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Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar yesterday condemned what have been termed a degrading statement against women by Opposition Leader Dr Keith Rowley earlier this week. Speaking during an International Women’s Day observance at the Diplomatic Centre, St Ann’s, last night,...

HOUSING and Urban Development Minister Dr Roodal Moonilal not only kept good his promise to deliver 100 houses per week for the rest of the year, but increased that number by a further eleven persons as he started the housing distribution programme at a key distribution ceremony...

Patients with renal failure who require dialysis treatment will no longer have to wait months to receive that treatment. Relief is coming as the Ministry of Health has authorised 16 private health institutions to provide dialysis treatment within five days of the ministry’s...

PRIME Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar is urging this country’s young citizens to embrace innovation and use it to develop this country. In her Commonwealth Day 2015 message, the Prime Minister observed this year’s celebration has a very relevant theme, “A Young Commonwealth...

Statement by the Honourable Kamla Persad-Bissessar, SC, MP Prime Minister of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago On the occasion of International Women’s Day 2015 “Empowering Women-Empowering Humanity: Picture It” Today, March 8th, as women across the world recognize and...

YESTERDAY, for the first time, cyclists were able to try out their new track at the National Cycling Velodrome in Couva, next to Ato Boldon Stadium. And they had only good reports for Sport Minister Brent Sancho who visited the facility. The Velodrome, one of the mega projects...

TERTIARY Education and Skills Training Minister Fazal Karim yesterday launched the Metal Industries Company’s (MIC) first ever welding caravan at MIC headquarters Century Drive, Trincity Industrial Estate in Macoya. In delivering the feature address, Karim described the Caravan...

Central farmers no longer have to get up at 3 am to go to Tunapuna or Port-of-Spain to sell their produce. From next week, the farmers will be wholesaling their produce at their own Central Farmers’ Wholesale Market at Woodford Lodge, Chaguanas. The newly-renovated 22,680 square...

THE STATE has allocated 500 acres of land at Felicity for the production of $6 million in rice annually, Food Production Minister Devant Maharaj announced yesterday. “Rice has been identified as a key staple to be targeted for increased local production,” Maharaj said, speaking...

The governments of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago and the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela expressed their commitment to the advancement of the process of Unitization of Hydrocarbon Reservoirs between the two Republics. The Unitization process seeks to develop important...

Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar SC visited 11 temples in her Siparia constituency between Tuesday night and Wednesday morning in observance of the Hindu festival of Maha Shiva Raatri. The celebration started shortly after 9 pm on Tuesday and ended around 4.30 am on...

With videos of students engaged in bullying and other acts of violence at the nation’s schools increasingly finding its way onto social media, Prime Minister Kamla Persad- Bissessar yesterday revealed that Education Minister, Dr Tim Gopeesingh had been asked to present the...