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THE prayers of 500 people were answered yesterday as their names were selected at a live random electronic lottery draw at the Housing Development Corporation (HDC) South Quay head-offices in Port-of-Spain. There was a tense atmosphere at the HDC as scores of persons assembled in...

PRIME Minister and United National Congress (UNC) political leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar is expected to preside over the party’s screening of candidates at Rienzi Complex, Couva headquarters tomorrow evening. The constituencies expected to be screened are Diego Martin North...

Dear Editor, I would like to commend the Prime Minister and her government for having the leadership and vision for a better Trinidad and Tobago. The most eagerly awaited of those is the new Couva Children’s Hospital. In the words of the Prime Minister, it is “truly amazing...

Dear Editor, It takes someone with vision and love for country to pledge support for and bring to fruition some of the initiatives that directly benefits the citizenry in a most tangible way. It was with this vision that the “Children’s Life Fund” was set up...

Villagers accuse PNM of neglect, while… By ANNA POLIAH VILLAGERS of Bandoo Trace, St Margaret’s are forever thankful for the change in government in 2010, which saw Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar as T&T’s first female leader. The entire village was given a new look...

The Editor: Today I remembered a speech given by the CEO of the energy chamber a couple years ago when he posed the question to the audience; what kind of Prime Minister (PM) do you want? Do you want one that’s flying all over the world and building connections plus getting out...

By: Kamla Persad-Bissessar SC WHAT an exciting week since I last wrote for you. I dealt with the gruesome twosome of Rowley and Warner and put them back in their box in a speech in Debe, I was serenaded as I officially opened the Febeau Primary School in San Juan and opened the...

I spent a cold rainy Sunday afternoon looking at a 1995 American neo-noir crime thriller ‘The Usual Suspects’. This movie which had Academy award winning best supporting actor Kevin Spacey was about a small time con man and his daring exploits. Later in the night looking at the...

PRIME Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar on Saturday joined a combined national security force in Enterprise, Chaguanas, as she took forward ‘Operation Restore 2’ to return peace and safety to the people of the central community. Following the weekly Cabinet meeting on Thursday, the...

THE habitual distortion and manipulation of facts by the Opposition PNM and its Leader, Dr Keith Rowley, have crossed the line, with the latest attempt to create doubt about the legality of the date of the 2015 general election. A statement from the PRO and Campaign Manager of...