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Senator the Honorable Devant Maharaj, Minister of Food Production led a mission of Ministry officials to Cali, Colombia to observe modern technologies for Cassava Production, Processing and utilization. The delegation included officials from the Cassava Commodity Task Force at...

Eid-ul-Fitr, often abbreviated to Eid, is a Muslim holiday that marks the end of Ramadan, the Islamic holy month of fasting. Eid is an Arabic word meaning “festivity”, while Fiṭr means “breaking the fast”. The holiday celebrates the conclusion of the 29 or...

Assalamu Al aikum.  On behalf of the Government and people of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago I extend warm greetings to the Muslim community on this most auspicious occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr. May Allah continue to shower you, and our beloved nation, with blessings of peace,...

  Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar earlier this evening (Sunday 27th July) welcomed her counterpart, His Excellency Shinzo Abe, Prime Minister of Japan, on his first visit by a Japanese Prime Minister to Trinidad and Tobago and the Caribbean. Following His Excellency...

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his wife, Akie Abe, are expec­ted to arrive in Trini­dad and Toba­go at 3 p.m. today for an official two-day visit. They will be met by Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Dookeran. This first visit to the Caribbean is part of an 11-day trip to...

THE Office of the Prime Minister has distanced itself from comments made by Director of Information and Communications, Dennis McComie, to members of the media. A media release from the Office of the Prime Minister issued Saturday stated: “Mr McComie’s comments were unfortunate...

Minister DEVANT MAHARAJ responds to Dr Rowley’s False Statements about Tucker Valley lands   Dr. Keith Rowley acted irresponsibly and with malice when he accused the government of Trinidad and Tobago of giving away hundreds of acres of lands to its friends. A close examination of...

THE EDITOR: The Prime Minister has made a generous and commendable move by giving the gift of a 20 percent discount on rice, flour and oil in celebration of Eid and Emancipation. This initiative, which citizens also enjoyed last Christmas, is most welcomed by those who manage...

Kamla Persad-Bissessar could raise Old Age Pension to U$5,000 a month, bring murders down to zero, empty Death Row, carry the prices of consumer goods back to 1962 levels, fix every highway and byway in T&T, give Orville London a bligh in Tobago, provide free tea, lunch,...

Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar on Friday shut down the LifeSport Programme and instructed Attorney General Anand Ramlogan to send the audit report on the programme to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), the Commissioner of Police (CoP), the Integrity Commission (IC)...