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REMARKS BY H.E. EDWIN W. CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) TO THE TENTH MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR HUMAN AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT ON HEALTH, THE ENVIRONMENT AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, 28 APRIL 2004, TOBAGO
Hon. John Rahael Minister of Health of Trinidad and Tobago Other Honourable Ministers Honourable Chief Secretary and Other Representatives of the Tobago House of Assembly Ms Carole Ainstey Manager/Director World Bank Other Distinguished Guests Members of the Media Ladies and Gentlemen: I am pleased that I can participate in this Opening Ceremony of the Tenth Council for Human and Social…
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Environmental activist returns to court following arrest
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Environmental activist, Dr. Wayne Kublalsingh has been ordered to return to court on Thursday following his arrest on Wednesday. Kublalsingh has been charged with obstructing a police officer and resisting arrest. The drama unfolded on Wednesday morning when Kublalsingh who heads the Highway Re-Route Movement attempted to prevent the resumption of construction work on…
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United States provides funds to Trinidad and Tobago under CBSI
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – The United States is providing Trinidad and Tobago with TT$11.3 million (One TT dollar = US$0.16 cents) for security assistance programmes through the Caribbean Basin Security Initiative (CBSI). The agreement increases cooperative opportunities between the two governments to develop programmes aimed at increasing citizen security in the areas of juvenile justice, youth development, counter-narcotics,…
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IMF shifts strategy on Caribbean economies
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – In an apparent shift of emphasis, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is advocating that economic growth be placed at the centre of the recovery of Caribbean islands, many of which have been battered by the impact of the global financial crisis. In presenting the luncheon feature address on the second day of a two-day forum…
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PM urges UN to ratify arms treaty
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – The death of T&T scholarship winner Ravindra Ramrattan during the recent terrorist attack at a mall in Kenya was another example of the consequences of the illicit arms flow across borders, Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar told the United Nations General Assembly yesterday. Persad-Bissessar spoke about Ramrattan’s death as she urged world leaders to ratify the…
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Progress towards achieving Millennium Development Goals ‘uneven’ – Trinidad
PM UNITED NATIONS, CMC – Trinidad and Tobago says based on what the international community has witnessed since commitments were made at the Millennium Summit in 2007, progress towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) has been “uneven.” In addressing the 68th Session of the United Nations General Assembly Debate late Wednesday, Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar said while the twin-island…
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NY Crime Buster Heads To T&T
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Former New York police commissioner William “Bill” Joseph Bratton is expected to arrive in T&T in November to conduct a “diagnostic test” of the Police Service to determine the root cause of its problems and find a way forward for a more efficient organisation and ultimately a safer country. Emphasis would also be placed on…
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This amusing chase after CCJ
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – PRIME MINISTER Kamla Persad-Bissessar used her “conversational message” on Monday with the people of Trinidad and Tobago for yesterday’s 37th anniversary of this nation as a constitutional republic to signal the coming of some significant political changes for improved democratic governance and building of a more united society. She chose the high road in pledging…
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Kamla to address UN General Assembly today
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar will address the United Nations General Assembly today at 7:30 p.m. Persad-Bissessar arrived in New York yesterday morning to attend the 68th United Nations General Assembly. She is due to return home tomorrow. According to a release from the Office of the Prime Minister, as current Chair of CARICOM, the Prime…
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Muslim leader blanks Commission of Inquiry
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Prominent Barbadian jurist Sir David Simmons Monday called on the Trinidad and Tobago government to review the Commission of Inquiry legislation after the leader of the Jamaat-al Muslimeen group failed to appear before the Commission probing the circumstances that led to the failed 1990 coup against the then government of prime minister ANR Robinson.…
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