YES Interns Create Vision Boards
Recently, 56 Youth Energized for Success (YES) Programme interns got their creative juices flowing, as they translated their goals and aspirations to a vision board. This tool is used to help clarify, concentrate and maintain focus on specific life goals. A vision board usually includes images that represent whatever you want to be, do or […]
Registration Open for Youth Business Camp
It’s a different spin on the summer camp experience. The Financial Literacy Secretariat is inviting teens ages 13 to 17 to register for the You-Biz Camp, which starts on Monday (August 6). The business camp will be hosted by the Division of Finance and the Economy. It will focus on several areas of business development […]
Tobago’s Budget Day Presentation 2017
Secretary of Finance and the Economy Joel Jack presented Tobago’s budget request for Fiscal 2017-2018 at the Assembly Chamber today (June 22, 2017). The budget debate is set to begin next Tuesday (June 27, 2017).
New accounting system up and running
Despite the recent downgrade from Moody’s Investors Service, the Tobago House of Assembly (THA) will continued to seek opportunities to develop Tobago. That’s the assurance from Secretary of Finance and the Economy Joel Jack, who is also the Deputy Chief Secretary. “…We’ll continue to manage the fiscal affairs of Tobago in a prudent manner while […]
World Consumer Rights Day
The Division of Finance and the Economy hosted a World Consumer Rights Day programme on Wednesday (March 16, 2017) at the Victor E Bruce building, Scarborough, where stakeholders presented on consumer rights and other issues.
Finance Secretary: ‘Tobago will do more with less’
“Positively challenging.” That’s how Joel Jack, THA Secretary of Finance and Enterprise Development, is describing the country’s current economic climate. Commenting on Tobago’s fiscal 2017 budgetary allocation of $2.345 billion, Jack said the Tobago House of Assembly has managed well in the past. He stressed, however, that the island’s finances will require prudent management. “Given […]