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THE precious few six seats in the Senate allocated to the Opposition can serve as a nursery to groom potential future MPs and Ministers, and also lets the PNM’s leadership set a tone in the next 18 months lead-up to the next general election. Opposition Leader, Dr Keith Rowley’s,...

Although they had to wait just over ten years to receive their allocations of agricultural and residential plots of land, Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar has advised former sugar workers to guard against being used on the political platform by persons aligned against...

Housing Minister Dr Roodal Moo­nilal said yesterday approximately 8,719 housing units will be delivered over the next two years to citizens of Trinidad and Tobago. Moonilal made the statement at the key distribution ceremony in Cypress Hills, Union Hall, San Fernando, where 200...

PRIME Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar yesterday said Government is reviewing the Domestic Violence Act as it seeks to send a message that “whether it unfolds internationally or locally, violence against women is unconscionable and must be stopped.” “As a parliamentarian and as a...

BE SERVANTS OF THE PEOPLE: By Andre Bagoo Saturday, May 29 2010. PRIME MINISTER Kamla Persad-Bissessar yesterday ordered her newly sworn-in Cabinet to always remember that “the people are the government” and that as Cabinet members they must be “the servants of...

Richards cites Kamla’s achievement Sunday, May 30 2010 President George Maxwell Richards yesterday urged citizens to celebrate Kamla Persad-Bissessar’s ascent to the post of Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago. “For us, this is a most telling year and time in our history,” he...

Former prime minister Basdeo Panday will receive an award at tonight’s Law Association Annual Dinner and Dance, for his more than 50 years of service as an attorney-at-law. Panday has also been invited to deliver the feature address at the event which will be held at the Hyatt...

PRIME Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar yesterday said the local media is “fearless” and critical to maintaining freedom and democracy in TT. She made this statement at a media luncheon at the Diplomatic Centre shortly after receiving the 2013 Democracy Medal from International...

CABINET has approved the use and purchase of 400 speed detection devices, also called radar guns, to curb speeding on the nation’s roads, and once available they should be in operation by February next year. Transport Minister Stephen Cadiz, who made the disclosure yesterday at...

10,000 acres of land to be identified within two weeks for T&T farmers Guyana and Trinidad and Tobago are moving forward with its Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), which will see 10,000 acres of land being given to the twin island republic for farming. Trinidad’s Food...

PRIME Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar said the People’s Partnership (PP) Government has been and continues to look after the welfare of this country’s children. In her message to commemorate Universal Children’s Day today, the Prime Minister cited the Children’s Life Fund and...

Government wants to ensure that university graduates get jobs when they enter the job market, Tertiary Education Minister Fazal Karim  jassaid. “We must not contribute to the graduate glut. It contributes to discouraged graduates. I am focused on the employment rate and we will...