The Chaguaramas Hotel and Convention Center has NOT been sold

The Chaguaramas Development Authority wishes to clarify several inaccuracies related to the Leasing of the Chaguaramas Hotel and Convention Center as reported in the media. The Facts The Chaguaramas Hotel and Convention Center has NOT been sold but is leased for 30 years. The...
Posted On 09 Mar 2015
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International Women’s Day: Kamla continues to empower women

‎The Women’s Arm of the United National Congress wishes the national and international community a Happy International Women’s Day on Sunday 8th March 2015. The United Nations has this year most fittingly chosen the theme ‘Empowering Women – Empowering Humanity:...
Posted On 07 Mar 2015
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CORRECTION TO FALSE NEWS REPORT: Guaico Secondary Students Suspended for Fighting

The Ministry of Education advises that eight (8) students from Guaico Secondary have been suspended pending further investigations into a fight on the school’s compound yesterday, Thursday 5th, March 2015. The school’s principal noticed two vehicles with former students parked...
Posted On 06 Mar 2015
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Update on School Nutrition Programme

The National Schools Dietary Services Limited, the State-owned enterprise which falls under the direction of the Ministry of Education and which has responsibility for the School Nutrition Programme, took a proactive approach in responding to the recent challenge it faced with...
Posted On 26 Feb 2015
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T&T signs historic MOU with IDB to support the energy transformation process in the Caribbean

President of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Mr. Luis Alberto Moreno and the Minister of Planning and Sustainable Development, Senator Dr. the Honourable Bhoendradatt Tewarie yesterday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for the establishment of the Multi Donor...
Posted On 20 Feb 2015
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Couva North Celebrates Shivratri

MAHA SHIVRATRI was celebrated by Hindus across Trinidad & Tobago on Tuesday as they made offerings to Lord Shiva on the night dedicated to His worship. Despite this year’s religious celebration coinciding with Carnival, Hindus still came out in their numbers to various...
Posted On 20 Feb 2015
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Message from PM Kamla on the Occasion of Chinese New Year

Today, February 19th, 2015 marks the start of festivities in celebration of Chinese New Year, the year of the Sheep in the Chinese year 4713. The annual event is the longest and most important celebration in the Chinese calendar. The festivities include reunion of families and...
Posted On 19 Feb 2015
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PM Kamla Congratulates New St Kitts-Nevis PM

Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar has congratulated Dr. Timothy Harris on his appointment as Prime Minister of St. Kitts-Nevis, following General Elections on the island on Monday 16th February, 2015. “On behalf of the Government and people of Trinidad and Tobago and on my...
Posted On 18 Feb 2015
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PM Kamla sends greetings to the Hindu Community on the occasion of Maha Shiva Raatri

Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar today sent greetings to the Hindu Community on the occasion of Maha Shiva Raatri, which is being celebrated tonight in temples and homes throughout Trinidad and Tobago. The ancient festival is dedicated to Lord Shiva, the destroyer of evil in...
Posted On 17 Feb 2015
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PM Kamla concerned about delay in releasing St Kitts and Nevis election results

The Government Trinidad and Tobago is concerned that a day after the closure of polling, authorities in St Kitts and Nevis have not yet declared the results of the election held on Monday, February 16th 2015. In a statement on Tuesday, Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar sai...
Posted On 17 Feb 2015
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