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Fellow citizens, today marks a very special commemoration on our calendar of observances. On behalf of my family, the government and on my own behalf, I recognize, celebrate and express my sincere gratitude to all the mothers of Trinidad and Tobago. For most of us, it is the...

THE East Port-of-Spain Development Corporation has handed over to the San Juan/Laventille Regional Corporation a $1.9-million upgraded pavilion and other facilities at the Morvant Recreation Ground. The works done by a contractor from the community, Aqucan Construction Company...

AS IF TO underline her promise that her legacy would not be in construction of tall buildings, Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar spent the better half of yesterday opening two new projects — the $400.5 million St Mary’s junction to Grant’s Road, Rousillac segment of the San...

Babies born six months ago are to get a gift of a “backpay” in a $100 million initiative to help parents cover the expenses of caring for children in the first year of their life. Once born on October 1, 2014 and after, babies will benefit from a $500 a month grant under the Baby...

Royal Dutch Shell yesterday gave a firm commitment to continued investment in the local energy sector, and a stronger, reinforced partnership with Trinidad and Tobago. Shell’s chief executive officer (CEO), Ben van Beurden, gave this assurance yesterday during a meeting with...

T&T ranks 70th in the latest World Economic Forum’s (WEF) Global Information Technology Report (GITR). The 14th edition of the report, a comprehensive assessment of how prepared an economy is to apply the benefits of ICTs to promote economic growth and well-being, was...

PRIME Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar yesterday identified economic benefits as one of the core reasons behind Government’s decision to establish an embassy in Panama. Addressing the formal opening of the embassy in Panama City, prior to her departure from the Central American...

KINGSTON: April 9, 2015*: Trinidad and Tobago’s Prime Minister, Kamla Persad-Bissessar, says she is very concerned of the threat of terrorism, not only for her country, but for the entire Caribbean region. Speaking ahead of today’s meeting of CARICOM leaders and the United States...

On behalf of the Government of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, I extend greetings to the Christian community as they celebrate Easter 2015 – a most important religious event in the Christian Calendar. It is a time when Christians all over the world celebrate the resurrection...

PEOPLE who could not walk, the blind, deaf and others with varying disabilities filled a section of the Southern Academy for the Performing Arts (SAPA) where emotions ran high yesterday, as they received keys from government to home sweet homes, specially outfitted for them. Over...

Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar has promised members of the Spiritual Shouter Baptist faith another first — this time a secondary school. Having been granted a day of their own to celebrate their faith, a primary school that had been promised to them by former prime...

On behalf of the Government of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, and my family, I extend greetings to the entire Spiritual Shouter Baptist Community as they commemorate and celebrate Spiritual Shouter Baptist Liberation Day 2015. Today is a day for celebration as Shouter...