The ringing of the Spiritual Shouter Baptist bell swung by Mother Brenda Agulia reverberated throughout the halls of the Consulate General of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago in New York as a full Baptist service took place in the main hall where an altar with scent, calabash, mango leaves, water, lotar and tharia and a cocoyea broom were displayed. Bishop Allan Baxter said the invocation, Shinelle Hewitt sang the hymn “How Great Thou Art” [...]

NIB workers continued with protest action today. This time they took their struggle to their San Fernando office The protests are over protracted wage negotiations. Workers are frustrated with the salary gap between the NIB executives and employees. According to PSA section committee member Terrence Regis, workers are worth much more than the 5 percent, being offered to them.

Member of Parliament for Oropuche East Dr. Roodal Moonilal has lamented that there are many communities across the country without electricity and a proper water supply. Speaking in Parliament yesterday, the Oropuche East MP named a number of communities within his own constituencies, which are still without these basic necessities.   Dr. Moonilal however assured that government is working to have this problem resolved.

Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar met with an interministeral committee, yesterday evening, to discuss two major projects proposals. On the agenda, are plans to develop a highway that stretches from San Fernando to Point Fortin as well as the construction of a UWI campus in Debe. Speaking outside the constituency office of Oropuche/West MP Dr. Roodal Moonilal in Debe yesterday, the PM stated the works will commence with both projects very soon. The Ministry of works [...]

Residents of Cedros and environs will soon have access to 24-hour health care. This, as the South West Regional Health Authority has put arrangements in place for residents to access emergency services after hours at the Cedros health centre.  In a release, the SWRHA stated that this initiative would take effect from February 06th. This comes one day after residents called for a hospital to be built in the area. At present, the Cedros Health [...]

Housing Minister Roodal Moonilal said that the Housing Development Corporation wants a clean record. Speaking at one of the larger Key-Distribution Ceremony by HDC at South NAPA earlier today, the minister said that he hopes HDC communities will be crime-free. In order to ensure that HDC units are not a haven for the criminal elements, Moonilal intends to set up communities centres that will offer educational and character-buidling workshops.

MP for Couva South, Rudy Indarsingh, boasted once again of the strides made to develop Couva within the last year. He was making specific reference to the new Preysal interchange that was commissioned recently where he praised them for supporting the government in this initiative. Indarsingh was speaking at the media launch of the Building Development Project Fund by the Couva /Point Lisas Chamber of Industry Commerce. The chamber also launched their third annual carnival [...]

Christmas will still be felt by the victims of the recent Trou Macaque blaze who have been relocated. Today they received household items to assist in their new living arrangements. Members of the Congress of the People, including leader Prakash Ramadar visited the displaced persons and sought to bring to them the comfort of knowing that they have not been forgotten. The mattresses and food stuff were distributed by members of the COP constituency, along [...]

Cepep continues to clean up its “painting stones white” image through community service projects. One family in need will now be spending Christmas with a proper room over their head and the confidence that their four surrounding walls will protect them from the natural elements in the Heights of Aripo. WIN news spoke to the Deputy Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Housing and the Environment, Anthony Ramnarine, who explained how the much needed assistance [...]

Once again residents of Central Trinidad continue to grapple with the negative effects of flooding. However in this case it’s not caused due to bad drainage but allegedly by an individual who blocked a major water course in Freeport. The area is Llyod Trace in Calcutta No 2 Freeport. Residents say since the wall was constructed,within minutes of rainfall…the place floods. Some days residents are forced to walk on the said wall that is allegedly [...]