21,000 laptops for First Formers

More than 21,000 laptop computers are due to be handed out next week to students entering secondary schools for the first time, Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar said on Tuesday. “We (Government) have more than 21,000 laptops to give out to the first formers in this country...
Posted On 30 Aug 2013
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Anand, UNC youth arm visited Barrackpore

On Thursday 29th August, the UNC ‘Youth on A Mission’ in collaboration with the Attorney General Anand Ramlogan, visited Barrackpore with the ‘Learn to Live’ caravan donating over 500 book bags to residents in the area. The AG reminisced on his humble...
Posted On 30 Aug 2013
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Penal family gets electricity

The new school term should get off to a bright start for 11 siblings who squat in Penal after they got an electricity supply for the first time ever. The children are those of Parbatie Chance who, along with her husband, got a visit from their MP, Minister Stacy Roopnarine, the...
Posted On 29 Aug 2013
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PM Statement on Local Government Elections

PP Government does not propose to postpone local government elections and also proposes to lay in Parliament, a Bill to amend the Municipal Corporations Act, 1990 Local Government Elections will be held on time The life of local government bodies in Trinidad and Tobago came to an...
Posted On 29 Aug 2013
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Knock, knock Warner

THE EDITOR: I have been a resident of Laventille since my family brought me here from St Vincent when I was a child. I have watched with horror the way this lovely hillside has been neglected for more than 60 years. Today it is the roaming ground of killers with guns who have no...
Posted On 29 Aug 2013
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UNC Youths on a Mission “Learn to Live” Barrackpore

UNC YOUTHS ON A MISSION VISITS BARRACKPORE ON THEIR ‘LEARN TO LIVE’ CAMPAIGN CARAVAN UNC Youths on a Mission continues its “Learn to Live” initiative which was launched last Saturday at South-East Port of Spain Community Centre. Today, the UNC Youth Arm caravan rolls in...
Posted On 29 Aug 2013
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ACHIEVEMENTS: Ministry of Transport

Some achievements in Transport under the People’s Partnership Government: The North Aviation Business Park of the Piarco International Airport is being developed, which will facilitate business development in and around the airport. Continued upgrade of Piarco International...
Posted On 29 Aug 2013
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Regular water supply for Chase Village

Residents of Chase Village and the Couva North constituency will have noticed an improvement in their water supply. This is down to the completion of the Chase Village Pipeline Project which saw the installation of 11 kilometres of pipeline. MP for Couva North, Ms. Ramona...
Posted On 29 Aug 2013
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Direct employment for La Brea and environs next year

Up to 400 jobs will be created in La Brea in less than two years. That’s according to Energy Minister Kevin Ramnarine who toured the Bryden Port and Labidco Dock in La Brea on Wednesday in a bid to understand the productivity levels and challenges. The Minister said one of...
Posted On 28 Aug 2013
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Lights at Morne Diablo & Dil Mohammed Trace Recreation Ground

The Honourable Kamla Persad-Bissessar SC, MP, Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, and Member of Parliament for Siparia, switched on the lights to two recreations grounds in her Siparia Constituency on Tuesday night. The first was at the Morne Diablo Recreation Ground, which...
Posted On 28 Aug 2013
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