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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....

Attorney General Anand Ramlogan recently returned from the Bahamas where he led a delegation on behalf of the Government at the 38th Plenary Meeting of the Caribbean Financial Action Task Force (CFATF) in Freeport, Grand Bahama. That delegation comprised the Director and other...

The Honourable Kamla Persad-Bissessar SC, Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, will chair a special meeting of the Bureau of Caricom Heads of Government on Tuesday, November 26, 2013, at 10.30 am at the Diplomatic Centre, St Ann’s, to examine the Dominican Republic...

US OVERSEAS PROSECUTORIAL DEPARTMENT PAYS COURTESY CALL ON AG RAMLOGAN Attorney General Anand Ramlogan met with Mr. Major Coleman, CBSI Regional Legal Advisor for the Caribbean Office of Overseas Prosecutorial Development, Assistance and Training (OPDAT) last Friday as part of...

PRIME MINISTER KAMLA PERSAD-BISSESSAR CONGRATULATES JUSTICE HENDERSON ON HIS ELECTION AS A JUDGE OF THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT. ONE MORE EXAMPLE OF OUR POLICY OF ROBUST DIPLOMATIC ENGAGEMENT IN THE GLOBAL ARENA. Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar today congratulated...

Today, Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar was presented with the IAPC Democracy Medal. Award winning political consultant Mr. Matthew Alvarez McMillan made the presentation during the Media Christmas Luncheon at the Diplomatic Centre. The International Association of Political...

AG Ramlogan rejects the view expressed by the Integrity Commission (“the IC”) that it was under no obligation to apologise to him and that it “merely extended discretionary courtesy” when it did so. The IC quite properly, apologised for not informing him that he was under...

In today’s world, journalists play a pivotal social role, more so than ever before. Their work keeps the world informed at all times. We respect their freedom to ply their trade unhindered. In today’s world, in many places, journalists are not free to operate. In Trinidad and...