MINISTER of Energy and Energy Industries Dr Roodal Moonilal has slammed St Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves for alluding to Trinidad and Tobago's currency as "Monopoly money."

Speaking during a Society of Petroleum Engineers energy symposium Moonilal said the Gonsalves, who is the longest-serving prime minister in Caricom, should have made his comments to the previous administration.

"He should have shared his wisdom with his colleagues who are responsible for the collapse of our economy. It is a pity he did not share his thinking with the former administration over the last decade which could have reversed this crisis with prudent management and enhanced investments in the energy sector."