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YESTERDAY, for the first time, cyclists were able to try out their new track at the National Cycling Velodrome in Couva, next to Ato Boldon Stadium. And they had only good reports for Sport Minister Brent Sancho who visited the facility. The Velodrome, one of the mega projects...

LIKE any other public official, an opposition leader is accountable to the public. The post-holder is expected to conform to the standards applicable to all who serve the nation. Thus, there is no good reason why an opposition leader, like any other Member of Parliament, cannot...

By Capil Bissoon It was former prime minister Patrick Manning who said all that was needed for success in a ministerial position was a “level head and common sense”. While some may debate Mr Manning’s assessment of the qualifications needed for the job, yet he was, given his vast...

TERTIARY Education and Skills Training Minister Fazal Karim yesterday launched the Metal Industries Company’s (MIC) first ever welding caravan at MIC headquarters Century Drive, Trincity Industrial Estate in Macoya. In delivering the feature address, Karim described the Caravan...

Central farmers no longer have to get up at 3 am to go to Tunapuna or Port-of-Spain to sell their produce. From next week, the farmers will be wholesaling their produce at their own Central Farmers’ Wholesale Market at Woodford Lodge, Chaguanas. The newly-renovated 22,680 square...

THE STATE has allocated 500 acres of land at Felicity for the production of $6 million in rice annually, Food Production Minister Devant Maharaj announced yesterday. “Rice has been identified as a key staple to be targeted for increased local production,” Maharaj said, speaking...

The National Schools Dietary Services Limited, the State-owned enterprise which falls under the direction of the Ministry of Education and which has responsibility for the School Nutrition Programme, took a proactive approach in responding to the recent challenge it faced with...

The governments of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago and the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela expressed their commitment to the advancement of the process of Unitization of Hydrocarbon Reservoirs between the two Republics. The Unitization process seeks to develop important...

GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO OFFICE OF THE PRIME MINISTER STATEMENT BY THE HONOURABLE KAMLA PERSAD-BISSESSAR, SC, MP PRIME MINISTER OF THE REPUBLIC OF TRINIDAD & TOBAGO AT THE WORKING VISIT OF H.E. NICOLÁS MADURO MOROS, PRESIDENT OF THE BOLIVARIAN...

By Capil Bissoon If at Carnival or any other occasion someone were to wine behind the Prime Minister and were she to respond, what would the country have said? What would the PNM and Keith Rowley be saying today? I can just envisage the headlines, “Disgraceful behaviour by the...