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Global Student to host summit on vaccine justice

Global Student to host summit on vaccine justice 15 Hrs Ago Vaccine Justice through Fairness, Trust and Responsibility is the focus of The Global Student Forum s (GSF) Global Student Summit on July 12. - AP Photo The Global Student Forum (GSF) will host the Global Student Summit: Vaccine Justice through Fairness, Trust and Responsibility on July 12. The summit will be held virtually and participants will come from civil society, researchers, the public and student organisations and movements. The event will feature student leaders and cultural content of Trinidad and Tobago, said a media release. The GSF said for a just distribution of covid19 vaccines, it supports countries that have lobbied for vaccines to be treated as a public good, free from patents. It said actions by rich nations in obtaining vaccines highlighted the political and economic inequalities that work against the global public good.

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A bigger slice for Tobago

A bigger slice for Tobago An Hour Ago Workers reinforce a riverbank to prevent landslides at Manswell Trace, Castara Village, Tobago. Tobagonians have called for a larger allocation of the national budget. - DAVID REID A parliamentary committee has recommended Tobago get 6.8 per cent of the national budget. That’s an almost 70 per cent increase in the island’s current mandatory share of 4.03 per cent. However, Tobagonians are not happy with the proposal and have called for a higher minimum allocation. We think this issue should not be one settled by whim or fancy. Tobago’s share in the overall fiscal pie needs to reflect its revenue generation, its productivity and its special developmental needs – all weighed in accordance with a carefully devised economic stimulus plan.

Tobago's claim on the Treasury

Tobago’s claim on the Treasury Reginald Dumas - Arthur Dash THE EDITOR: Self-government for Tobago as proposed in the bill before Parliament is now a subject for national discussion. While focus is on the constitutional, legal and administrative issues involved in the proposed governance arrangement, not much attention is being paid by the general tax-paying public on the funding requirements for this embrace of greater autonomy by the sister island. Tobago’s fixed claim on the national finances was first established in the Tobago House of Assembly Act of 1996 when a minimum allocation of 4.03 per cent of the national budget was to be granted to the THA to be spent at the pleasure of that body without effective oversight or accountability either in Tobago or by the Parliament of TT.

Campbell: Tobago needs more than 6.8 per cent of national budget

Campbell: Tobago needs more than 6.8 per cent of national budget Tobago Youth Council president Janae Campbell - Photo by Ayanna Kinsale Tobago Youth Council president Janae Campbell believes the Joint Select Committee’s (JSC) proposal to give Tobago 6.8 per cent of the national budget to manage its affairs is insufficient. Tobago’s minimum allocation is 4.03 per cent, as directed by the Dispute Resolution Commission. “My main concern, as with many other Tobagonians, is the 6.8 per cent allocation and as a Tobago youth, 18 years of age, president of the Tobago Youth Council, I would just like to express my confidence in saying that I think that is an insufficient amount to really transform the island,” she said.