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THE response to the 2015 budget by the Leader of the PNM Opposition was “a deliberate distortion of the truth,” Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar has said. The Prime Minister was speaking Friday following a two-hour response to the budget by the Leader of the PNM Oppositio...

SMALL Tourism Accommodation Owners of TT President, Denise Aleong-Thomas said she was “grateful and surprised” on learning that the 2014/2015 Budget includes a 20 percent reimbursement, up to a maximum of $75,000, for upgrade work on small tourism properties with between one to...

The United National Congress wishes to congratulate the Minister of Finance, Senator Larry Howai, on the presentation of the fifth budget of the People’s Partnership in its term of office. Budget 2014 provides for every strata of our society. While there is a lot of focus on the...

T&T’s first energy port, which was officially opened yesterday at Point Galeota, Guayaguayare, advances government’s plans to form a regional link with energy companies in Suriname, Guyana and north Brazil. So said Energy Minister Kevin Ramnarine who added that US$85 million...

T&T has moved up three places in the latest Global Competitiveness Report, rising from position 92 to 89 out of 144 countries. Balraj Kistow, a member of the faculty of the Arthur Lok Jack Graduate School of Business, unveiled the latest rankings in a presentation at the...

Although the latest Ryder Scott gas reserve audit for T&T shows a seven per cent reduction, Energy Minister Kevin Ramnarine says there are bright prospects in terms of the country’s exploration resources. In his address at the presentation of the audit at the Hyatt Regency,...

Fellow citizens of Trinidad and Tobago, It is with great pride that I join you in celebrating the 52nd Independence Anniversary of our great nation. Our face to the world Much has been bestowed on our beautiful twin-island Republic over the past 52 years. Indeed our history,...

WITH a vote of 18 for and 12 against, the Constitution (Amendment) Bill 2014 was passed in the Upper House, Tower D, International Waterfront Centre, Port of Spain, last night. The vote took place at 11.07 p.m. The Government needed the vote of one Independent senator for the...

The Constitutional Amendment Bill, 2014 is one of the most anticipated Bills to be debated by those who support it and those who oppose the proposals. But there is support coming from regional bodies. On Monday, the Director of the Caribbean Development Research Services, Mr....

Google shoots down ‘Emailgate’: Ramlogan plans to sue Rowley ATTORNEYS representing Attorney General Anand Ramlogan yesterday produced a certified affidavit from Google Inc which they claim invalidates the entire emailgate scandal. They now intend to find the conspirators who...

A GOVERNMENT-commissioned Mori Caribbean poll on the question of proposals in the Constitution (Amendment) Bill 2014 has found that a majority of the population is in support of all three proposals for a threshold/runoff; a right of recall and term limits for prime ministers,...

Even though debate on the Constitution (Amendment) Bill is due to begin in the Senate next Tuesday, Prime Minister Kamla Persad- Bissessar has urged those civil society organisations which have called for the legislation to be delayed to send in their suggestions and...