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PRIME Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar yesterday disclosed that she has written Speaker of the House of Representatives, Wade Mark, to find out whether the St Joseph seat should be declared vacant since its MP, Herbert Volney, has resigned from the United National Congress (UNC)....

Dear Editor, I am heartened to see that the first section of the new highway is finally opened. I congratulate the Prime Minister and the PP Government  for their vision and perseverance in making this dream a reality. This highway project has been plagued by controversy by a...

MID-TERM EXPECTATIONS Just over three years ago, you took the bold step to elect me as this country’s sixth Prime Minister and I remain very humbled by your support to become the first woman elected as Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago. When I took up the mantle to...

More than 21,000 laptop computers are due to be handed out next week to students entering secondary schools for the first time, Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar said on Tuesday. “We (Government) have more than 21,000 laptops to give out to the first formers in this country...

On Thursday 29th August, the UNC ‘Youth on A Mission’ in collaboration with the Attorney General Anand Ramlogan, visited Barrackpore with the ‘Learn to Live’ caravan donating over 500 book bags to residents in the area. The AG reminisced on his humble...

The new school term should get off to a bright start for 11 siblings who squat in Penal after they got an electricity supply for the first time ever. The children are those of Parbatie Chance who, along with her husband, got a visit from their MP, Minister Stacy Roopnarine, the...

PP Government does not propose to postpone local government elections and also proposes to lay in Parliament, a Bill to amend the Municipal Corporations Act, 1990 Local Government Elections will be held on time The life of local government bodies in Trinidad and Tobago came to an...

THE EDITOR: I have been a resident of Laventille since my family brought me here from St Vincent when I was a child. I have watched with horror the way this lovely hillside has been neglected for more than 60 years. Today it is the roaming ground of killers with guns who have no...

UNC YOUTHS ON A MISSION VISITS BARRACKPORE ON THEIR ‘LEARN TO LIVE’ CAMPAIGN CARAVAN UNC Youths on a Mission continues its “Learn to Live” initiative which was launched last Saturday at South-East Port of Spain Community Centre. Today, the UNC Youth Arm caravan rolls in...

Some achievements in Transport under the People’s Partnership Government: The North Aviation Business Park of the Piarco International Airport is being developed, which will facilitate business development in and around the airport. Continued upgrade of Piarco International...