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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...

Housing Minister, Dr Roodal Moonilal has described the Housing Development Corporation’s (HDC), Fairfield Housing Community as the first “farmer friendly” housing estate, which would include warehousing and vendor facilities, as well as housing units at the estate. Speaking with...

Minister of Food Production, Senator the Honourable Devant Maharaj, is pleased to announce that the food price inflation rate, as calculated by the Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago for the period January to April, 2014 has remained at 4.1%. Maintaining a reading of 4.1%...

There is NO FEAR, no one is above the law… Media Interview with the Prime Minister of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, the Hon Kamla Persad Bissessar, SC,MP In a hard-hitting exclusive Q&A with the Sunday Guardian, Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar did not hold...

By Sean Coughlan BBC News education correspondent Trinidad and Tobago in the West Indies is pioneering an ambitious online learning project. Coursera, one of the biggest online university course providers, is forming a partnership with the government to provide a network of...

A school opening in Penal that means much more for many students in the area, not just because traveling to distant places to get an education will be a thing of the past, but because the newly opened MIC Technology Centre could provide a way out of poverty. The official opening...