Signature Projects of the Youth Arm as they deliver for 2014

As Youth Arm Chairman of the United National Congress together with the Honorable Attorney General Anand RamloganSc. upon the direction , guidance and patronage of the Honorable Prime Minister Kamla Persad Bissessar we have been able to develop and better the lives of hundreds of...
Posted On 21 Apr 2014
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AG responds to Fixin TnT

FIXIN T&T is a branch of the PNM that masquerades as an NGO. It is a one-man PNM splinter sideshow which provides strategic political support for the PNM. Mr Waithe has been obsessed with the Attorney General (AG) since the AG asked the following questions which he has...
Posted On 21 Apr 2014
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AG has a valid point

THe Editor: As Mr. Lennox Grant stated in one of his columns, the media became important just when, as a sector of identifiable activity, it began to look like a dangerous place to find oneself. As the media claimed character as “social”, suddenly, the familiar witness-and-record...
Posted On 21 Apr 2014
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Damned if do damned if you don’t

The Editor: I definitely won’t like to be a government official in Trinidad and Tobago. To hold such an office requires that you have a back with a hard shell like a turtle. There are many letters in our daily newspapers condemning the actions and non-actions of our Prime...
Posted On 21 Apr 2014
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A maturing society

Dear Editor: Gone were the days when we longed to be like the United States of America (US). T&T being a developing country has in the past always followed in the footsteps of the US. I was very happy to see that legislation for finger printing deportees will be introduced...
Posted On 21 Apr 2014
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A spade is a spade

To “call a spade a spade” is a figure of speech, which explicitly calls out something as it is. The implication is not to lie about what something is and instead to speak honestly and directly about a topic, specifically topics that others may avoid speaking about due...
Posted On 21 Apr 2014
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Prime Minister’s Easter Message

I welcome this opportunity to greet the citizens of our nation as we, together, observe Easter. This is the most important celebration in the Christian calendar commemorating the resurrection of Jesus Christ. And as has been our tradition in Trinidad & Tobago, all citizens,...
Posted On 19 Apr 2014
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Rise in tertiary education students

THE student participation rate for Tertiary education in Trinidad and Tobago has now risen to a high of 57 percent, Tertiary Education and Skills Training Minister Fazal Karim revealed during debate on the Nurses and Midwives Bill (Amendment) in the Senate on Tuesday. “When I...
Posted On 18 Apr 2014
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REPORTS OF ILLEGAL QUARRYING ON SAN FERNANDO HILL

The Ministry of Energy and Energy Affairs (MEEA) today received reports of illegal quarrying activity in the vicinity of the San Fernando Hill. Upon receipt of this report a team of officers was dispatched to investigate the allegation. The preliminary findings of this team...
Posted On 17 Apr 2014
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PM Launches the National Conversation at El Dorado

Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar SC this afternoon launched the National Conversation, beginning with an event at the Academy of Nursing and Allied Health in El Dorado. The Prime Minister said, “My leadership style has always been to listen first and then lead. Over the...
Posted On 17 Apr 2014
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