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THE EDITOR: Open letter to Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar. Eileen Freeman once wrote, “It isn’t the size of the gift that matters, but the size of the heart that gives it.” I openly say thank you for your tokens of love this Christmas, from the billboards that made me...

As we observe Christmas 2014 and even now look to the New Year – we draw strength from the positives of the year gone by with the hope of greater things for 2015. Although this festive season is viewed as the time for giving, from as small as a smile, to letting someone...

Fellow Citizens We are at a point in our nation’s affairs when we are faced with lower energy prices. I was part on a former administration in 1995 when the country also had to be managed with lower energy prices. Despite this we demonstrated that we were up to the task and the...

THE EDITOR: On behalf of the residents of Mayaro and environs I offer my heartfelt thanks to Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar for the new temporary Manzanilla-Mayaro Road. Over the recent weeks residents have had to use alternative routes that were very time-consuming and...

By Capil Bissoon The People’s National Movement has perfected the art of political distraction and during this Christmas season demonstrated how easily it is to change the national conversation. The party and one of its deputy leaders were feeling intense political heat over...

It was with great alarm that I read the article entitled ‘Government’s 15,000 per diem for journalist’ in the Sunday Express of December 28th. In said article, the author alledged that the named media workers received the per diem whilst accompanying the Prime...

THE EDITOR: In 2010 when the PP Government came into power, the critics claimed it could not last six months. But it lasted four years and is set to finish its full five years in style with two new highways, one to Point Fortin and one through Caroni to Piarco. Every right...

The EMA’s statement clearing Petrotrin from any association with the claim of oil appearing at Otaheite, is welcomed at this time as the Company continues to focus on improved operations with a long view towards securing the Company’s sustainability and its continued...

On Christmas Eve, Petrotrin completed the clean-up of oily water that escaped into the Guaracara River earlier this week. Due to an upset condition on one of the process units in the Pointe-a-Pierre refinery on Sunday 2014 December 21, 15 barrels of oil were discharged from the...

By David Renwick With only two Energy Insiders left for the year, it is fitting to devote this one to the achievements of our Minister of Energy and Energy Affairs, Kevin Ramnarine, during the course of 2014 and, next week, to look ahead to what he needs to accomplish in the six...