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PRESIDENT of China Xi Jinping will get a first hand view this afternoon at the proposed site of the Couva Children’s Hospital which is being funded by the China Exim Bank under a government to government arrangement with this country. It will be one of the many stops by the...

By Hon. Kamla Persad-Bissessar, SC, MP The Republic of Trinidad and Tobago is honoured to host His Excellency Xi Jinping, of the People’s Republic of China (PRC), on his first visit to this region since being elected President of the PRC. This state visit by His Excellency to...

The Ministry of Works and Infrastructure in its bid to provide pedestrian safety for and around the Sea Lots Community has established a pedestrian Safety Zone (the ASHARA Safety Zone) spanning from Abbatoir Road and Production Drive at the Port-of-Spain Eastern Market to the Old...

In what will be an historic occasion, Chinese President Xi Jinping will arrive in Trinidad tonight for a two-day visit aimed at deepening ties with TT and the English-speaking Caribbean region. He will be accompanied by First Lady Peng Liyuan, government officials and media personnel.

Local Government and Works and Infrastructure Minister Dr Suruj Rambachan yesterday defended the T&T Police Service as he dismissed Opposition calls for independent foreign investigators to probe the controversial e-mails revealed in Parliament last week. He said the officers...

UNITED National Congress (UNC) councillor Robin Bynoe yesterday accused Port-of-Spain Mayor Louis Lee Sing of “misleading” the public with claims that Local Government Minister Suruj Rambachan was “starving” the city corporation of funding. Speaking at the Port-of-Spain City...

Cabinet has agreed on a pricing formula for persons accessing land through Government’s Land for the Landless Programme. Five hundred persons were recipients of the Programme through a random lottery draw recently.  

Cabinet has approved measures to make electricity more accessible and affordable to lower income earners. Speaking at Wednesday’s Post Cabinet Media Briefing, the Minister of Public Utilities, Mr. Nizam Baksh, said as of March 2013, there were 1,286 applicants for...

One hundred and sixty-eight (168) years ago, a ship from a distant country landed on these shores with a cargo of people tired and hungry from a long journey and grateful that they had, at long last, reached their destination.  This ship brought not only a new labour force to...

CORPUS CHRISTI MESSAGE 2013 BY THE HONOURABLE KAMLA PERSAD-BISSESSAR SC, MP PRIME MINISTER OF THE REPUBLIC OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO I am extremely pleased to bring greetings to the Roman Catholic Community of Trinidad and Tobago on the commemoration of Corpus Christi – the Body of...

Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar says that at times yesterday’s talks between United States Vice-President Joe Biden and leaders from the 15-nation Caricom group were “brutal,” but that the US remains a strong ally to the entire region. Speaking at a news briefing at the...

NATIONAL Security Minister Emmanuel George yesterday said information sent to him from the police is that the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) was never bugged as was claimed in a newspaper report and by the Opposition.