Statement by Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar on visit of President Maduro

GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO OFFICE OF THE PRIME MINISTER STATEMENT BY THE HONOURABLE KAMLA PERSAD-BISSESSAR, SC, MP PRIME MINISTER OF THE REPUBLIC OF TRINIDAD & TOBAGO AT THE WORKING VISIT OF H.E. NICOLÁS MADURO MOROS, PRESIDENT OF THE BOLIVARIAN...
Posted On 24 Feb 2015
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Double standards in dis PNM country

By Capil Bissoon If at Carnival or any other occasion someone were to wine behind the Prime Minister and were she to respond, what would the country have said? What would the PNM and Keith Rowley be saying today? I can just envisage the headlines, “Disgraceful behaviour by the...
Posted On 23 Feb 2015
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A tale of two Visions

In 2010, the Kamla Persad Bissessar administration began the distribution of computers to children in Form 1 of Secondary Schools. Approximately 95, 000 computers have been distributed to students and teachers. When this matter first came up in Parliament it met with serious...
Posted On 23 Feb 2015
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T&T signs historic MOU with IDB to support the energy transformation process in the Caribbean

President of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Mr. Luis Alberto Moreno and the Minister of Planning and Sustainable Development, Senator Dr. the Honourable Bhoendradatt Tewarie yesterday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for the establishment of the Multi Donor...
Posted On 20 Feb 2015
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Couva North Celebrates Shivratri

MAHA SHIVRATRI was celebrated by Hindus across Trinidad & Tobago on Tuesday as they made offerings to Lord Shiva on the night dedicated to His worship. Despite this year’s religious celebration coinciding with Carnival, Hindus still came out in their numbers to various...
Posted On 20 Feb 2015
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Message from PM Kamla on the Occasion of Chinese New Year

Today, February 19th, 2015 marks the start of festivities in celebration of Chinese New Year, the year of the Sheep in the Chinese year 4713. The annual event is the longest and most important celebration in the Chinese calendar. The festivities include reunion of families and...
Posted On 19 Feb 2015
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PM visits 11 temples for Shiva Raatri

Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar SC visited 11 temples in her Siparia constituency between Tuesday night and Wednesday morning in observance of the Hindu festival of Maha Shiva Raatri. The celebration started shortly after 9 pm on Tuesday and ended around 4.30 am on...
Posted On 18 Feb 2015
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PM Kamla Congratulates New St Kitts-Nevis PM

Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar has congratulated Dr. Timothy Harris on his appointment as Prime Minister of St. Kitts-Nevis, following General Elections on the island on Monday 16th February, 2015. “On behalf of the Government and people of Trinidad and Tobago and on my...
Posted On 18 Feb 2015
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PM Kamla sends greetings to the Hindu Community on the occasion of Maha Shiva Raatri

Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar today sent greetings to the Hindu Community on the occasion of Maha Shiva Raatri, which is being celebrated tonight in temples and homes throughout Trinidad and Tobago. The ancient festival is dedicated to Lord Shiva, the destroyer of evil in...
Posted On 17 Feb 2015
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PM Kamla concerned about delay in releasing St Kitts and Nevis election results

The Government Trinidad and Tobago is concerned that a day after the closure of polling, authorities in St Kitts and Nevis have not yet declared the results of the election held on Monday, February 16th 2015. In a statement on Tuesday, Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar sai...
Posted On 17 Feb 2015
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