UNC calls on Guardian. Express to withdraw politicians as columnists

The United National Congress notes with deep concern a matter that affects fairness and balance in the media. This matter goes to the very root of our democracy as it relates to the role of the fourth estate in providing our citizenry with “objective” information upon which they...
Posted On 09 Oct 2014
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Lights at Orange Valley Recreation Ground

ORANGE Valley residents saw a night filled with lights, weeks before the celebration of Divali, as the Trinidad & Tobago Electricity Commission (T&TEC) officially illuminated the Orange Valley Recreation Ground on Tuesday. $685,292.00 was spent on this project which...
Posted On 09 Oct 2014
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Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) is a Global threat

The Minister of National Security Senator the Honourable Gary Griffith wishes to state that on September 12, 2014 the CIA assessed that between 20,000 and 31,500 fighters across Iraq and Syria were part of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS). More than 15,000 foreign...
Posted On 08 Oct 2014
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Kublalsingh Fails to File an Appeal

I wish to advise that I have been informed by the Privy Council Agents for the State that they have searched the Privy Council records and no appeal has been lodged by Dr. Kublalsingh and the Highway Re-route Movement to date. I had in fact consented to the ‘Grant of Leave’...
Posted On 08 Oct 2014
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Bharath: Rowley’s words are weapons of mass distortion

THE words and claims of the Leader of the Opposition are nothing but weapons of mass distortion and his latest allegations about Government advertising has once again proven that he cannot be trusted to speak the truth to the people of Trinidad & Tobago. This according to...
Posted On 07 Oct 2014
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PM Pays Tribute to Geoffrey Holder

“GEOFFREY HOLDER’S DEATH LEAVES A HUGE VOID” Trinidad and Tobago, and indeed the world, has lost a true friend in Geoffrey Lamont Holder, Tony-winning actor, dancer, artist, book author, music composer, and choreographer who died in New York on Sunday at the age...
Posted On 07 Oct 2014
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Reintroduction of Blue and Gold Macaws at Nariva Swamp

Minister of the Environment and Water Resources, senator Ganga Singh will begin his ministry’s efforts to repopulated the Nariva Swamp with the Blue and Gold Macaws with the release of several of its species within the protected area of Bush Island in the swamp at 11. am on...
Posted On 04 Oct 2014
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AG Responds to Dr. Keith Rowley: Silence is not an option

The Honourable Attorney General Anand Ramlogan SC, condemns the reckless suggestion made by Opposition Leader Dr Keith Rowley that the government should have “stayed away” and refused to support President Barack Obama’s UN Resolution against foreign terrorist...
Posted On 01 Oct 2014
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Vision on Mission Continues to Receive Government Funding

  “Ministry of the People and Social Development Addresses Statements in the Express of September 26th 2014” October 1st, 2014 – On Friday September 26th 2014 the Trinidad Express published an article titled “Gov’t to end $$ for Vision on Mission,” which indicated that the...
Posted On 01 Oct 2014
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PRIME MINISTER HONOURED IN SOUTH MIAMI

The Honourable Kamla Persad-Bissessar SC, Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, was honoured on Monday night at a T&T Republic Day dinner hosted by the Consul General in Miami, Dr Anil Ramnanan. In her address to over 400 nationals, PM Persad-Bissessar spoke of the...
Posted On 30 Sep 2014
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