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PM on opposition to Constitution Amendment FACE-TO-FACE Mischief-makers are having a field day with the Constitution Amendment Bill now before the Parliament, laments Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar. In this interview she complains about personal attacks against her, which...

‘Citizenship without freedom to choose like bondage’ Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar says the Constitution (Amendment) Bill 2014 will forever stand as testimony that citizens, and not governments, hold the power in a democracy. In the feature address at her Emancipation...

Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar has dismissed allegations of her Government’s neglect and discrimination towards Opposition constituencies. Persad-Bissessar made the statement at the launch of the $82 million Diego Martin Highway expansion project at playpark, Victoria...

Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar, in a demonstration of her fundamental belief of true democracy, has relieved members of her Cabinet of the doctrine of collective responsibility by allowing all of them to vote according to conscience on the Constitution (Amendment) Bill,...

Attorney General Anand Ramlogan has said that yesterday’s Court of Appeal ruling on the Highway Re-Route Movement (HRM) was a message sent by the judiciary to the State that it must ensure that the law is adhered to. Speaking at a news conference at his office on St Vincent...

…constitution reforms to give power to the people TERM limits, right of recall, run-off ballot voting and fixed dates for Parliament are the changes being made to the nation’s constitution to transfer the power of politicians into the hands of people, Prime Minister Kamla...

Fellow citizens, today, as a nation, we commemorate the 176th Anniversary of Emancipation in Trinidad and Tobago. As you are aware, on August 1, 1985, Trinidad and Tobago became the first country in the world to declare a national holiday to commemorate the abolition of slavery....

Assalamu Al aikum.  On behalf of the Government and people of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago I extend warm greetings to the Muslim community on this most auspicious occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr. May Allah continue to shower you, and our beloved nation, with blessings of peace,...

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his wife, Akie Abe, are expec­ted to arrive in Trini­dad and Toba­go at 3 p.m. today for an official two-day visit. They will be met by Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Dookeran. This first visit to the Caribbean is part of an 11-day trip to...

THE Carenage and Diego Martin Health Centres are expected to cost about $160 million, Health Minister Dr Fuad Khan said yesterday. Earlier in the day, chief executive officer (CEO) at the North West Regional Health Authority (NWRHA) Judith Baliram had said Khan would turn the sod...

SUCCESS IN THE AGRICULTURAL SECTOR Statement by Minister of Food Production Senator the Honorable Devant Maharaj Thank you very much Mr. President. Mr President, it is indeed a privilege to rise in this august chamber once again to deliver a statement on the Food Production...

Recreation grounds – a tool for crime fighting THE Ongoing commissioning of recreational grounds across the country is being used as a deterrent in leading away young persons from a life of crime, according to Minister of Public Utilities, Nizam Baksh. He said so following the...