the hard­est-hit com­pa­nies will be:

•Trinidad Ce­ment Lim­it­ed

•As­so­ci­at­ed Brands Lim­it­ed

•Sev­er­al com­pa­nies that fall un­der the ANSA McAL group in­clud­ing Carib, Carib Glass­works, Abel etc. ANSA McAL is the par­ent com­pa­ny of Guardian Me­dia Lim­it­ed.

“Yes, you are ab­solute­ly cor­rect, those are the big­ger com­pa­nies that are go­ing to be gross­ly af­fect­ed by any price in­crease. You list­ed them all out. It’s a sig­nif­i­cant por­tion of their ex­pense line item.

"This is a big deal, a game-chang­er for them, but it’s neg­li­gent to NGC, it’s .5 per ec­nt of NGC’s nat­ur­al gas sales vol­ume. And that’s where we are go­ing to be dis­cussing with the of­fice of the Min­istry of En­er­gy be­cause we have to sup­port the man­u­fac­tur­ing com­mu­ni­ty to cre­ate a sus­tain­able en­vi­ron­ment in Trinidad. We have to be able to main­tain these jobs. The man­u­fac­tur­ing sec­tor em­ploys 50,000 peo­ple in this coun­try,” Costel­lo said.

'This is a na­tion­al is­sue'

Costel­lo told the Sun­day Guardian that all 150 man­u­fac­tur­ers com­bine make up less than .05 per cent of the NGC’s sales and sure­ly the com­pa­ny was putting an en­tire in­dus­try at risk for a small per­cent­age of its busi­ness.

Asked why the NGC should sub­sidise pri­vate sec­tor com­pa­nies, the TTMA pres­i­dent said, “Why do I go to the Min­is­ter of En­er­gy? I go to the Min­is­ter of En­er­gy to high­light the plight of the man­u­fac­tures in this de­ci­sion and this is a na­tion­al is­sue. This is not just an NGC is­sue or a man­u­fac­tur­ers is­sue, this is a na­tion­al is­sue.

“I agree that every state-owned com­pa­ny, like any com­pa­ny, should be not be run­ning at a deficit, not run­ning at break-even, and state com­pa­nies sub­si­dis­ing to its own per­il def­i­nite­ly should not be a strat­e­gy.

"We sup­port com­pa­nies to al­ways run at a prof­itable state, it’s noth­ing dif­fer­ent than what we would say for the NGC. But at the same time, this is a group that con­sti­tutes less than one per cent of vol­ume sales and is made up of 150 mem­bers and this can have a mas­sive im­pact on the en­tire na­tion.

"If we start to re­duce our com­pet­i­tive­ness in the man­u­fac­tur­ing mar­ket, you start to talk about un­em­ploy­ment, you start to talk about in­vestors pulling out. We’re talk­ing about sub­si­dis­ing .52 per cent for NGC’s ex­is­tence.”

Ques­tions to Enill

The fol­low­ing ques­tions were sent to the NGC Chair­man Con­rad Enill.

1) Has the NGC in­di­cat­ed to man­u­fac­tures that the price they pay for nat­ur­al gas will be in­creased ef­fec­tive 2019?

2) What per­cent­age of to­tal gas sales by the NGC is sold to man­u­fac­tur­ers?

3) Why the need for dou­ble-dig­it price in­creas­es at this time?

4) Is the NGC con­cerned by the po­ten­tial im­pact of this on the sec­tor and jobs?

Enill sug­gest­ed that the ques­tions be sent to the Head of Cor­po­rate Com­mu­ni­ca­tions at the NGC Lisa Bur­kett.



NGC: We will con­tin­ue to ne­go­ti­ate in good faith, we will not con­duct ne­go­ti­a­tions via the me­dia

In a re­sponse, Bur­kett said "NGC has been in dis­cus­sions with the LIC sec­tor for over 18 months and is still in dis­cus­sions with them. We all recog­nise that there is a chang­ing en­er­gy land­scape, not just in Trinidad and To­ba­go, but al­so glob­al­ly.

"We are in ac­tive ne­go­ti­a­tions at this point and would not con­duct ne­go­ti­a­tions via the me­dia.

"NGC ac­knowl­edges the im­por­tance of the LIC sec­tor and has ap­proached its ne­go­ti­a­tions in that con­text. We will con­tin­ue to ne­go­ti­ate in good faith."


ah go rest this here
Who cares nearly all employees are PNM in that pig pen .

They got what they voted for.

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shake d livin wake d dead wrote:
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shake d livin wake d dead wrote:5 years in office...give me 5 things (not them jackass buildings) that positively affected the average citizen


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I feel them weave does be damaging brain cells
All these PNM women like injun in dem.

India cah done supply weave for PNM ppl

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If the party you don't like or support asks you to run for MP and be a part of change, will you?

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Postby zoom rader » January 27th, 2020, 8:06 pm

VexXx Dogg wrote:If the party you don't like or support asks you to run for MP and be a part of change, will you?
Nah I rather be independent than to be a part of a mob of a corrupt party and one that is racist

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"a customer in Trinidad & Tobago"

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The_Honourable wrote:"a customer in Trinidad & Tobago"

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When Rowley went Australia with Ronnie Mohammed back in 2018 they announced we were getting 2 ferries and were having discussions with Incat and Austal.
We getting one from each company

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http://www.looptt.com/content/pm-procur ... -untainted

Not really a surprise

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Dem voters unpatriotic


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Postby sMASH » January 30th, 2020, 12:37 pm

VexXx Dogg wrote:If the party you don't like or support asks you to run for MP and be a part of change, will you?
If they sponsoring it, of course!

And when u reach up on a big stage, u pull ah Ricky Gervais

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Postby one eye » February 4th, 2020, 11:04 am

Moonilal and the rest of hindu cult supremacist dug themselves in a hole they will never get out of.

Most corrupt government to ever grace this land.

Be gone Kamla and the UNC!

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