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Minister of Finance Camillo concludes the 2023 Budget Debate on Thursday, Jan. 12, 2023.

Gov’t passes $1.2b budget after debate like ‘arguing against jello’

Government lawmakers, on Thursday, approved Minister of Finance Camillo Gonsalves’ EC$1.4 billion budget for 2023 during a closing session boycotted by the opposition. The opposition did not give a reason…

13 Jan 2023 2:18AM

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The defendant, Mitra-Ann Prescott outside the Kingstown Magistrate's Court on Jan. 4, 2023.

Police force can’t prove tyres ordered were delivered

12 Jan 2023 11:46AM

A composite image of Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves, right, and MP for Central Kingstown, St. Clair Leacock in Parliament on Jan. 11, 2023.

VIDEO: Did Leacock call Gonsalves ‘devil’?

12 Jan 2023 11:19AM

Opposition Leader Godwin Friday addressing the Budget Debate in Parliament on Jan. 10, 2022.

In Budget Debate, opposition makes yet another plea for reinstatement of workers

12 Jan 2023 11:08AM

This year, EC$80.3 million of the EC$1.4 billion budget is allocated to environmental protection. The government continues to spend million on sea defence, such as this one concluded in Georgetown last September. (Photo: Lance Neverson/Facebook)

2022 UN Climate summit was ‘at best, a mirage in the desert’ — Gonsalves

12 Jan 2023 10:35AM

Leader of the Opposition Godwin in a Jan. 10, 2023 photo.

Budget 2023 like ‘old announcements, reheated and dished out again’

Opposition Leader Godwin Friday says the EC$1.44 billion budget that Finance Minister Camillo Gonsalves is asking Parliament to approve for 2023 is like “old announcements, reheated and dished out again”. …

10 Jan 2023 4:15PM

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