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Modi arrives
Posted: Friday, July 4, 2025
Modi arrives in Trinidad
The Air India flight carrying Modi and his entourage arrived at the south terminal of the Piarco International Airport around 3.30 pm on July 3, to a ceremony full of pomp and splendour befitting the visit of a major foreign head of state.
PM Kamla justifies ORTT for Modi
Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar has expressed her gratitude to India Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the compassion he demonstrated towards Trinidad and Tobago and other small nations during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Modi invites Trinis to India
says 6th generation children will soon get overseas citizenship privilege
Visiting PM invites Trinis: Come to India
INDIAN Prime Minister Narenda Modi has issued a clarion call for the deepening of ties between his country and TT.
Indian overseas citizenship for 6th-gen Indo-Trinis
"Today I am happy to announce that OCI cards will now be given to the sixth generation of the Indian diaspora in Trinidad and Tobago," Modi declared to loud applause at the packed Couva Velodrome, where a cultural event was held in his honour.
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A thread that binds Trinidad and Tobago, India's familial relations
The strong ties between India and Trinidad and Tobago are evident in this nation's people, food and cultural festivals. Further strengthening these ties, is the High Commission of India to TT which offers cultural, educational and legal avenues for many citizens. One main initiative is the Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) card, which allows eligible individuals of Indian descent to access a lifelong visa to India and engage more easily with the country of their ancestors.
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US expands militarized zones to 1/3 of southern border, stirring controversy
Orange no-entry signs posted by the U.S. military in English and Spanish dot the New Mexico desert, where a border wall cuts past onion fields and parched ranches with tufts of tall grass growing amidst wiry brush and yucca trees.
Bandleaders call for preservation of legacies of cultural icons
When Classix Productions bandleader Vanessa Forde told late mas bandleader Jason Griffith that her 2025 children's band would honour him, he said, "At least somebody remembers I exist."
Gov't sets up committee to repatriate T&T citizens from Syria, Iraq
Minister of Legal Affairs Saddam Hosein will serve as vice-chairman. Other members include Minister of Foreign and CARICOM Affairs Sean Sobers, Minister of Justice Devesh Maharaj, Minister of Defence Wayne Sturge, and Minister of Homeland Security Roger Alexander.
Griffith: Removal of Young's security detail unprofessional
Former commissioner of police and national security minister Gary Griffith has criticised the abrupt withdrawal of former prime minister Stuart Young's state security detail, calling the move unprofessional and potentially dangerous.
Customs says border control system partially operational
President of TTMA Dale Parson said, "The extended disruption of ASYCUDA is severely impacting trade facilitation and by extension the nation's economic activity. Communication and immediate intervention are critical at this time. Manufacturers have hundreds of containers to export but cannot, resulting in missing weekly sailing schedules with CMA, Tropical, Seaboard and other lines, adversely affecting the ease of doing business."
CoP expedites firearms applications
The release said that following a directive from the commissioner for all pending firearm application files containing valid and current supporting documents, be immediately forwarded to his office, he has reported that a first batch has now been fully adjudicated.
These files are being returned to the Firearms Permit Unit (FPU) for prompt dispatch, in keeping with the commissioner's pledge to ensure fairness, transparency, and efficiency in the application process.
CoP Guevarro leads police operation at illegal quarry site
DAYS after a Newsday report highlighted the major pollution of a the environmentally-sensitive Guanapo River, as a direct result of an illegal quarry operator pumping tonnes of silt into that river – threatening to disrupt the water supply to thousands of residents – Commissioner of Police Allister Guevarro has led a team of officers to a visit to the illegal quarry.
First Peoples community on the breadline after reforestation contracts cancelled
CHIEF of the Santa Rosa First Peoples Community Ricardo Bharath has expressed deep disappointment and concern over the abrupt termination of contracts under the National Reforestation and Watershed Rehabilitation Programme.
Reparations commission – 'It's not us going to the EU'
UWI's Vice-Chancellor Prof Hilary Beckles, in his capacity as chair of the Caricom Reparations Commission (CRC) has said no member of the commission was a part of a Caribbean group visiting Britain and the European Union with a reparations agenda.
Cunupia pensioner tied up, assaulted during home invasion
Police said the woman secured her house at Narinesingh Terrace, Travis Persad Drive, around 4pm on Tuesday and later went to bed. Around midnight, she was awakened by strange noises and was confronted by two masked men who announced a robbery.
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