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Government wants to ensure that university graduates get jobs when they enter the job market, Tertiary Education Minister Fazal Karim  jassaid. “We must not contribute to the graduate glut. It contributes to discouraged graduates. I am focused on the employment rate and we will...

In today’s world, journalists play a pivotal social role, more so than ever before. Their work keeps the world informed at all times. We respect their freedom to ply their trade unhindered. In today’s world, in many places, journalists are not free to operate. In Trinidad and...

Following a series of incidents and protest action by prisoners at the Golden Grove State Prison, the Honourable Kamla Persad-Bissessar SC, Prime Minister of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, has appointed a special committee to investigate and address issues emanating from...

The call by ‘Fixin TnT’ for my resignation is somewhat amusing. The issues raised are currently engaging the attention of the Integrity Commission and the allegations are all malicious and false. I will cooperate fully with this investigation to clear my name. The...

There are plans for more than 400 farmers to cultivate 6,000 acres of unused land in North East and South East Trinidad, Food Production Minister Devant Maharaj has announced. Speaking at the re-commissioning ceremony for the ministry’s Plant Propagation Station at Marpar Farms...

Four investors, two local and two international, have signed memoranda of understanding (MOU) with Caroni GREEN, with a combined investment capital value of $310 million, that are expected to generate 940 permanent and seasonal jobs within a three-year period. Food Production...

AG Ramlogan condemns the attempt by the Chairman of the Integrity Commission, Ken Gordon to “pass the buck” by blaming the Registrar for the suppression of the letter advising him that the Commission had launched an investigation. This investigation was in response to...

Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar will chair a meeting of the Caricom Bureau of Heads next week to deal with the issue of persons of Haitians descent born in the Dominican Republic after 1929, being denied citizenship based on a Constitutional Court ruling. An Office of the...

Today, November 14th Trinidad and Tobago joins the international community in observing World Diabetes Day. According to the International Diabetes Federation (IDF), in 2011 over 366 million persons worldwide were diagnosed with diabetes. That number, according to IDF projections...

PM : “There is not a morning that I wake up when I do not think about what is in the best interest of the citizens of Trinidad and Tobago. It is their will that guides me in every decision that I make” The Office of the Prime Minister today issued a statement regarding an...