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Energy Minister Kevin Ramnarine has said the statements made by Opposition Leader Dr Keith Rowley and MP Colm Imbert on the Loran Manatee field will hurt the diplomatic ties between this country and Venezuela.

WITH LOCAL Government elections approximately five weeks away, UNC deputy political leader Dr Roodal Moonilal yesterday expressed optimism that discussions between the two major partners in the People’s Partnership Administration, the COP and UNC, would be concluded next week.

HEALTH MINISTER Dr Fuad Khan on Friday night outlined an ambitious plan for the establishment of virtual “digital hospitals” whereby all medical records — including images — could be made available to doctors at the click of a mouse. Speaking during the 2014 Budget debate, Khan...

Praise and outrage likewise were the order of the day when Minister of the People and Social Development Dr Glenn Ramadharsingh visited Mason Street, Diego Martin, yesterday following Thursday night’s flooding crisis in the community.

This morning Dr Roodal Moonilal visited residence of Priam Trace Diamond whose houses are in danger due to land movement. After visiting the site, where work is also being conducted, he assured the affected families that assistance will come to them. They will be assessed by the...

In an immediate response to a call received at approximately 3:00am (Friday 13th September 2013) from the Office of the Disaster Preparedness and Management (ODPM), the Commanding Officer of the 1st Engineer Battalion, Trinidad and Tobago Regiment dispatched both troops and...

On Tuesday, The University of the West Indies (UWI) St. Augustine welcomed its first cohort for the Master of Science (MSc) programme in Renewable Energy Technology in the Department of Physics of the Faculty of Science and Technology.

NEW LAND and Marine Resources Minister, Jairam Seemungal yesterday accused ex-Caroni 1975 limited workers of negligence saying that they have contributed to a backlog in the distribution of leases.

UNITED National Congress (UNC) Political Leader, Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar headed a screening committee at the party’s headquarters at Rienzi Complex yesterday as the party began its search for candidates in the upcoming Local Government elections. A press release...

Caracas, Venezuela: Energy Minister Kevin Ramnarine and his Venezuelan counterpart Rafael Ramirez today signed an agreement that establishes the functional and governance structure to oversee the development of the giant Loran-Manatee gas field that straddles the Trinidad and...

Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar has cleared up any misconceptions of her Government’s return to Property Tax. In a Media Briefing after Monday’s budget, Mrs. Persad-Bissessar said industries like Petrotrin and those at Point Lisas will be taxed, but residential...

THREE families at Duff Trace, Lower Barrackpore were in a happy mood yesterday when their Parliamentary Representative, Dr Roodal Moonilal, visited them. He brought with him trucks bearing boulders which was dumped along the roadway to begin reconstruction of the road. On hand to...