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APPROXIMATELY 7,000 persons have been removed from the TT Food Card programme. This was revealed by Minister of the People Dr. Glenn Ramadharsingh. He said some of these persons were never in need of the card while 2,000 persons have given back their food cards. Ramadharsingh...

In his statement to the police on the e-mailgate scandal Attorney General Anand Ramlogan has attached reports from two Information Technology (IT) specialists who stated the controversial e-mails were faked. On May 20, Opposition Leader Dr Keith Rowley, during his motion of no...

Finance and the Economy Minister, Larry Howai is assuring that steps are being taken to address issues raised in the report of the Auditor General on the Public Accounts of the Republic of Trinidad & Tobago for the Financial Year 2012.

A sitting of the Public Accounts Committee turned into a ‘tit for tat’ on Friday as Committee Member, Rudranath Indarsingh, accused the Chairman, Opposition Senator Fitzgerald Hinds, of being a dictator. The Committee met with the Education Facilities Company Limited...

The Minister of Planning and Sustainable Development, Dr. Bhoe Tewarie, has announced the extension of the Water Taxi Service to Chaguaramas by July 1st. Minister Tewarie made the announcement during the sod turning ceremony for the Chaguaramas Boardwalk extension. “I want...

“I WOULD do it again” said Jack Warner yesterday, to paying more than $6 million to remove and tow a fire tender that crashed in the Arima Valley last November. “I stand here fully and absolutely convinced that if it happened tomorrow,  I will do it again. One thing I can tell...

POLITICIAN Jack Warner yesterday invited himself to tour the Tarouba Link Road rehabilitation project in San Fernando, since he said no one would invite him to attend the official opening. Warner, who had commissioned the project while Minister of Works and Infrastructure, said...

  Let me first of all express our deep appreciation for the hospitality and arrangements of the Government of Guatemala in organising this very significant meeting here. May I also say how pleasant it is to be in Antigua, what I am told is the third capital of Guatemala and...

A National Entrepreneurial Development Company Limited’s (NEDCO) Sub-office has been commissioned at The University of the West Indies (UWI) St. Augustine Campus at the Student Activities Centre of The UWI.

Three key pieces of equipment were delivered Thursday to the staff of the Sevilla Golf Course in Couva that will help to maintain this underutilised venue. A tractor, brushcutter and trailer were leased by the Sports Company of Trinidad and Tobago for Sevilla and the same for St....

Caroni (1975) Limited will have 5,800 acres of land in food production by year’s end, Food Production Minister Devant Maharaj announced on Wednesday. He was speaking at the launch of the first phase of the Caroni Green Initiative at Orange Valley, Couva, which involves...

A new umbrella company has been created to oversee the increased commercialisation and development of the creative industry sector. Speaking at the weekly post-Cabinet media briefing at the Diplomatic Centre in St. Ann’s, Minister of Trade, Industry and Investment, Vasant Bharath...