PRIME MINISTER RETURNS HOME

Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar SC, returned to Trinidad this morning after spending a week visiting her ailing sister in New York. The Prime Minister was aboard BW 425 which landed at Piarco International Airport at 6.25 am. She was met on arrival by several Cabinet...
Posted On 05 Jan 2014
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Guardian Newspapers faces legal action

Petrotrin’s Explores its legal options against Guardian Media Limited Petrotrin’s attorneys have reviewed the Headline Story “Petrotrin audit uncovers oil line neglect…. Unchecked for 17 years” carried in today’s Guardian on Saturday, 2014 January 04, and have...
Posted On 04 Jan 2014
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AG aids return of $5.5m fraud accused

…On 69 charges, held in Canada after fleeing Attorney General Anand Ramlogan has “successfully facilitated” the return of Trinidadian Raymond Fran­cis from Canada to face a $5.5 million fraud charge in this country. Francis is wanted in Tobago regarding 69 unrelated...
Posted On 04 Jan 2014
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Energy Minister Pleased with S&P Assessment

Minister of Energy and Energy Affairs Kevin Ramnarine is very pleased with Standard and Poor’s (S&P) affirmation of Trinidad and Tobago’s foreign and local currency sovereign credit ratings as “A/A-1”. The S&P report was published on December 24, 2013. The Ministry of...
Posted On 03 Jan 2014
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National Oil Spill Contingency Plan Has Worked Well

The Ministry of Energy and Energy Affairs (MEEA) notes with concern the misleading editorial of the Trinidad Guardian dated January 1, 2014 headlined, “Oil spill contingency plan collapses.” Contrary to what was said in that editorial, the facts are that the National Oil Spill...
Posted On 03 Jan 2014
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‘Strong evidence’ of sabotage

PETROTRIN chairman, Lindsay Gillette, yesterday declared there was “strong evidence” which suggests that two of the 11 oil spills which occurred over the last two weeks were acts of sabotage. However, he said the exact causes of all these spills remain unclear, and under...
Posted On 03 Jan 2014
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PM sends condolences on the passing of Therese Mills

Prime Minister : A truly remarkable woman The Honourable Kamla Persad-Bissessar SC, Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, has sent condolences to the family and colleagues of Newsday’s Executive Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Mrs Therese Mills, who died earlier...
Posted On 02 Jan 2014
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MEDIA RELEASE: Update on Oil Spill

Petroleum Company of Trinidad and Tobago Limited Administration Building · Pointe-a-Pierre · Trinidad · West Indies · Telephone: (868) 658-4200/10/20/30 · Telefax: (868) 658-1315 · Telex: 39367/39373  Sharing the Concerns of Its Public’s  Petrotrin’s Management continues to share...
Posted On 02 Jan 2014
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PM’s NEW YEAR MESSAGE

My fellow citizens, as we begin the year 2014, I wish to take this opportunity to extend to each and every one of you my sincere wish that you would enjoy good health, joy and success in the new year and beyond. The past year has been a mixed one, with highs and lows, successes...
Posted On 31 Dec 2013
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Haitian President thanks PM Persad-Bissessar

The following letter was sent to the Honourable Kamla Persad-Bissessar SC, Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago by the President of Haiti, Michel Martelly following the Memorial Service for the late Nelson Mandela, in South Africa. Madame Prime Minister, With my return to Haiti,...
Posted On 31 Dec 2013
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