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Member of Parliament for Couva North, the Honourable Ramona Ramdial’s distribution of a National Commission for Self Help Minor Repair and Reconstruction Grant on September 28, 2015 to the Bickharry family whose home at LP 187 Brickfield Village, Waterloo was destroyed by...

My fellow citizens today as we celebrate our 39th year as a democratic republic within the Commonwealth I am pleased to acknowledge the maturity with which we handled the political change, which happened just a few days ago. While many issues are yet to be resolved, the peaceful...

BARATARIA/SAN JUAN MP Dr Fuad Khan yesterday accused the PNM Government of having no “immediate plans” to deal with crime. “It is clear that the PNM has no immediate plans to deter the rampant murder and crime spree occurring in our nation at this time,” Khan said in a media...

TWO days after losing Monday’s general election, former prime minister Kamla Persad- Bissessar yesterday officially congratulated new Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley and the incoming People’s National Movement (PNM). Her congratulations to Rowley, who is also PNM political leader...

Health Minister Dr Fuad Khan says the construction of a new dialysis centre at the Mt Hope Hospital, through a public-private partnership will save patients from having to go to private institutions and incur exorbitant medical bills. The agreement between government and...

HEALTH Minister Dr Fuad Khan yesterday said the waiting time for CT Scans will now be “almost non-existent” and the delay to get a scan will be “very minimal” following the launch of a Nuclear Medicine Centre at the Eric Williams Medical Sciences Complex at Mount Hope. Dr Khan...

For the very first time, residents of Temple Village, Blanchisseusse Road, Arima, will receive pipeborne water in their homes. Minister of the Environment and Water Resources, Ganga Singh, yesterday commissioned the Verdant Vale Water Supply Project where over 200 villagers would...

Today, we celebrate the day on which Trinidad and Tobago gained its independence in 1962. All the people of Trinidad and Tobago – whether at home or abroad – can be very proud of our achievements, development and influence as an independent nation. We recall that day...

ONCE ELECTED as the Member of Parliament for the marginal San Fernando West constituency, the United National Congress (UNC) candidate, Raziah Ahmed, promises that the waterfront project in the southern city will be at the top of her list of things to enrich the lives of her...

​The Energy Chamber of T&T fully supports the policy of offering shares in state-owned energy sector companies to the investing public in T&T. On Monday, the National Gas Company (NGC) launched its initial public offering (IPO) for T&TNGL, which is a holding company...

Tuesday August 11, 2015 PM Kamla Persad-Bissessar Will Support Successful Graduates and Provide Them with Job Opportunities After Graduation. This morning, Fazal Karim, Minister of Tertiary Education and Skills Training, met reporters at the MIC Institute of Technology, to talk...

Government’s newly-acquired coastal patrol vessel (CPV) CG 25, interceptor (vessel) and supply vessels for the Coast Guard are due to conduct their first coastal patrol training offshore from today, having completed yesterday a period of theoretical training onshore. The CPV and...