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Our republic is in need of major reform
Posted: Wednesday, September 24, 2025
MSJ leader: Our republic is in need of major reform
"This other reality is that too many of our citizens are not doing well.
"In our schools half of our students do not pass the key exam milestones – SEA; CSEC – and the structure of the system does not provide them with knowledge of who we are as a people, where we have come from, what have been our struggles and who led them from the genocide of the First Peoples, then out of enslavement, through indentureship and up to independence."
PM: Republicanism is more than democracy
PRIME MINISTER Kamla Persad-Bissessar marked the 49th anniversary of TT becoming a republic by recounting the country’s accomplishments and is looking forward to making more progress for future generations.
ORTT for 3
Former chief secretary Hochoy Charles, who passed away last January, will be posthumously awarded this country's highest honour today, with Professors Selwyn Cudjoe and Kenneth Ramchand also named among this year's recipients of the Order of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago (ORTT).
National Awardees 2025
Chaconia Gold for TKR: Pollard, Pooran, Jereem, Keshorn named sport ambassadors
TKR coach DJ Bravo: Keshorn, Jereem spurred us to CPL glory
US guided missile destroyer believed to be close to T&T
A vessel believed to be a US Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer was spotted near the northern coasts of Trinidad and Venezuela yesterday, according to online open source intelligence analysts.
Kamla to meet Caricom, US officials at UN General Assembly
It was not yet on the cards to meet US President Donald Trump, she said, but if it happens she would welcome it.
Jearlean John to act as PM
WORKS and Infrastructure Minister Jearlean John will act in the Prime Minister's stead as Kamla Persad-Bissessar heads to the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York.
Kamla advises acting PM: Don't do anything I wouldn't do
COP leader: OSHA in 'terrible mess'
Leader of the Congress of the People Prakash Ramadhar is calling for the government to look into alleged claims of nepotism and interference in the Occupational Safety and Health Agency's (OSHA) operations.
Fatal problems with the Virtual Assets Bill
Cryptocurrency is a $4 trillion market that allows persons to take part in commerce and investment anywhere in the world without the delays associated with banking and wire transfers using the SWIFT system. Many people in T&T have made huge profits by investing in Bitcoin, Solana and Cardano.
Warner's extradition case collapses over 'flawed' process
FORMER Fifa vice-president Jack Warner is a "free” man and cannot be handed over to the United States as all extradition proceedings against him have been permanently stayed by the High Court.
Warner walks free: High Court ends extradition battle
Persad-Bissessar: Phillip Alexander was 'totally out of line'
PRIME Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar has distanced herself from recent remarks of parliamentary secretary in the Ministry of Housing Phillip Alexander, when asked about a "minister who was in a back and forth with Venezuela."
Alexander in a video posted on social media said because TT was part of the Indian diaspora, the Indian government, led by Narendra Modi, who visited TT in July, would use nuclear weapons against Venezuela.
ACP Smith asked for Alexander to go with him to meet Rajaee Ali, police memo shows
A confidential police memorandum has revealed that suspected gang leader and murder accused Rajaee Ali, previously detained at the Maximum Security Prison but now at the Teteron Barracks, Chaguaramas, requested a meeting with a senior law enforcement officer in January.
Marlon King to face third trial for murder of Amy Annamunthodo, 4, in 2006
A San Fernando jury remained hung, unable to deliver a verdict after four hours of deliberations at the O'Meara Judicial Centre on September 23. King was before Justice Hayden St Clair-Douglas for his second trial.
After girl, 12, killed...
Defence Minister: Some murders 'you can never prevent'
'Who is this State of Emergency really protecting?'
Funeral for Mariah Seenath on September 27
Funeral plans are under way for Mariah Seenath, a Form Three San Fernando East Secondary student who was found in some bushes near the Friendship Recreation Ground, Ste Madeleine, on September 20.
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