‘New substation can save T&TEC $300m’

THE Trinidad and Tobago Electricity Commission (T&TEC) will soon be able to boost its power supply to customers throughout the country. A $100 million substation at Gandhi Village, Debe, expected to be completed in December would allow T&TEC to utilise full capacity of...
Posted On 13 Nov 2014
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Minor Landslip along Golconda to Debe section of Highway

Please be advised that a small landslip has developed, approximately 400 metres south of the Papourie Road Underpass, on the southbound carriageway of the Solomon Hochoy Highway Extension to Point Fortin. Preliminary assessments indicate that this was caused by water seeping into...
Posted On 12 Nov 2014
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A measure of hope

Dear Editor: Of course, it is evident that if oil prices fall we will get less revenue. It doesn’t take rocket science to figure this out. What’s important is that we are gaining revenue from gas prices above the budgeted prices plus oil revenues. Our main source of income comes...
Posted On 12 Nov 2014
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Govt, World Bank in US$2.4M ICT programme

GOVERNMENT and the World Bank will embark on a US$2.4 million programme featuring “high impact” programmes to fulfil the country’s national aspiration of a digital and e-ready Trinidad and Tobago. The plan was announced on Monday by Ingrid Seerattan, Permanent Seretary in the...
Posted On 12 Nov 2014
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Energy Minister launches work on Natural Gas Master Plan for 2014 to 2024

Energy Minister Kevin Ramnarine today kicked-off work on the development of this country’s Natural Gas Master Plan for the ten year period of 2014-2024. The Minister noted that this was one of the most important studies to be conducted by the Ministry of Energy and Energy Affairs...
Posted On 12 Nov 2014
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ILP LOSES AGAIN

The Court of Appeal comprising Justices of Appeal Allan Mendoca, Gregory Smith and Prakash Moosai dismissed the appeal filed by the Independent Liberal Party (ILP) supporters Mr. Stephen Mitchell and Dayne Evan Francois and ordered them to pay the legal costs of the State in the...
Posted On 10 Nov 2014
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‘We have broken the bad habit of the PNM’

Former T&T ambassador to the United Nations, Rodney Charles is back home to lead the election campaign for the ruling People’s Partnership administration in the run-up to the 2015 general election. Charles is convinced the PP will retain political office because the PNM has...
Posted On 09 Nov 2014
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Delusional ramblings!

Dear Editor: Wayne Kublalsingh has a knack for taking earth shaking, transformational events and trivializing them. Firstly, he was being compared to Mahatma Ghandi. I cannot recall Ghandi ever losing his cool and cursing loudly at anybody, telling a Minister to take his...
Posted On 08 Nov 2014
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Ramnarine: We tripled FDI in oil/gas

ENERGY Minister, Kevin Ramnarine, hit back at Diego Martin North East MP Colm Imbert’s criticism of the country’s oil/gas tax regime by saying this Government’s major overhaul of energy taxes and incentives had led to a three- fold increase in foreign direct investment (FDI) in...
Posted On 07 Nov 2014
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Give jack his jacket

Dear Editor: Like him or not, Mr. Anand Ramlogan is one of the best Attorney Generals to pass through that office. He has demonstrated what it means to look after the public interest without fear or favour. He was instrumental in bringing the largest civil suit against persons...
Posted On 06 Nov 2014
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