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FOREIGN direct investment rose to almost $16.1 billion in 2012, up from $3.5 billion in 2010, according to Minister of Energy Kevin Ramnarine. In a written response to a question filed in the Senate by Independent Senator David Small, Ramnarine linked fiscal incentives in the...

Energy giant BHP Billiton has taken a leap of faith in the potential of the country’s largely untested deep water acreages, committing up to investing US$1 billion to exploration. “BHP Billiton is very optimistic about our business here in Trinidad and Tobago, as it remains an...

It’s again a pleasure to address the Energy Conference. I have been coming to this conference since 2003 and I suppose the growth in the conference and its increasing sophistication parallels what has been happening in our sector and country over the last decade. This conference...

Hundreds attended the launch of the UNC Youth on a Mission Health Campiagn yesterday at Palmiste Park. The health awareness campaign is dedicated to bettering the health and lifestyles of young people lead by the Honorable Attorney General Anand Ramlogan and UNC Youth Arm...

The Motor Vehicle Authority (MVA) will be fully operational this September, at a cost of more than $750 million. The MVA will replace the existing Licensing Division. Transport Minister Stephen Cadiz provided an update on the MVA on Friday following the official launch of the...

The Highway Re-Route Movement, and its leader, Wayne Kublalsingh, took public misbehaviour to a new low last week as they did the equivalent of dumping garbage at the gate of the private residence of Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar. An old tyre lashed to the gate with a...

The Ministry of Legal Affairs yesterday officially opened a fully functional Registrar General’s Department in Arima. This office will give people in the East all the services offered in the Port- of-Spain head office without having to make the commute into the capital. “We truly...

Madam Deputy Speaker on January 29 2014 the Leader of the Opposition was reported in the media to have said that there was a cover up by Petrotrin, its Board and the Cabinet regarding events surrounding a series of oil spills that took place from December 17 2013 to the end of...

Be more circumspect and less reckless in statements about the economy and the energy sector. This is the advice Energy Minister Kevin Ramnarine had for Opposition Leader Dr Keith Rowley yesterday in Parliament. For the third time in as many days, Ramnarine slammed Rowley for hi...

Keith Rowley’s contention as reported in the local media that his People’s National Movement (PNM) can “turn around” the crime problem in Trinidad and Tobago lacks credibility if only because of the PNM’s abysmal record in dealing with crime, PNM’s past collusion with criminals,...