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Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar and Cabinet have Declined Higher Pay Increases for MPs The Cabinet of Trinidad and Tobago, which I chair, has decided not to implement the significantly higher levels of pay increases proposed by the Parliamentary House Committee for members...

Dear Editor: Having looked at the re-run of the debate on the parliament channel on the Dangerous Dogs Bill, I must confess my surprise over the walkout by the PNM. The Attorney General was clearly engaging Mr Deyalsingh in some amusing, lively and colourful crosstalk when they...

Dear Editor, Picong or Piquant is light comical satirical banter, usually at someone else’s expense. It is the way in which West Indians tease, heckle and mock each other in a friendly manner. Apart from the average citizen, picong has been acceptably used in society by...

The Honourable Kamla Persad-Bissessar, SC, Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, leaves tomorrow (Thursday) for an Official Visit to the People’s Republic of China.

I was raised with proper values and morals, and therefore, I think it is the honourable thing to do by putting pen to paper to congratulate the Minister of National Security for implementing the Rapid Response Unit. They are literally everywhere. I now feel a better sense of...

First time in 40 years… For the first time in 40 years, the agricultural sector has recorded five consecutive quarters of growth—spanning from the first quarter of 2012 to the first quarter of 2013.