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Contrary to demands for immediate “crime plans” by critics, Minister of National Security Senator the Honourable Gary Griffith says he has no intentions to rush down the tried and failed road that the nation has endured before, which involved cosmetic approaches to...

The Ministry of Energy and Energy Affairs (MEEA) was notified by Petrotrin of an incident involving the spillage of fuel oil in the Pointe-a-Pierre jetty area at approximately 9:00 a.m. on December 17, 2013. It was reported that during loading operations oil was observed on the...

Statement by Food Production Minister Devant Maharaj: Yesterday, December 08, 2013 at a Meeting held at the Rienzi Complex, Couva at which addresses were delivered by among others, Mr. Ramesh Lawrence Maharaj, Mr. Basdeo Panday and Mr. Nirvan Maharaj, a number of incorrect and...

The Chair of the CARICOM Conference of Heads of Government, the Honourable Kamla Persad-Bissessar SC, Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, will represent the Community at the Official State Memorial Service to be held on Tuesday 10th December, 2013 in Johannesburg, for Mr...

Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar SC says the world has lost a freedom fighter and statesman with the death of South Africa’s first black President, Nelson Mandela. Mr Mandela died this afternoon at his home in Johannesburg, South Africa, at the age of 95. According to...

“Break barriers, open doors: for an inclusive society for all” is this year’s theme for International Day of Persons with Disabilities. Every individual deserves the right to equality, the right to have full access to all services in a country and the right to fully participate...

PRIME MINISTER Kamla Persad-Bissessar has announced that a Child Protection Task Force will be established with a mandate to review all existing policies, legislation and protocols in place to protect the nation’s children. The Child Protection Task Force’s first task is to...

Article Four of The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948) states: “No one shall be held in slavery or servitude: slavery and the slave trade shall be prohibited in all their forms.” The International Day for the Abolition of Slavery, December 2nd, recalls the adoption, by...

Fellow citizens, HIV and AIDS remain one of the world’s most significant public health challenges. World AIDS Day, observed on the 1st December each year, is an important opportunity when governments, faith organizations, community organizations, and individuals around the world...

The Bureau of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) met in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago on Tuesday 26th November 2013 on the Ruling of the Constitutional Court of the Dominica Republic on Nationality and issued the following statement....