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Babies born six months ago are to get a gift of a “backpay” in a $100 million initiative to help parents cover the expenses of caring for children in the first year of their life. Once born on October 1, 2014 and after, babies will benefit from a $500 a month grant under the Baby...

Royal Dutch Shell yesterday gave a firm commitment to continued investment in the local energy sector, and a stronger, reinforced partnership with Trinidad and Tobago. Shell’s chief executive officer (CEO), Ben van Beurden, gave this assurance yesterday during a meeting with...

FORESTRY DIVISION SEEKS TO REDUCE FOREST FIRES IN COMMEMORATION OF WORLD EARTH DAY The Honourable Ramona Ramdial, Minister of State in the Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources spoke of World Earth Day and the dangers of forest fires as she addressed the Chaguanas...

If I were an undecided voter I would still be one after last week’s heavily advertised People’s National Movement (PNM) mass national meeting at St Augustine. Such a gathering should have attracted thousands but the meeting was more like a wake than an event by a party aspiring...

When the PNM was in power, I was the President of the local chapter of the Global Organisation for People of Indian Origin (GOPIO) and an executive member of the largest and most powerful hindu organisation, the Sanatan Dharma Maha Sabha. I received numerous complaints of...

Saturday, April 18 2015 THE EDITOR: As director, customer care at WASA, I feel compelled to respond to the erroneous and misleading information put forward by Maxie Cuffie, prospective PNM candidate for La Horquetta/Talparo, that was carried in your newspaper on April 15. Cuffie...

T&T ranks 70th in the latest World Economic Forum’s (WEF) Global Information Technology Report (GITR). The 14th edition of the report, a comprehensive assessment of how prepared an economy is to apply the benefits of ICTs to promote economic growth and well-being, was...

by Jai Parasram How often we have encountered the reality of that profound statement! Take for example, Opposition Leader Dr. Keith Rowley, who delivered an Easter message full of moral advice on how to live and coexist in our multi-cultural, poly-ethnic society. The leader of...

By Kevin Ramnarine Our nation’s energy sector naturally evokes interest given that it has long been our economic foundation. T&T’s energy sector is a strong global brand. PM Kamla Persad-Bissessar in speaking recently in Panama noted that T&T accounts for 17 per cent and...

Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar on Monday extended condolences to the family of senior journalist Sandra Chouthi, who died following a battle with cancer. In a statement issued Monday afternoon, Prime Minister Persad-Bissessar said: “Sandra was a true beacon of...