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Cabinet has taken decision to remove Value Added Tax (VAT) and import duties on CCTV camera systems. This was revealed by National Security Minister Jack Warner during Thursday’s Post Cabinet Media Briefing who reminded that this move is consistent with Government’s...

The Ministry of Food Production hosted its Farmers Outreach Program in the constituency of Oropouche West on Wednesday 10th April 2013, at SANSEC in San Francique. Present were various divisions of the Ministry as well as agencies such as ADB and NAMDEVCO who were able to assist...

Minister of the People and Social Development, Dr Glenn Ramadharsingh, announced yesterday that the $11.5 million centre for persons with disabilities in Carlsen Field will be completed in July. He was speaking at the launch of Meg Business Training, an entrepreneurship workshop...

The Member of Parliament for Oropouche West and Minister of State in the Ministry of Works and Infrastructure, the Hon Stacy Roopnarine, continued Project Touch in her constituency yesterday, Tuesday 9th April 2013 in the La Romain area.

Physical Education (P.E.) must form an integral part of education. This is according to Education Minister Dr. Tim Gopeesingh who launched the seven-member Sports Advisory Committee in Education as part of his Ministry’s plans to restructure and re-engineer sports and...

The opposition was disappointed with the Section 34 ruling by Madame Justice Mira Dean-Armorer last Friday because they lost an opportunity to see certain people walk free and get an opportunity to attack the government. That comment came Monday night from Prime Minister Kamla...

The Prime Minister on Monday accused Keith Rowley and the PNM of trying to create a new controversy over the relationship between the President and the Prime Minister.

The dream of owning a home will be easier to achieve as Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar announced last night a Cabinet-approved mortgage plan for people earning less than $8,000. Speaking at the United National Congress (UNC) public meeting at the Barataria community centre...

Address by Minister Kevin Ramnarine at the signing of the Agreement for the Methanol to Di methyl ether (DME) petrochemical plants Good morning and “Ohayou” to our friends from Japan. Today we meet to sign the Project Development Agreement for the Methanol to Di methyl ether...

LAVENTILLE residents are thankful for the joint army and police patrols and hope it can continue as peace has returned to their area with the patrols being resumed. The joint patrols have been in effect for more than a month after an increase in criminal activity in the area....

Muser Stoute wants to learn skills that could help him do his own electrical wiring, technological work and improve his talents. It was for this reason the 19-year-old has enrolled with the Youth Training and Employment Partnership Programme (YTEPP). Stoute, who lives in Moruga,...

Sangre Grande residents agree with councillor Dayne Francois that despite the eastern community having the highest unemployment rate in the country, crime remains at an all time low. Francois, the Sangre Grande North/West councillor, speaking at a legitimacy exercise in the...