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March 30th 2013 International Press Institute Dear Sir/Madam Greetings! I note with great concern your release about press freedom in Trinidad and the assertion that it is under threat. I wish to state categorically that press freedom is not under threat in Trinidad and Tobago...

Statement from the Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar Soon after the Reuters story came to my attention on March 27th 2013, I issued a release from my office stating: “I will not rely on published reports in the media, but will again seek to get official corroboration of the...

by Robin Montano The uproar in the Press to the Prime Minister’s allegation earlier this week that there are rogue elements in the media was entirely predictable. The media in Trinidad & Tobago are notorious for never apologising for anything they do whether right or...

PRIME Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar extended wishes of joy and peace to all citizens as the country celebrates Easter. In her Easter Message to the nation, Persad-Bissessar identified joy and peace as the common thread which linked the celebrations of Easter, Phagwa and Shouter...

PRIME Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar urged citizens to remember that good always triumphs over evil. In her Phagwa Message to the nation, Persad-Bissessar said, “There are various aspects of Holi, or Phagwa, which makes it significant to our lives.” She explained “it is a time...

PRIME Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar hailed the men and women of the Spiritual Shouter Baptist community as heroes whose great deeds and accomplishments can inspire the people of this country. In her Spiritual Shouter Baptist Liberation Day Message to the nation, the Prime...

After 14 years of waiting for school Spiritual Baptists shout for joy “Growing up I was ashamed to say I was a Spiritual Baptist. I used to hide my religion from my peers. People always scorned us. They would say we did devil ting. I think they just didn’t understand the shouting...