Baby grant offers a helping hand

By Capil Bissoon One of the more contentious issues coming out of the 2015 Budget is the Government’s decision to offer a $500 one-year grant to underprivileged women for their. The Government’s thinking is that the first year of a baby’s life is most critical and good nutrition...
Posted On 17 Sep 2014
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UNC Youth Arm calls on UWI Guild to be more Sensitive and Diverse

The Youth Arm of the United National Congress wishes to express its appreciation for the timely intervention of UWI Principal Professor Clement Sankat over the proposed Post-Budget discussion hosted by the UWI Guild of Students in partnership with the PNM Youth League. There are...
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Drilling Academy opens at Ste Madeleine

Energy Chamber president Roger Packer says the newly opened National Energy Skills Centre (NESC) Drilling Academy is a dream come true for the local energy sector which is currently facing a labour shortage. Speaking at the official opening of the $18.8 million state-of-the-art...
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Former energy minister Errol Mahabir: New drilling programmes are ‘game changers’

New petroleum discoveries would lead to a great future for T&T, said Errol Mahabir, former minister of petroleum and mines, who served in the 1970s under the Eric Williams administration. Mahabir was at the time speaking at the National Energy’s (NE)—formerly National Energy...
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