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Today, Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar launched 20 Pledges for 2020, her plan for the next five years of a People’s Partnership government. “We can continue to build a better Trinidad & Tobago by keeping our economy on track, continuing to invest in education and skills...

DIVERSIFICATION of T&T’s economy through the Blue, Green and Silver Economies articulated by Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar continues at rapid fire speed. PM Kamla has spoken of the blue economy to diversify our energy-based economy, create jobs, protect the...

The Ministry of Energy and Energy Affairs, formally commissioned Trinidad & Tobago’s first fully solar-powered, energy efficient home with an official ceremony event on Tuesday 28th July 2015 at The University of Trinidad and Tobago Point Lisas Campus at 3:30PM. Senator the...

My fellow citizens, today we proudly celebrate the 177th Anniversary of Emancipation in Trinidad and Tobago. This year also marks the commencement of the International Decade for People of African Descent, as proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly, and will be observed...

Address by Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar SC on the Occasion of the Opening of the National Enrichment Centre Carlsen Field on Tuesday July 21, 2015 Introduction It is my pleasure to join with you today in sharing this historic experience of commissioning the National...

Assalam u Alaikum. On behalf of the people and Government of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, I extend warm greetings to our Muslim brothers and sisters on this most auspicious occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr. May Allah continue to shower you, your families and our nation, with...

Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar on Monday challenged Colm Imbert to show what she has done for Diego Martin during his many years as the MP for the area. She made the point as she delivered the feature address at the UNC’s Monday Night Forum at the Country Club in...

THE prayers of 500 people were answered yesterday as their names were selected at a live random electronic lottery draw at the Housing Development Corporation (HDC) South Quay head-offices in Port-of-Spain. There was a tense atmosphere at the HDC as scores of persons assembled in...

PRIME Minister and United National Congress (UNC) political leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar is expected to preside over the party’s screening of candidates at Rienzi Complex, Couva headquarters tomorrow evening. The constituencies expected to be screened are Diego Martin North...

Villagers accuse PNM of neglect, while… By ANNA POLIAH VILLAGERS of Bandoo Trace, St Margaret’s are forever thankful for the change in government in 2010, which saw Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar as T&T’s first female leader. The entire village was given a new look...

ON JULY 24, a total of 140 tenants who have been renting from the Housing Development Corporation (HDC) for the last 30 years will officially become homeowners as they will all receive the deeds to the units they have been occupied all these years. The cost of each unit will only...

Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar on Friday evening promised to intensify efforts to diversify the country’s economy and create more jobs if her Government were to be elected for a second term. Speaking at a United National Congress (UNC) political meeting at St Helena Hindu...