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A six-member local delegation represented this country at the sixth Global Conference of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative in Sydney, Australia, from May 22-24. Richard Oliver, deputy permanent secretary in the Ministry of Energy and Energy Affairs, and Victor...

The former People’s National Movement (PNM) parliamentarian Rennie Dumas was found guilty of assault and fined by the courts. Donna Cox, current MP for Laventille East/Morvant, is alleged to have slapped PNM San Juan/Laventille councillor Kwesi Antoine some months ago. Opposition...

Dear Editor: When I was young child, I would always recall my late grandmother talking about a “grah”. This is a word with Indian origins, and is usually used when people are experiencing periods of hard times. “Like you going through a grah” was often...

The Honourable Kamla Persad-Bissessar SC, Prime Minister of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, met this afternoon with Mr. Serge Letchimy, President of the Regional Council of Martinique. Both leaders discussed a number of issues, including energy, transport, exchange...

THE Energy Ministry and Australian energy giant BHP Billiton yesterday signed production sharing contracts (PSC) for oil and gas exploration in five deepwater blocks off Trinidad’s east/northeast coast. Blocks 5, 6, 28 and 29 were offered to potential investors by the ministry...

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...

Over 181 organisations have begun showcasing their goods and services to potential investors and buyers at the 14th Annual Trade and Investment Convention being held at the Hyatt Regency. Minister of Trade, Industry and Investment, Vasant Bharath said the Convention, since its...

The emailgate issue that stemmed out of the no confidence motion has shown the length and breath of local politics. Dr. Rowley planted a bomb that may very well explode in his own face. It is important to note that there was clearly a hidden agenda behind all of this. I find it...