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Today, the Trinidad and Tobago Parliament will be discussing The Libel and Defamation (Amendment) Bill, 2013. This amendment to the Libel and Defamation Act, Chap. 11:16 will abolish malicious defamatory libel. At present, under Section 9 of the Libel and Defamation Act for the...

PRIME Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar has described the new collaborative partnership of On the Job Training Programme (OJT) and the United Nations system of Trinidad & Tobago as “a quantum leap forward” for trainees who will now have exposure to work experience on the global...

Attorney General Anand Ramlogan notes with sadness the passing of former AG Mr. Karl Hudson-Phillips Q.C.  Mr. Hudson-Phillips or “Karl”, as he was affectionately known, was a larger than life character who dominated the political and legal landscape during his distinguished...

 PM offers condolences to the family of the late Karl Hudson-Phillips.   The death of Queen’s Counsel Karl Hudson-Phillips on Wednesday brings to an end, an era of legal luminaries in Trinidad and Tobago. His death was unexpected as he had travelled to London, England, a...

Petrotrin continues to make significant progress in cleaning the beaches, shoreline and affected areas along the south western peninsula. Today a delegation of senior Petrotrin officials including Chairman Lindsay Gillette and President Khalid Hassanali visited the Pt. Sable and...

As Petrotrin has already indicated, the preliminary investigative report into the incident is inaccurate and any inference that the line has not been inspected and/or maintained over the last 17 years is without merit. The marine facility plays a major part in the daily...

Today, the Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago officially opened the new Teaching Hospital at Chancery Lane. In August, 2011, the Honourable Prime Minister mandated that UDECOTT work in conjunction with the Ministry of Health and the South-West Regional Health Authority to...

Today, the Ministry of National Security together with the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS) officially launches the Rapid Response Unit (RRU). The RRU is a new crime-fighting measure that will assist law enforcement. It is geared towards a more timely and effective...

Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar SC, returned to Trinidad this morning after spending a week visiting her ailing sister in New York. The Prime Minister was aboard BW 425 which landed at Piarco International Airport at 6.25 am. She was met on arrival by several Cabinet...

Petrotrin’s Explores its legal options against Guardian Media Limited Petrotrin’s attorneys have reviewed the Headline Story “Petrotrin audit uncovers oil line neglect…. Unchecked for 17 years” carried in today’s Guardian on Saturday, 2014 January 04, and have...