Carlsen Field Homework Centre

On Wednesday 10th July, 2013 the Minister of the Ministry of the People and Social Development Dr. the Honourable Glenn Ramadharsingh opened the Carlsen Field Homework Centre at Pipecon Road Carlsen Field to residents within the district. This is a pilot project that is the first...
Posted On 16 Aug 2013
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108 get housing comfort

Squatters from across the country came one step closer to peace of mind yesterday. The Land Settlement Agency (LSA) distributed 108 certificates of comfort to squatter families from across the country at City Hall Auditorium, San Fernando. Recipients yesterday were from...
Posted On 15 Aug 2013
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Housing Ministry helping citizens

THE Housing Ministry is saying that a sum of up to $15,000 was given to eligible applicants for repairs to their homes last year. A release stated that in the ministry’s Year In Review 2012 Report, it highlighted the benefits citizens received throughout the year through its...
Posted On 29 Jun 2013
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AG moving to raise judges’ pension

An increase in the pension for judges is on the way. And a review of the ten-year constitutional provision prohibiting judges from resuming private practice. These were among the “ground-breaking and historic” measures announced by Attorney General Anand Ramlogan aimed ...
Posted On 28 Jun 2013
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66 collective agreements settled

Government has settled 66 out of 75 collective agreements, Planning Minister Dr Bhoe Tewarie said yesterday. As a result of this, the revised sala­ries, cola (Cost of Living Allowance) and allowances bill for the public sector up to 2013 was $8.5 billion, he added. Speaking in...
Posted On 15 Jun 2013
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SEW approvals in 30 minutes

One of the featured attractions at the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Investment’s Boulevard at TIC 2013 is its award winning TTBizLink Services. The link won the UN’s Public Services Award. TTBizLink is the IT platform known as a Single Electronic Window(SEW), designed as...
Posted On 13 Jun 2013
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500 residential lots selected

Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar has described the first drawing of 500 residential lots under the LSA’s land for the landless programme at the Southern Academy for the Performing Arts, (SAPA), as one of her administration’s “signature and creative endeavors” to address the...
Posted On 22 May 2013
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Town and Country backlog less than 100

THE Town and Country Planning Division (TCPD) has whittled down its applications backlog from thousands to about fewer than one hundred. It has also introduced new systems to bring about efficiency and faster processing of applications.
Posted On 27 Apr 2013
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1200 Certificates of Comfort handed out by PP government in 2 years

The Land Settlement Agency (LSA) of the Ministry of Housing on Tuesday handed out 300 Certificates of Comfort to people who had been squatting on state lands for several years, giving them the comfort of knowing that they would finally own a piece of land.
Posted On 27 Apr 2013
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30 ‘squatters’ get Certificates of Comfort

Thirty persons received Certificates of Comfort (CoC) from the Land Settlement Agency on Tuesday night at the Arima Town Hall. Sixteen of the recipients were from Arima, and 14 from Bon Air West. Dr Lincoln Douglas , Minister of the Arts and Multiculturalism and MP for Lopinot/...
Posted On 27 Apr 2013
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