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May 13 2019
New Central Block for Port of Spain General Hospital
Government signed the agreement for the construction of the new Central Block of the Port of Spain General Hospital today (13 May, 2019) in a ceremony at the Diplomatic Center, St Anns. The state-of-the-art, 540-bed facility will include Accident and Emergency services, an operating theatre and recovery room, Intensive Care Unit, High Dependency Unit and […]
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May 08 2019
Prime Minister Dr the Honourable Keith Rowley receives a courtesy call from United States CAPSTONE Programme
Prime Minister Dr the Honourable Keith Rowley received a courtesy call from a delegation of senior US military leaders today (Wednesday 08 May, 2019) at the Diplomatic Centre, St Anns. The 18-member delegation which includes Admirals, Generals, an Intelligence Advisor and an Emergency Management Expert will meet with senior government and military officials in Trinidad […]
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May 08 2019
CARICOM’s Statement on Venezuela at the 19th Special Heads of Government Meeting
CARICOM issued the statement on Venezuela following the 19th Special Heads of Government Meeting in Port of Spain on 3rd May,2019. CARICOM Statement on the Situation in Venezuela The Caribbean Community has noted with concern the turn of events in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and the potential they hold for the escalation of […]
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May 07 2019
Prime Minister Dr the Honourable Keith Rowley visits BHP’s Deepwater Invictus
Prime Minister Dr the Honourable Keith Rowley visited BHP’s Deepwater Invictus drillship on 07th May 2019, for an update on the energy company’s deepwater exploration campaign in the waters off of Trinidad and Tobago. He was accompanied on the tour of the rig by a high-level team from BHP which included Derek Cardno, Vice President […]
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May 02 2019
Post-Cabinet Media Briefing 02.05.19
No Bail for Repeat Gun Offenders Government will bring to Parliament an amendment to the Bail Act which will make it more difficult for persons held with illegal firearms to access bail. Under this new legislation repeat, offenders who are accused of committing serious crimes will not be granted bail. The Hon Stuart […]
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Apr 18 2019
Prime Minister Dr the Honourable Keith Rowley’s Easter Message
Today marks the start of one of the most significant and momentous events on the Christian calendar. Millions of believers all over the world, including thousands right here at home, will spend the weekend in pious contemplation and holy celebration in remembrance of the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. This period marks the culmination […]
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Apr 10 2019
Government Moves Ahead with Highway to Point Fortin
Government moved one step closer to the completion of the Sir Solomon Hochoy Highway extension to Point Fortin with the official sod-turning ceremony for works associated with three critical segments of the project today (10.04.19). The communities in the South-Western region of Trinidad and by extension the national community will benefit significantly from the […]
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Feb 25 2019
Prime Minister Rowley to attend CARICOM Meeting in St Kitts and Nevis
Prime Minister Dr the Honourable Keith Rowley will travel to St Kitts and Nevis today (Monday 25 February, 2019) where he will attend the 30th Inter-sessional Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). Senator the Honourable Dennis Moses, Minister of Foreign and CARICOM Affairs, will accompany the Prime Minister […]
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Feb 21 2019
Anti-corruption Investigation Bureau (ACIB) transferred from the Office of the Attorney General to the Commissioner of Police.
Effective immediately the Commissioner of Police will have full and exclusive control over all public corruption investigations. This after the Cabinet decided today to transfer the Anti-corruption Investigation Bureau (ACIB) from the Office of the Attorney General to the Police. Minister of National Security, Communications and Minister in the Office of the Prime Minister, the […]
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Feb 07 2019
Prime Minister Dr the Honourable Keith Rowley and a CARICOM delegation met in Uruguay for talks on Venezuela
Prime Minister Dr the Honourable Keith Rowley joined a CARICOM delegation which together with the governments of Uruguay and Mexico today (Wednesday 06 February, 2019) formalised its plan to address the complex situation that relates to Venezuela, through an initiative called the Montevideo Mechanism. The initiative is a response to a call by the Secretary […]
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