PNM GOVT ACCOMPLISHMENTS LIST

1. Historic Judge Only Trials
2. Establishment of a Public Defenders System in Trinidad and Tobago
3. Novel introduction of a Public Access Sex Offender Registry
4. Development of Anti-Gang legislation
5. Development of legislation to allow for the use of pepper spray by civilians
6. Introduction of legislative protection for Magistrates
7. Strengthening the legislative powers of the Police Complaints Authority
8. Development of legislation to combat sexual offences
9. Development of anti-corruption sensitization campaigns
10. Strengthening firearms legislation
11. Smaller Cabinet size from 33 to 23 members.
12. Decreased perception of corruption evidenced by CPI.
13. Successfully brought the overdraft facility from negative $9 billion to zero
14. Completion of cycling velodrome.
15. Completion of aquatic centre.
16. Completion of tennis centre.
17. Rationalise fiscal expenditure.
18. Outfitting and occupancy of Government buildings to reduce rental fees.
19. VAT reduction decreased to 12.5 per cent.
20. Personal allowance increased to $72,000. - Now 94000
21. Public Servants backpay $6B paid by PNM not UNC
22. Phased reduction of fuel subsidy and savings of $340 million.
23. OJT stipends increased by 20 per cent.
24. Removal for fees for persons over 60 years old for drivers' permits and passports.
25. Gate reviewed to ensure savings and efficiency.
26. The only government in our lifetime that successfully managed a Pandemic (Covid 19).
27. Public Procurement and Disposal of Public Properties Amt Bill passed paving the way for implementation.
28. Enforcement of speed limit; noticeable decline in road fatalities.
29. Firm action to reduce violence in schools; decline in school violence
30. Cut out wastage in the delivery of food cards.
31. Commenced the housing programme under the HDC
32. 12-12-24 = Fabrication work started for Manatee field - concept from 2018.
33. 14-12-24 = Water wells project commissioning - Min Gonzales Point Fortin - La Brea.
34. 2020-2021 = Formal Opening of the Customer Service Center in Roxborough Tobago and WASA site visit.
35. 2019-2020 = 0:05 / 1:36 MPU News Update Water Tank Assistance Programme.
36. Rrestoration of the Red House.
37. The National and Southern Academy for the Performing Arts
38. 13-12-24 = US embassy shares PM's concerns over Newsday article on SOFA.
39. The San fernando Parkade - State of the art Parking facility.
40. Arima General Hospital
41. The Central Block of POS General Hospital - Ongoing
42. The Diego Martin Health Centre
43. The Couva Hospital and Multi Training Facility
44. Point Fortin Hospital
45. Sangre Grande Hospital Campus
46. Ministry of Health administrative Building
47. Roxborough Hospital
48. Palo Seco Velodrome
49. Desperadoes Pan Theatre
50. Re-Development of Skinner Park Sporting Facility
51. Dabadie/Malabar Community Swimming Pool
52. St Clair Police Station
53. Carenage Police Station
54. Shirvan Road Police Station
55. Diego Martin health / administration building.
56. Maracas St. Joseph Police Station
57. St Joseph Police Station
58. Piarco Police Station
59. Maloney Police Station
60. Cumuto Police Station
61. La Brea Police Station
62. To date the Penal, Mayaro, Roxborough & Point Fortin Fire Stations have been completed.
63. The Hasely Crawford Stadium Upgrade, 2022.
64. La Vigie Paramin Lookout Completed 4-12-21
65. The Moruga Multi-Purpose Youth and Sport Facility
66. Morvant Community Swimming Pool
67. Maloney Community Swimming Pool
68. Maracas Beach Facility - Ongoing
69. Laventille Community Swimming Pool
70. Mahaica Sports Complex - 2022
71. The Brian Lara Cricket Academy - May - 2017
72. Harris Promenade Development
73. King George V Tennis Courts - 2008
74. Josephine Shaw House - 131-133 Henry Street, Port of Spain. For Young Women.
75. The Ministry of Education Tower - 16-storey office tower
76. Office of the Prime Minister Staff - 2007-2008
77. The Government Plaza - Lower Richmond Street and Wrightson Road, Port-of-Spain
78. The San Fernando Waterfront Redevelopment Project - Ongoing from 2017
79. The Moruga Agro Processing and Light Industrial Park - 14 July 2020
80. National Museum and Art Gallery
81. Hayes Court - 21 Maraval Road, Port of Spain - 28-2-2023.
82. Dr. Eric Williams Memorial Library - Knox Street, Port of Spain
83. President’s House - Circular Road, St Ann’s
84. Whitehall: Office of the Prime Minister - 2000-2009
85. Mille Fleurs - Maraval Road, Port-of-Spain
86. President’s Cottage - Savannah Road, St. Anns
87. Knowsley Residence - Queen’s Park West, Port of Spain - 5th May, 2011.
88. The Carenage Fish Fry - Western Main Road, Carenage
89. The Carenage Fishing Centre
90. Port-of-Spain Pedestrian Overpass
91. The Elections & Boundaries Commission (EBC) Headquarters - Ongoing
92. Ministry of Social Development and Family Services Head Office - Ongoing
93. Piccadilly Street Urban Regeneration Project
94. Assessment Centre & Temporary Housing Facility for Socially Displaced Persons
95. Sisters of St. Joseph of Cluny’s Convent Building and Family Court
96. Invaders Bay Development - Ongoing.
97. Shaw park culture complex which has the biggest seating complex in the region
98. Hyatt, Waterfront Towers, New Courts in the Waterfront
99. The New Breakfast Shed
100. King George V Tennis Courts
101. The Moruga Agro Processing and Light Industrial Park
102. Red House refurbished for less money by the PNM than what UNC say it would cost.
103. ANR airport Tobago
104. FIRST PEOPLES’ BOOSTER STATION commissioned
105. The Importance of Gender Equality to Marine Sciences at the IMA
106. Trinidadian beats over 100 global nominees for UN international award
107. Three fast ferries
108. 166 million TT for SW water improvement Project - pipelines, booster stations
109. There is a surplus of water now, in the region.
110. Major pipeline project for Palo seco, coming.
111. The Development of a Lionfish Fishpot Fishery in Tobago.
112. Institute of Marine Affairs and SECORE International Join Forces to Restore Tobago’s Coral Reefs
113. Ceremonial Signing – First of its kind with the new blue carbon credit scheme for Trinidad and Tobago
114. IMA & CARIRI Collaborate to Promote Caribbean Growth and Development
115. Personel Allowance - $90k p/a exempt from PAYE.
116. NGC JOINS IMA IN THE BID TO SAVE CARLI BAY MANGROVE
117. The restoration journey continues, Project MARIN proceeds for another five years.
118. TOFCO La Brea Industrial Estate started fabrication of jackets and piles for the Manatee platform.
119. Consortium of Civil Society Launched in Support of the Spaw Programme of the Cartagena Convention
120. Preserving Trinidad and Tobago’s Wildlife through Digital Innovation
121. Piloting a Blue Carbon Credit System in Trinidad and Tobago: Opportunity for Financing Mangrove Conservation
122. Increasing Ambition for Climate Change: Integrating Ocean-Climate Action
123. Ongoing development on the development of clean energy
     

FISCAL & SOCIAL MEASURES
▪︎ Personal allowance increased to 90K. This means that if you're earning less than $7500, you don't pay income tax.
▪︎ VAT was decreased to 12.5% on all purchase.
▪︎ Grants to home owner whose salary is under $6000 to repair their homes.
▪︎ 1st time homeowners pay NO STAMP DUTY for homes purchased below 1.5million.
▪︎ $20 thousand Grant for entrepreneurs
▪︎ $300M allocated to FCB to provide low interest loans to small and medium business. Loans 100% guaranteed by government.
▪︎ Housing and Village Improvement Program(HVIP) - You provide the land and the Govt will build low cost homes , through small contractors.

INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS
▪︎ New Ministry of Health Building
▪︎ The San Fernando Waterfront project
▪︎ NAPA repaired for 20 Million as opposed to the UNC Proposal of 100million.
▪︎ President House - 89 million as opposed to the UNC 169m proposal.
▪︎ Community Swimming Pools
▪︎ Magnificent Seven buildings refurbished
▪︎ Brian Lara Stadium
▪︎ Renovation to Red House
▪︎ Arima Hospital at a cost of $200M LESS than budgeted by the PP
▪︎ 600 homes built for low income families at a cost of $175K
▪︎ Diego Martin Health Centre
▪︎ Diego Martin Sports Complex
▪︎ Diego Martin Library
▪︎ Rio Claro Library
▪︎ Mayaro Library(to be completed)
▪︎ Carenage Police Station
▪︎ 18 new Community Centres
▪︎ Reduced government’s annual rent bill by over $130M with the commissioning of government campus.
▪︎ Built over 6000 houses.
Completed all housing projects that the PP abandoned in 2010.
▪︎ Built 3 new licensing offices.
▪︎ Carenage fishing Depot & Carenage fish fry
▪︎ Maracas beach / Macqueripe beach upgrade.
▪︎ ⁠Invaders Bay continued development - to include a variety of commercial and recreational facilities, plus a boardwalk to connect to the Port of Spain city centre
▪︎ Diego Martin Administrative Complex
▪︎ ⁠Local app TT - launched by the ministry of Local Government to facilitate timely reporting and resolution of problems.

TRANSPORTATION & ROAD NETWORK
▪︎ 4 boats between Tobago and Trinidad & 1 cargo ship
▪︎ Tobago New Airport
▪︎ Diego Martin Interchange
▪︎ The Curepe interchange was completed at a cost of $221M but UNC plan was to build it for $440M.
▪︎ 1st phase of highway to Toco completed.
▪︎ Regional ferry service alliance with Guyana and Barbados

YOUTH DEVELOPMENT & TRAINING
▪︎ Homestead programme
▪︎ 1000 entrepreneurs by 2025
▪︎ Training programme for youth in the manufacturing sector
▪︎ Transition homes for Girls ages 18 - 24
▪︎ Youth agricultural training with land grant for start
▪︎ Restoration work on
Girls Apprenticeship Center and on Presto Presto youth camp (boys)
▪︎ 40 new courses for the youths e.g. heavy duty equipment, Fork lift, crane operators etc. While in training, one gets $500 weekly

CRIME and CRIMINALITY
▪︎ 66 new court rooms at the waterfront judicial complex.
▪︎ 34 new judges
▪︎ Abolition of preliminary inquiries
▪︎ Established virtual courts and eliminated million dollar prisoner transport.

WATER
▪︎ 24 new booster stations
▪︎ 61% of the population accessing 24/7 water supply.
People of Freeport/Granville/Lopinot/Quinam/Morne Diablo have improve water supple as of 2024.
▪︎ Built Malabar waste water treatment plant.
▪︎ 125 new wells dug
▪︎ CWIP - Community water improvement programme

ENERGY
▪︎ Renegotiated ownership stake in Atlantic LNG - Under the OLD structure, Shell and BP respectively own 54% and 40% of trains 2, 3 and 4, while NGC has 11.1% of train 4, but NO stake in Trains 2 and 3.
NOW - The agreement simplifies the project's structure into ownership across all FOUR trains, which effectively reduces Shell's stake to 45%, and raises BP's stake to 45% while NGC gets a 10% share.
▪︎ Cross border alliance with Venezuela to develop the Dragon gas field
▪︎ NGC multi billion dollar profits
▪︎ Phoenix Park industrial Estate facilitating local and foreign direct investments.
▪︎ Manatee Project Started
▪︎ Mento Platform completed(EOG/BP)
▪︎ Ocelot/TOPR/Cassia Extension Projects completed - employment opportunities created.

CULTURE/TOURISM
▪︎ Headquarters for Pan Trinbago in the city of PoS
▪︎ Pan as the official national instrument.
▪︎ 2 New HYATT Hotels
▪︎ La Vigie lookout in Paramin
▪︎ Restoration work on the Lopinot Historical site.

HEALTH
▪︎ Pt Fortin Hospital
▪︎ Tobago Hospital
▪︎ Sangre Grande Hospital
▪︎ POS New Wing Hospital(Under construction)
▪︎ State of the art Linear Accelerator Cancer Treatment Machine