Film, music and fashion to fall under Creative TT

A new umbrella company has been created to oversee the increased commercialisation and development of the creative industry sector. Speaking at the weekly post-Cabinet media briefing at the Diplomatic Centre in St. Ann’s, Minister of Trade, Industry and Investment, Vasant Bharath...
Posted On 06 Jun 2013
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Livestock farmers and fisher folks to receive natural disaster assistance

Farmers, livestock farmers and fisher folks can now apply for financial assistance for loses by natural disasters and industrial operations. Minister of Food Production, Devant Maharaj made the announcement earlier today during the weekly post-Cabinet media briefing at the...
Posted On 06 Jun 2013
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MINISTER GRIFFITH DISCHARGED FROM HOSPITAL

Science and Technology Minister Dr. Rupert Griffith has been discharged from the St. Clair Medical Centre after being kept overnight for observation. Communications Minister Jamal Mohammed confirmed with C News that Minister Griffith was released on Thursday afternoon, hours...
Posted On 06 Jun 2013
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Minister Griffith “stable” but “needs rest”

Minister of  Science and Technology, Dr Rupert Griffith, who collapsed yesterday evening, remains warded at St. Clair Medical Centre. “Dr. Griffith’s condition has been described by his doctors as stable, but requiring rest, as he is extremely exhausted,” said a media...
Posted On 06 Jun 2013
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Diplomacy is an evolving art

by Ambassador Rodney Charles, In the front page of today’s (June 5 2013) New York Times it states that last week, President Xi Jinping met with President Obama’s national security adviser in China to discuss his upcoming visit to the US. The meeting did not involve diplomatic...
Posted On 06 Jun 2013
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Looking after the Poor

The Hon Minister shared that the priority of life is food, clothing and shelter. He urged the people to live a much healthier lifestyle, use this card to provide for their children and send them to school with a good meal. He stressed that unhealthy eating of to much fry and oily...
Posted On 06 Jun 2013
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Something must be right in T&T

During the course of the last two weeks, this nation has witnessed an unprecedented occurrence in its young history. Leaders of the world’s two largest economies, the US and China, were on our shores, one after the other! What does this means to us as a developing nation? If...
Posted On 06 Jun 2013
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Recent visits should make us proud

Any citizen who has been following the diplomatic developments taking place in Trinidad and Tobago would realise that much is being done to the benefit of our country. However, there are those who believe negative criticism is the way forward.
Posted On 06 Jun 2013
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Ministries join forces to finish Beetham community centre

COMMUNITY Development Minister Winston “Gypsy” Peters announced yesterday that his ministry has formed an alliance with the National Security Ministry in a bid to get the Beetham Gardens Community Centre completed. Peters spoke to reporters after touring the incomplete site on...
Posted On 06 Jun 2013
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