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Keith Rowley criticised the Sunday Express’ Lennox Grant last week for a column published last Sunday, stating Rowley’s plan to return to Patrick Manning’s “Vision 2020” shows the PNM (People’s National Movement) is “time-warped”. Rowley told his supporters Grant is biased...

Every year on March 22nd, the United Nations’ (UN) World Water Day highlights critical water issues and acts as a reminder to us all that sustainable development is impossible without water security. 70% of the planet consists of salt water. However, water is in fact a...

Today, on World Down Syndrome Day, let us reaffirm our commitment to ensuring that every member of our society is afforded the opportunity to lead a full and prosperous life. Down Syndrome is the most commonly occurring chromosomal condition. It occurs when an individual has a...

T&T’s unemployment rate is now 3.7 per cent. Planning Minister Dr Bhoe Tewarie said increased tertiary education and more businesses in the country have contributed to the low unemployment levels. “The participation rate of in tertiary education is 57 per cent and we want to...

The trinidad and Tobago Electricity Commission (t&tec) hosted a ceremony to mark the completion of a $846,383.00 lighting project at the Brickfield Recreation Ground on Tuesday. Minister of Public Utilities, Nizam Baksh in his feature address said, “The illumination of any...

THE State is spending more than $300 million on a pipeline from Caroni to South Trinidad, to ensure a regular water supply. This was announced yesterday by Minister of the Environment and Water Resources Ganga Singh, at the launch of the Caroni South Trunk Main Dualling project....

A total of 57 flood victims received cheques of $10,000 each yesterday at their MP Prakash Ramadhar’s St Augustine Constituency office, Pasea Road, Tunapuna. Minister of the People and Social Development Dr Glenn Ramadharsingh who addressed the flood victims, said his Ministry...

There’s no intention or plan by Government to privatise state-owned oil and gas company Petrotrin. That’s the word from Energy Minister Kevin Ramnarine striking down claims by the Oilfields Workers’ Trade Union (OWTU) that Government “planned to privatise Petrotrin.” In a...

Youths of the United National Congress (UNC) in their continued efforts to support the United Nations (UN) Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) donated computers and books to the Bank Village Youth Empowerment and Homework Centre at a function hosted by Couva North MP, Ramona...

Energy Minister Kevin Ramnarine concurs with the report of the Central Bank which in its latest Economic Bulletin noted that the energy sector grew by 2.4% in the fourth quarter of 2013. This growth was driven by higher natural gas output and high oil production. The growth in...