Encroachment of road water on to 238 Siparia Old Road

Good Afternoon, It is with great pleasure that I am writing to thank you for your quick response to my plight of excess water from the road entering  and flooding my yard and under my house! Officials from the Siparia Co-orporation visited on 21 /5/13 w.r.t. assisting with the...
Posted On 29 May 2013
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Cabinet approves pricing formula for the Land for the Landless Programme

Cabinet has agreed on a pricing formula for persons accessing land through Government’s Land for the Landless Programme. Five hundred persons were recipients of the Programme through a random lottery draw recently.  
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Electricity to become more affordable

Cabinet has approved measures to make electricity more accessible and affordable to lower income earners. Speaking at Wednesday’s Post Cabinet Media Briefing, the Minister of Public Utilities, Mr. Nizam Baksh, said as of March 2013, there were 1,286 applicants for...
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PM Kamla Indian Arrival Day Message

One hundred and sixty-eight (168) years ago, a ship from a distant country landed on these shores with a cargo of people tired and hungry from a long journey and grateful that they had, at long last, reached their destination.  This ship brought not only a new labour force to...
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PM Kamla speech at the US Vice President–CARICOM Multilateral Meeting

The Honourable Kamla Persad- Bissessar on the issue of Regional Security at the US Vice President–CARICOM Multilateral Meeting, 28th May 2013
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PM Kamla Corpus Christi Message

CORPUS CHRISTI MESSAGE 2013 BY THE HONOURABLE KAMLA PERSAD-BISSESSAR SC, MP PRIME MINISTER OF THE REPUBLIC OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO I am extremely pleased to bring greetings to the Roman Catholic Community of Trinidad and Tobago on the commemoration of Corpus Christi – the Body of...
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Biden gets earful on Caricom crime

Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar says that at times yesterday’s talks between United States Vice-President Joe Biden and leaders from the 15-nation Caricom group were “brutal,” but that the US remains a strong ally to the entire region. Speaking at a news briefing at the...
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DPP Office not bugged

NATIONAL Security Minister Emmanuel George yesterday said information sent to him from the police is that the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) was never bugged as was claimed in a newspaper report and by the Opposition.
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