Renovations at Grande hospital

Renovations at the Accident and Emergency Department of the Sangre Grande Hospital would not affect any other services of the Hospital, according to the Eastern Regional Health Authority (ERHA). In a press release, the ERHA stated that the Department would be temporarily...
Posted On 02 Jun 2013
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Benefits for TT from Biden, Xi Jinping visits

International relations experts say United States vice-president Joe Biden’s whirlwind visit to Trinidad and Tobago, early last week, will ultimately benefit this country, if only to eliminate doubt that the US influence in the region had waned.
Posted On 02 Jun 2013
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100 Chinese medics for TT, funding for Arima hospital

CHINA will send 100 medical professionals to Trinidad and Tobago and Caricom over the next three years and will assist in financing arrangements for a new hospital at Arima, Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar announced yesterday, after meeting with China’s visiting President...
Posted On 02 Jun 2013
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DCP RICHARDSON ABUSED

Deputy Police Commissioner Mervyn Richardson was forced to flee from a supermarket in East Trinidad on Friday after a group of shoppers began verbally abusing him. Richardson, who was in the company of his wife at about 10 am on Friday, was placing grocery items on his trolley...
Posted On 02 Jun 2013
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End of days for Rowley?

The e-mail game gripping the nation for the past ten days has revealed the true state of the once great Peo­ple’s National Move­ment (PNM). The Oppo­si­tion Leader’s unpopularity within his party is greater than I believed it to be.
Posted On 01 Jun 2013
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COUVA Children’s Hospital

The Couva Children’s Hospital will stand on a 60-acre site on lands from the former Caroni (1975) Limited. The estimated cost of construction is US$150 million (TT$ 975M). Funding for the institution is through a Government-to-Government arrangement with China. The Memorandum of...
Posted On 01 Jun 2013
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Speaking notes for PM Kamla Persad-Bissessar at Press Conference with President Xi Jinping

Good afternoon .. and welcome. Today has been an historic day for us in Trinidad and Tobago since it marks the first time we have had the honour of hosting a President of the People’s Republic of China on a state visit.
Posted On 01 Jun 2013
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Magdalena wins TripAdvisor award

Magdalena Grand Beach Resort in Tobago has earned its second consecutive Certificate of Excellence award from TripAdvisor. It recognises the resort in the top-performing ten per cent of all businesses worldwide—the resort is ranked number one of all Tobago properties listed—who...
Posted On 01 Jun 2013
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Lake Asphalt in deal with Chinese firm

The ties between Trinidad and Tobago and China are set to get stronger as State-owned asphalt production company, Lake Asphalt, yesterday signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Chinese firm Beijing Oriental Yuhong Waterproofing Technology Co Ltd.
Posted On 01 Jun 2013
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T&T, US sign deal on ‘clean’ energy

Trinidad and Tobago and the United States Department of Energy have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to facilitate cooperation on scientific, technical and policy aspects of energy efficiency and clean energy technologies through the exchange of ideas and information.
Posted On 01 Jun 2013
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