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The Editor: Petrotrin in a recent press release stated that it had won an arbitration victory in a case before the London Court of International Arbitration. The state-owned oil company indicated that the case was brought against Petrotrin by World GTL Inc. and World GTL St....

“MINISTRY OF ENERGY CONCURS WITH MOODY’S ASSESSMENT THAT RENEWED INVESTMENT IN EXPLORATION WILL INVIGORATE THE ENERGY SECTOR” The Ministry Of Energy and Energy Affairs (MEEA) has reviewed the latest assessment by Moody’s of the national economy and concurs with its conclusions...

The Editor:  For far too long we hear about calamities happening in our nation’s hospitals with a subsequent burst of outcry from the citizens. This outcry lasts only for a few days and then it all becomes a faint memory. One significant way to fix this problem is to establish a...

Dear Editor: The Attorney General recently mentioned that he is considering moving towards the establishment of a Medical Complaints Council and a no-fault-based-compensation system. There are many advantages to this. Several countries have no-fault compensation systems for...

Dear Editor: Reading the facts surrounding the failed WGTL-Petrotrin Gas to Liquids facility that is currently being highlighted in the newspapers, one cannot help but be thoroughly disenchanted at the lack of governance and the absolute and total abdication of fiduciary...

PRIME Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar yesterday gave the assurance that Government is not going to take any unilateral decision to pass legislation in Parliament that will ban parents from punishing children in their homes. The Prime Minister made this clear to reporters after an...

I am not surprised that the DPP has denied that Senator Faris Al Rawi obtained copies of the PCA and police reports into the Flying Squad from his office. This in fact confirms my previous statements that these documents were not leaked to the PNM by the Office of the DPP. Two...

Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar, SC, today (Wednesday April 23, 2014) continued the National Conversation with a meeting with the Consortium of Disability Organisations (CODO) in St Ann’s. During the meeting, the Prime Minister told members and representatives of...

As we celebrate World Earth Month in the build up to ‘World Environment Day’ 2014, the UNC Youth Arm as it has done over the past 3 years under Chairman Nicholas Morris remains steadfast in its commitment to the preservation of the environment through youth action. In...

High income levels… Moody’s Investors Service has reaffirmed Trinidad and Tobago’s Baa1 sovereign credit rating based on relatively high income levels, driven by the country’s large and diversified energy sector, Finance Minister Larry Howai said in a release yesterday....