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The Tobago House of Assembly (THA) says a decision to pay a monthly rental fee of $45,000 to temporarily house Chief Secretary Orville London and his family at a villa at Tobago Plantations in Lowlands is above board. London’s new housing arrangements take effect from today, for...

Trinidad and Tobago is wasting too much valuable energy, Energy Minister Kevin Ramnarine said yesterday. He said a simple thing such as turning off a lightbulb when not in use could save energy. He was speaking at the opening of the Trinidad Generation Unlimited (TGU) power...

Government’s efforts to reduce the time it takes to do business is paying off, Trade Minster Vasant Bharath said yesterday. He said that was the reason for T&T’s improvement on the World Bank’s Doing Business Report 2014. “We are now at position 66, which means we have jumped...

Minster of Trade, Industry and Investment, Vasant Bharath urged local manufacturers, potential exporters and export support agencies to ‘become export competitive by improving standards and processes, expanding production and tapping into new markets’.  This he said ‘is supported...

We are moving to energise community policing in a two-fold strategy that will see: 1.  Communities benefit from the safety of protective services in close proximity to their homes and families, and 2.  Communities able to have regular interaction with the protective services and...

I am one of you. An emotional Ian Alleyne, who was on the brink of tears, told supporters that he had sacrificed his family for country to host Crime Watch and was committed to serving the people of St Joseph as their Member of Parliament. Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar...

DIRECTORS of state companies will be held accountable for not abiding by their duties, regardless of when they held office. In a ruling yesterday, Justice Devindra Rampersad held that the four-year limitation provisions set out by the Companies Act, which are intended to liberate...

Attorney General Anand Ramlogan yesterday hailed the “historic landmark ruling” by the High Court which he said would pave the way for former State executives like Calder Hart, Leelanda Rampaul, Ken Julien, Malcolm Jones and others to face trial for actions and decisions taken...

PRIME Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar said yesterday surveys were just a snapshot of the present, as she responded to questions about an Express poll that put the United National Congress (UNC) behind the Opposition People’s National Movement (PNM) in the upcoming St Joseph...

Following the recent local govt elections, a call for a general elections is being made.  The grounds for such an election are at best spurious and unwarranted. It therefore amounts to the political rhetoric of the season. What are the facts surrounding the governance of the...