The true story of the “Boston Miracle”

Dear Editor: Unfortunately I was not able to hear the presentation given by William Bratton on his recent visit to Trinidad and Tobago. However, last week while at the Harvard Business School I had the distinct honour of hearing a first hand account by Reverend Jeffrey Brown, one...
Posted On 30 Nov 2013
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Get To The “Hart” Of The Matter

Dear Editor: This Calder Hart issue has me perplexed. We had  the Uff Commission, which cost the country over $60 million and which highlighted some serious issues that ought to be investigated. We have had the impetus by the Office of the Attorney General to have the Calder Hart...
Posted On 30 Nov 2013
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Draft CARICOM Statement

The Bureau of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) met in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago on Tuesday 26th November 2013 on the Ruling of the Constitutional Court of the Dominica Republic on Nationality and issued the following statement....
Posted On 27 Nov 2013
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AG Attends CFATF in Bahamas

Attorney General Anand Ramlogan recently returned from the Bahamas where he led a delegation on behalf of the Government at the 38th Plenary Meeting of the Caribbean Financial Action Task Force (CFATF) in Freeport, Grand Bahama. That delegation comprised the Director and other...
Posted On 26 Nov 2013
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PM chairs Special Caricom meeting

The Honourable Kamla Persad-Bissessar SC, Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, will chair a special meeting of the Bureau of Caricom Heads of Government on Tuesday, November 26, 2013, at 10.30 am at the Diplomatic Centre, St Ann’s, to examine the Dominican Republic...
Posted On 25 Nov 2013
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US Overseas Prosecutorial Dept. Pays Courtesy Call on AG

US OVERSEAS PROSECUTORIAL DEPARTMENT PAYS COURTESY CALL ON AG RAMLOGAN Attorney General Anand Ramlogan met with Mr. Major Coleman, CBSI Regional Legal Advisor for the Caribbean Office of Overseas Prosecutorial Development, Assistance and Training (OPDAT) last Friday as part of...
Posted On 25 Nov 2013
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PM: Stop violence against women

PRIME Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar yesterday said Government is reviewing the Domestic Violence Act as it seeks to send a message that “whether it unfolds internationally or locally, violence against women is unconscionable and must be stopped.” “As a parliamentarian and as a...
Posted On 25 Nov 2013
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PM Kamla congratulates Justice Henderson

PRIME MINISTER KAMLA PERSAD-BISSESSAR CONGRATULATES JUSTICE HENDERSON ON HIS ELECTION AS A JUDGE OF THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT. ONE MORE EXAMPLE OF OUR POLICY OF ROBUST DIPLOMATIC ENGAGEMENT IN THE GLOBAL ARENA. Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar today congratulated...
Posted On 24 Nov 2013
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Something to recall – Igniting the Spirit to Win

BE SERVANTS OF THE PEOPLE: By Andre Bagoo Saturday, May 29 2010. PRIME MINISTER Kamla Persad-Bissessar yesterday ordered her newly sworn-in Cabinet to always remember that “the people are the government” and that as Cabinet members they must be “the servants of...
Posted On 24 Nov 2013
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When Max Richards Spoke a Truth – Moments to Remember

Richards cites Kamla’s achievement Sunday, May 30 2010 President George Maxwell Richards yesterday urged citizens to celebrate Kamla Persad-Bissessar’s ascent to the post of Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago. “For us, this is a most telling year and time in our history,” he...
Posted On 24 Nov 2013
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