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Farmers, livestock farmers and fisher folks can now apply for financial assistance for loses by natural disasters and industrial operations. Minister of Food Production, Devant Maharaj made the announcement earlier today during the weekly post-Cabinet media briefing at the...

Science and Technology Minister Dr. Rupert Griffith has been discharged from the St. Clair Medical Centre after being kept overnight for observation. Communications Minister Jamal Mohammed confirmed with C News that Minister Griffith was released on Thursday afternoon, hours...

Minister of  Science and Technology, Dr Rupert Griffith, who collapsed yesterday evening, remains warded at St. Clair Medical Centre. “Dr. Griffith’s condition has been described by his doctors as stable, but requiring rest, as he is extremely exhausted,” said a media...

The Hon Minister shared that the priority of life is food, clothing and shelter. He urged the people to live a much healthier lifestyle, use this card to provide for their children and send them to school with a good meal. He stressed that unhealthy eating of to much fry and oily...

COMMUNITY Development Minister Winston “Gypsy” Peters announced yesterday that his ministry has formed an alliance with the National Security Ministry in a bid to get the Beetham Gardens Community Centre completed. Peters spoke to reporters after touring the incomplete site on...

Huang Xingyuan, Chinese Ambassador to Trinidad and Tobago, yesterday expressed the view that there was no shame in the protocol shown during the visit of Chinese President Xi Jingping as the President deeply appreciates the warmth and hospitality of the Government and people of...

TWO needy families from Couva North officially received homes through the National Commission for Self Help Limited’s (NCSHL) Starter House Programme on Sunday. Prematie Jhurisingh, a cancer patient and single mother from Derrick Road, Chase Village had a two bedroom house...

House Speaker Wade Mark did not act prematurely by acceding to the Prime Minister’s request to refer Opposition Leader Dr. Keith Rowley to the Privileges Committee over the Section 34 email scandal. On Monday, the PNM Tobago Council called on the Chairman of the Privileges...

The Mt. Hope Women’s Hospital has been upgraded to make it more patient-friendly. The Minister of Health, Dr. Fuad Khan, toured the facilities on Tuesday and was pleased with the improvements. An elevator that was “out of order” for nine months has been...

The United National Congress congratulates the Honourable Prime Minister for the leadership she has shown in the past week in handling the visits of the international leaders – U.S. Vice President Joe Biden and the President of China, Xi Jinping.

Foreign Affairs Minister, Mr. Winston Dookeran, signed the Arms Trade Treaty at the United Nations on Monday morning. The United Nations General Assembly overwhelmingly approved the first-ever Treaty on Global Arms Trade in April this year. The Treaty seeks to regulate the $70...

To help avoid a recurrence of the devastating floods of last year which left two persons dead, the Chairman of the Diego Martin Regional Corporation, Mr. Anthony Sammy, says utilising technology is an option.