Minister: Nearly $3m paid to those affected

State oil company Petrotrin has to date paid out close to $3 million in compensation to those affected by the oil spills in the southwestern peninsula, Minister of Energy Kevin Ramnarine has said. Addressing Parliament at Tower D, International Waterfront Centre, Port of Spain on...
Posted On 12 Jan 2014
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AG drafts new crime laws

ATTORNEY GENERAL (AG) Anand Ramlogan will this week write to the Opposition to propose a meeting for next week to talk about anti-crime legislation, in the wake of public disquiet over 20 murders occurring in the first week of 2014. However, talking yesterday to Newsday, Ramlogan...
Posted On 09 Jan 2014
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AG aids return of $5.5m fraud accused

…On 69 charges, held in Canada after fleeing Attorney General Anand Ramlogan has “successfully facilitated” the return of Trinidadian Raymond Fran­cis from Canada to face a $5.5 million fraud charge in this country. Francis is wanted in Tobago regarding 69 unrelated...
Posted On 04 Jan 2014
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‘Strong evidence’ of sabotage

PETROTRIN chairman, Lindsay Gillette, yesterday declared there was “strong evidence” which suggests that two of the 11 oil spills which occurred over the last two weeks were acts of sabotage. However, he said the exact causes of all these spills remain unclear, and under...
Posted On 03 Jan 2014
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Express Editorial: Kudos for PM

Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar is to be congratulated for rising above her early blunders to assume Trinidad and Tobago’s leadership responsibility to distressed members of the Caricom family. The quick response of support to storm ravaged St Lucia and St Vincent has gone...
Posted On 31 Dec 2013
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Newsday Editorial: A new life

The headlines tended to mislead: “Street dwellers to be removed” implied that the measure, tried and failed for years, was to round-up street dwellers and cart them off to St Ann’s for virtual incarceration. The problem of vagrancy has been a blot on our society for far too long....
Posted On 29 Dec 2013
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Ramnarine hails transformation of NGC

Energy Minister Kevin Ramnarine says 2014 will be the best for natural gas production in T&T in three years. Speaking  at the National Gas Company’s (NGC) Christmas Dinner at the Hyatt Regency Hotel, Ramnarine said 2013 will go down as the year the NGC was  transformed from a...
Posted On 28 Dec 2013
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Swift Action To Treat With Oil Spill

EQUIPMENT ARRIVES FROM UNITED STATES:  Oil Spill cleanup equipment from Oil Spill Response Limited (OSRL) arrived this morning (December 23, 2013) at Piarco International Airport on two cargo aircraft. The equipment was immediately cleared through Customs and transported via...
Posted On 23 Dec 2013
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T&T is second richest in Caribbean

T&T has been ranked second among the top ten wealthy Caribbean nations based on Gross National Income (GNI), according to a report by the World Bank. In its 2014 World Development Report, the World Bank used the GNI to measure the wealth of Caribbean nations. The information...
Posted On 22 Dec 2013
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Govt unveils aquaponics plan

A new Government initiative has been launched to encourage agro-entrepreneurship in non traditional areas. Food Production Minister Devant Maharaj has announced that 20 families will be selected for the pilot phase of small scale aquaponics project. He said the aim was to...
Posted On 22 Dec 2013
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Petrotrin probes oil spill ‘sabotage’

Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar has confirmed that an investigation has been launched into possible sabotage of operations at State-owned oil company Petrotrin. Persad-Bissessar was responding to reports of another oil spill—this time at the company’s inland oil exploration...
Posted On 22 Dec 2013
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Reprisal for illegal diesel clampdown

Persad-Bissessar said following talks with Energy Minister Kevin Ramnarine, she had been advised Petrotrin had commenced investigations into possible sabotage of one on-shore well and at four offshore installations. Addressing the media during a toy drive in her constituency,...
Posted On 22 Dec 2013
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