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The dream of owning a home will be easier to achieve as Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar announced last night a Cabinet-approved mortgage plan for people earning less than $8,000. Speaking at the United National Congress (UNC) public meeting at the Barataria community centre...

The PM has officially announced the Local Election date (Monday Oct 21,2013) the UNC will be receiving nominations for local government candidates for the upcoming local government elections. Nomination forms can be collected from Rienzi Complex. between nine am and three pm....

By LARA PICKFORD-GORDON There have been calls (vociferous, persistent, bitter and biting) for Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar to take action and remove Minister of National Security Jack Warner from his portfolio. She should ask him to step aside until a determination is...

Address by Minister Kevin Ramnarine at the signing of the Agreement for the Methanol to Di methyl ether (DME) petrochemical plants Good morning and “Ohayou” to our friends from Japan. Today we meet to sign the Project Development Agreement for the Methanol to Di methyl ether...

by Robin Montano When I first qualified as a lawyer I was taught a great trick in cross examination: put a question to a witness in such a way that no matter how he answered he would effectively admit whatever it was that you were trying to get out of him. A classic example of...

LAVENTILLE residents are thankful for the joint army and police patrols and hope it can continue as peace has returned to their area with the patrols being resumed. The joint patrols have been in effect for more than a month after an increase in criminal activity in the area....

Muser Stoute wants to learn skills that could help him do his own electrical wiring, technological work and improve his talents. It was for this reason the 19-year-old has enrolled with the Youth Training and Employment Partnership Programme (YTEPP). Stoute, who lives in Moruga,...

The amount of resources Ish and Steve possess, they were able to hire a ton-load of very gifted and highly successful lawyers to argue their case before Justice Mira Dean-Armorer. Yes, the Attorney General had the likes of Lord Pannick and the Solicitor General on his team, but...

Sangre Grande residents agree with councillor Dayne Francois that despite the eastern community having the highest unemployment rate in the country, crime remains at an all time low. Francois, the Sangre Grande North/West councillor, speaking at a legitimacy exercise in the...

Joint letter from Mrs. Alison Bethel McKenzie, IPI Executive Director and Mr. Wesley Gibbings, President of the Association of Caribbean Media Workers. The Honourable Dr. Surujrattan Rambachan, MP Member for Tabaquite Minister of Local Government Vienna, April 4, 2013 Dear Dr....