Kamla sheds tears for murder victims

Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar yesterday announced that a police/army post would be set up at Duncan Street, Port-of-Spain, within the next 24 to 48 hours, as the effort to curb the recent spate of murders there was intensified. The PM said so on the compound of Building...
Posted On 16 Aug 2013
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Strange precedence set by the Integrity Commission

Being good is easy, what is difficult is being just.” ― Victor Hugo (French poet, playwright, novelist, essayist, visual artist and statesman) Dear Editor: In an interesting move by the Integrity Commission, they have initiated an investigation into a claim made on the platform...
Posted On 16 Aug 2013
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Prime Minister congratulates Jehue Gordon on winning Gold

The Honourable Kamla Persad-Bissessar, SC, MP, Prime Minister of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, has congratulated Mr. Jehue Gordon, for winning Gold in the 400m hurdles final at the 14th IAAF World Athletics Championships at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow, Russia, earlier...
Posted On 15 Aug 2013
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108 get housing comfort

Squatters from across the country came one step closer to peace of mind yesterday. The Land Settlement Agency (LSA) distributed 108 certificates of comfort to squatter families from across the country at City Hall Auditorium, San Fernando. Recipients yesterday were from...
Posted On 15 Aug 2013
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Trinidad and Tobago favourably highlighted in AmericanWay

The Honourable Kamla Persad-Bissessar, Prime Minister of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, yesterday (Tuesday 13th August, 2013) received a first copy of ‘AmercianWay’, American Airlines AAdvantage inflight magazine for July-August 2013, in which Trinidad and Tobago is...
Posted On 14 Aug 2013
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Speaking with two tongues

THE EDITOR: This is an open letter to the interim political leader of the Independent Liberal Party. I recently read that you said the Chaguanas West bye-election was one you never wanted, a fracas we could have done without. I should now ask you, who called this upon the party,...
Posted On 14 Aug 2013
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Warner is setting a bad example

Jack Warner has some nerve in dragging other people’s names down the gutter as his was. The man needs to understand that people now want to see what you can bring to the table – your solutions, your policies, your vision. Kindly raise your standard of politics Mr. Warner many...
Posted On 13 Aug 2013
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Government, Neal and Massy and Mitsubishi reaffirm commitment to petrochemical plant

Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar and Minister of Energy and Energy Affairs Kevin Ramnarine met today (Tuesday 13th August 2013) with a senior delegation from the Mitsubishi Corporation including the Chairman of Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Kazuo Sakai and the Executive Vice...
Posted On 13 Aug 2013
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PM has power to dismiss cabal

Dear Editor As a supporter of the PP Government, I am disturbed by the repeated accusation that there is a so called cabal in the government of Kamla Persad Bissessar.  Interestingly while this accusation has been made particularly by Jack Warner, media practitioners have also...
Posted On 13 Aug 2013
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Prime Minister’s message on International Youth Day

It is very ironic that the theme of this year’s International Youth Day is, “Youth Migration: Moving Development Forward”. The 2013 observance of International Youth Day,  is to raise awareness of the opportunities and risks associated with youth migration...
Posted On 12 Aug 2013
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