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Feb 26 2018
CARICOM Leaders Focus on Disaster Management and Climate Change in Haiti
Disaster management and climate change were among the main issues addressed during the plenary session of the Twenty-Ninth Inter-Sessional CARICOM Heads of Government Meeting in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Today, (Monday 26th February, 2018) began with an opening ceremony and featured remarks from outgoing CARICOM Chairman, Prime Minister of Grenada, Dr the Honourable Keith Mitchell. During his […]
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Feb 23 2018
Students Grow Food in School Yard
School gardening and garden-based education can play a role in improving the nutritional behaviour of young gardeners. Today, (Friday 23rd February, 2018) Prime Minister Dr the Hon. Keith Rowley visited the Carenage Girls’ Government Primary School and the Diego Martin Girls’ RC School to get a first-hand look at the kitchen gardens created by the […]
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Feb 07 2018
Energy Meetings Engage the Attention of the Prime Minister Today
Prime Minister, Dr the Honourable Keith Rowley engaged in several meetings at the Office of the Prime Minister today (Wednesday 7 February, 2018), which included two that focussed on the energy industry. Prime Minister Rowley received an update on Shell’s various upstream exploration projects from the energy company’s Executive Vice President Integrated Gas Ventures, De […]
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Jan 04 2018
School Improvement Project Bears Fruit in Laventille
Imagine for a moment the effort required to captivate the attention of a classroom filled with boys. A room packed with animated eight and nine year olds, bursting with energy and easily distracted. And then imagine what it must be like to keep them focussed on the day’s lesson when just beyond the school’s fence […]
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Jan 03 2018
Petrotrin Board Reports to Prime Minister
Prime Minister Dr the Honourable Keith Rowley today (Wednesday 03 January, 2018) received a promised status report from the Petrotrin board detailing the progress made in the months since its appointment in September. The meeting featured discussions on the various options available as work continues towards restructuring the wholly State-owned company. Throughout 2017 Government continued […]
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Oct 17 2017
Prime Minister Rowley Receives Police Manpower Report
The Trinidad and Tobago Police Manpower Audit Committee presented its more than 600-page report to Prime Minister, Dr the Honourable Keith Rowley, today at the Office of the Parliament. The Prime Minister assured that he will immediately take the report to Cabinet this Thursday (October 19, 2017) and thereafter to Parliament’s Joint Select Committee on […]
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Oct 07 2017
Fuel Subsidy No Longer Sustainable
In 1974 when the price of oil increased sharply, the Government of Trinidad and Tobago sought measures to cushion the burden of high oil prices on consumers. The Government passed the Petroleum Production Levy and Subsidy Act (PPLSA) which allowed fuels such as gasoline, diesel and kerosene to be sold to consumers at fixed prices, […]
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Sep 19 2017
What we learned from St Augustine “Conversations with the Prime Minister”
Dr. the Honourable Keith Rowley addressed several matters of national importance during the third installment of ‘Conversations with the Prime Minister’ in St Augustine recently. The open forum gave the public an opportunity to engage the Prime Minister and other government ministers on a wide range of topics. Here’s a look at some of the […]
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Sep 11 2017
Hotline to Report TT Nationals Stranded in St Maarten & BVI
The Government of Trinidad and Tobago under the co-ordination of the Ministry of Foreign and Caricom Affairs and the Ministry of National Security has been working to evacuate Trinidad and Tobago nationals from St Maarten and the British Virgin Islands. The Government in conjunction with the Government of Antigua and Barbuda and our National Helicopter […]
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Aug 27 2017
Prime Minister and Mrs Rowley Host Free Independence Concert
Prime Minister Dr the Honourable Keith Rowley and Mrs Sharon Rowley hosted a free concert in celebration of the 55th anniversary of our Independence at the Lord Kitchener Auditorium, National Academy for the Performing Arts (NAPA) yesterday (August 26, 2017). The concert titled “An Independence Celebration: A Gift to the Nation” was organised by the […]
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