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Dear readers Throughout the day I noticed particularly on social media networks, a rather big issue has been made about the time appearing on a clock in a photo with the Prime Minister and the Minister of Energy and Energy Affairs. As a former Advisor at the Ministry of Energy...

IMF Concludes Article IV Mission to Trinidad and Tobago Press Release No. 13/98 March 28, 2013 An International Monetary Fund mission held discussions in Trinidad and Tobago during March 15-27, 2013, benefiting from open and fruitful exchanges with government and central bank...

Ministry of Energy and Energy Affairs Friday March 29th 2013 Press Release Subject: Resumption of Electricity Supply to Nation At 12:25 am on March 29 2013, the Phoenix Park Gas Processors Limited (PPGPL) plant at the Point Lisas Industrial Estate tripped as a result of a...

In an immediate response to the nation-wide power outage, the Honourable Kamla Persad-Bissessar, SC, Prime Minister of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago in her capacity as Chair of the National Security Council ordered an increase in the national security alert. This...

Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar has been confined to bed rest by doctor’s orders. An official release from the Prime Minister’s Office reads: “Further to inquiries, please be advised that the Prime Minister, Honourable Kamla Persad-Bissessar, has the common cold...

The Minister of Health, Dr. Fuad Khan, hopes this week’s Laparoscopic and Robotic Surgery Workshop can help usher in a new era of health innovation in the country. Speaking with reporters at the Workshop on Wednesday, he said the introduction of robotic surgery could have...

Taxpayers will no longer have to pay thousands of dollars in electricity bills for Community Centres across the country as the Ministry of Energy and Energy Affairs and the Ministry of Community Development are working together to install solar-powered lights at these centres....

Government Minister, Dr. Roodal Moonilal, has defended the Prime Minister’s statements on rogue elements within the media. Dr. Moonilal said there has always been a healthy tension between the media and all Governments. “We all agree that in a liberal democracy, the...

PRESS RELEASE Spiritual Shouter Baptist Liberation Day Greetings The origins and early development of the Spiritual Shouter Baptist Religion in Trinidad and Tobago are not well known, but the consensus is that the religion developed among the people of African descent during the...

PRESS RELEASE Lenten/Easter greetings ‘So it is written that the Christ would suffer and on the third day rise from the dead’ – Luke 24:46 Easter is a Christian festival and holiday celebrating the resurrection of Jesus Christ on the third day after his crucifixion at...

Speaking at her constituency office on Tuesday 26th March 2013 at a distribution ceremony of various grants and services, Member of Parliament for Oropouche West and Minister in the Ministry of Works and Infrastructure, the Hon Stacy Roopnarine, said that it was important that as...

Recreation grounds should be used by the community to keep lifestyle diseases down. This comes from Rudranath Indarsingh, the Couva South MP, and minister in the Ministry of Finance when he spoke at the ceremony to turn on floodlights at the Milton Recreation Ground, Couva last...