TRINIDAD-POLITICS-Local Government election to be held October

21 PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar on Thursday announced that Local Government elections will be held on October 21, but outlined her government’s intention to amend the Municipal Corporations Act. Persad-Bissessar made the announcement at a Post-Cabinet News Conference at the Office of the Prime Minister. The life of local government bodies in Trinidad and Tobago came to an end on July 26th by law Local Government elections are due by within three (3) months after the life of the municipal corporations came to an end.