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Experts push back on PM
Posted: Sunday, September 28, 2025
Experts push back on PM
Caribbean 'not at peace'...
Rowley pushes back on Kamla's UN speech
Critical aid for T&T: PM prioritises fire tenders, Couva Hospital
Speaking with Guardian Media outside the United Nations Headquarters in New York, following the Prime Minister's meeting with UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres, yesterday, Foreign and Caricom Affairs Minister Sean Sobers praised the Prime Minister for securing a $94 million grant from China.
The grant, valued at RMB 100 million (approximately $94 million), falls under the Agreement on Economic and Technical Cooperation between the two countries and will support jointly approved projects in Trinidad and Tobago. It was discussed during a September 18 meeting between Prime Minister Persad-Bissessar and Chinese Ambassador Ren Hongyan at the Diplomatic Centre.
PM hits back at $30K outfit claims: I work hard for my money
Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar is rubbishing social media allegations that the outfit she wore to speak at the United Nations General Assembly cost taxpayers around $30,000. Persad-Bissessar said her clothing was purchased with the money she earned and even mentioned that it was on sale.
Venezuelan minister slams 'immoral US military threat'
YVAN GIL PINTO, Minister of the People's Power for Foreign Affairs of Venezuela, told the UN General Assembly (UNGA) his country will not be intimidated by foreign threats as he reaffirmed Venezuela's "Bolivarian vocation of peace" and the right to defend its sovereignty.
Jearlean: PM a brave patriot at UN
Jearlean steps up as Acting PM: Tireless, determined, for the people
At 65, when many are preparing to close the chapter on their working lives, Jearlean John has written a new one—stepping into the nation's highest office as Acting Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago during Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar's absence.
Paula Lucie-Smith building a Republic through literacy
"Low literacy means unfulfilled individual potential, unfilled jobs and unemployment as the workforce lacks the skill set needed for a technology driven economy. Low literacy means low national productivity" she told Newsday.
Vessels seized by Coast Guard vanish
The disappearances have fuelled serious concerns about accountability within the State-funded security organisation and whether a viable inventory and tracking system exists.
Golden Boldon
From Tokyo medals to Emmy gold, Ato Boldon weighs in on triumph, failure and what it takes to endure
Drupatee revels in national award
Overdue but welcomed
Tearful farewell for Mariah Seenath
TEARS FLOWED and flowers rained as relatives, classmates, teachers and villagers gathered to bid a heartbreaking farewell to 13-year-old Mariah Seenath on September 27.
Tenant, 52, dies in Claxton Bay house fire
Pensioner Doolarie Narine, 77, of Hermitage Road, Claxton Bay, owned the house. She told investigators that her son, Hardeo Narine, 59, lived on the first floor, while the tenant, Mantan, occupied the ground floor.
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