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Trinidad and Tobago is moving one step closer to becoming a food secure nation. This, after Cabinet has approved the allocation of 1,500 acres of State lands at Nariva to be allocated for commercial rice production. 

ATTORNEY GENERAL Anand Ramlogan called Opposition PNM Senator Fizgerald Hinds a hypocrite for telling Diego Martin schoolchildren not to accept UNC charity, while himself living in a $15 million, four-storey, upscale mansion in Maraval outfitted with a swimming pool.

After weeks of maneuvering by the Canadian government to secure a lucrative contract in Trinidad and Tobago for graft-tainted engineering giant SNC-Lavalin, the government of that Caribbean nation has announced that it isn’t interested in dealing with a company that has...

Recent “misinformation” by the Opposition PNM on the T&T/Venezuelan Loran Manatee gas venture has the potential to damage T&T’s relationship with Venezuela, its standing in the international energy community and it has damaged T&T’s future, says Energy Minister Kevin...

Energy Minister Kevin Ramnarine says the voting rights for the Loran/Manatee field are shared between the Government (16.9 per cent), BGTT  (4.98 per cent) and Chevron T&T (4.98 per cent). 

PM KAMLA PERSAD-BISSESSAR will be a featured speaker at 2013 CLINTON GLOBAL INITIATIVE (CGI). CGI’s 2013 theme, MOBILIZING FOR  IMPACT,  explores ways that CGI members and member organizations can be more effective in leveraging individuals, partner organizations, an...

A policy for the used car industry has been developed and regulation of the sector will see an increase of some 1,000 jobs, says Trade Minister Vasant Bharath.

Trade, Industry and Investments Minister Vasant Bharath says by December this year the Port Authority will have the capacity to scan some 200 containers per hour. He said the Government recently purchased the $25 million scanner through a grant funded by the government...

Trinidad and Tobago is on a path of “unprecedented development” as the People’s Partnership Government has rescued the economy and implemented sound fiscal policies to achieve sustainable growth rates, Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar boasted yesterday.

A hunting moratorium will take effect from October 1 for two years in order to protect the country’s wildlife from becoming extinct.

VILLAGERS of Siew Trace off Boodoo Trace in Debe finally got their road paved after waiting for decades. On Sunday, the villagers gathered to celebrate the opening of the newly paved road. Pastor Dhimsingh Boodoosingh, 77, of the Full Gospel Fellowship church located in Siew...

Dear Mr Warner I must commend you on your performance during the budget debate in Parliament and especially your comments regarding the suggested “parroting” by members of the government benches during their contributions. This was particularly funny because of your...