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Government plans to reduce imported staples by values ranging between 25 to 100 per cent. This was announced by Food Production Minister Devant Maharaj on Friday when a memorandum of understanding (MOU) was signed to increase the use of cassava locally. he MOU was signed between...

Trade, Industry, Investments and Communication Minister Vasant Bharath says the three red flags raised by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in its latest report on T&T were already being addressed by the Government. Bharath said the issue of diversifying the economy w...

Good afternoon everyone.  Everywhere in Trinidad and Tobago we have been eagerly following the exciting events on the football field of the FIFA World Cup in Brazil. It is amazing the range of emotions that the game inspires.  It seems at times to be more than just football. It...

The Women’s Arm and the Youth Arm of the United National Congress (UNC) condemn the action of Fuad Abu Bakr on Friday when he and members of the Jamaat-al-Muslimeen hung an effigy of our leader, Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar, and the Leader of the Opposition on a tree in...

The Minister of Works and Infrastructure, the Honourtable Dr Surujrattan Rambachan, has opened the D’Abadie Bridge (B1/23), better known to villagers and motorists as the Garden River Bridge. The project was completed in six months with a state investment of $19.7 million. The...

Unit Trust Corporation (UTC) chairman and former finance minister Wendell Mottley said “the Trinidad and Tobago economy is stable”. He made the comment after a ceremony hosted by the Institute of Banking and Finance (IBF) of Trinidad and Tobago at Hyatt Regency hotel, Port of...

Government is moving apace to introduce clean technology in the country’s public transport system as part of a critical first step in reducing dangerous emissions on the nation’s roads, Ramona Ramdial, Minister of State in the Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources...

The Ministry of National Security in its unrelenting quest to improve our citizens’ perceptions of crime in communities has commenced its Community Comfort Patrols (CCP) program. The Community Comfort Patrol (CCP) is a joint initiative between the Ministry of National Security...

Energy Minister Kevin Ramnarine says US$9.5 billion is forecast to be spent by the energy sector in T&T between 2014 and 2016—and that is coming after an estimated US$5.8 billion was spent developing energy assets between 2010 and 2013. Speaking at the Society of Petroleum...

Minister of Housing and Urban Development Dr Roodal Moonilal says to ensure that police officers are efficiently trained and equipped to enable functionality at the highest calibre, new police stations have been provided with the following: 1.In-house lecture rooms 2. Library 3....

My dear citizens of Trinidad and Tobago, ”Father’s pride is a special feeling that is most often shared by those who have a father who has listened, loved and cared”. (Anon) These words by an anonymous poet are a reminder to all of us that Father’s Day,...

Senator the Honourable Fazal Karim, Minister of Tertiary Education and Skills Training (MTEST) paid homage to many former Caroni workers at the formal opening ceremony of the National Energy Skills Centre (NESC) Woodford Lodge Technology Campus on Friday May 23, 2014.  During his...