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Maduro says work agenda agreed with U.S. delegation Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro on Monday said he agreed an agenda for future talks with a U.S. delegation that he met on Saturday, the first high-level meeting between the two countries in years. Officials from the two countries discussed easing oil sanctions on the South American country but made little progress towards […More]

Media Release – March 16, 2002 Reassignments, Revocations and Appointments Prime Minister Dr the Hon Keith Rowley, has advised Her Excellency Paula-Mae Weekes, President of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago to, in accordance with the provisions of Sections 3(9), 40(2)(a), 76(3) and 79(1) of the Constitution of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, make the following changes with effect […More]

President Biden Finally Decides To Nominate Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson To Supreme Court President Joe Biden announced on Friday 2/25/22 that he will nominate Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, to succeed Justice Stephen Breyer on the Supreme Court. Biden tweeted “He said that Jackson is one of our nation’s […More]

Prime Minister Rowley’s Statement at the Sixth Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF) Salutations It is my pleasure and honour to participate in this the 6th Summit of Gas Exporting Countries and to extend on behalf of the delegation of Trinidad and Tobago our heartfelt appreciation for the gracious welcome and hospitality […More]

RUSSIA AND CHINA JOIN FORCES AGAINST US Russia, China push back against US in pre-Olympics summit By News Desk February 4, 2022 BEIJING (AP) — The leaders of Russia and China pushed back against U.S. pressure on Friday, declaring their opposition to any expansion of NATO and affirming that the island of Taiwan is a part of China, as they […More]

FREE GURANTEED MONTHLY INCOME OF $850 Black women will get no-strings-attached monthly checks in this new guaranteed income experiment In Atlanta’s Old Fourth Ward, the neighborhood where Martin Luther King, Jr., grew up and later preached, 37% of Black children live in poverty. No white children do, according to 2018 Census estimates. The neighborhood has quickly gentrified over the last […More]

TNT GOVERNMENT FILE LEGAL MOTION AGAINST DUKE’S THA APPOINTMENT AG files High Court motion over Duke’s THA appointment Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Faris Al-Rawi, has filed a motion in the High Court, a Construction Fixed Date Claim Form, seeking an interpretation of section 16(8) of the Tobago House of Assembly Act Chapter 25:03. This comes following the appointment of […More]

BARBADOS PLANS TO GIVE FREE MONEY TO ITS CITIZENS First, Barbados said goodbye to the Queen and dubbed Rihanna a ‘national hero.’ Now, it wants to give money to its citizens forever. The Barbados government proposed giving its citizens universal basic income.  It’s unclear how much the UBI would be, but Barbados’ reverse-tax-credit grant is $644 a year. In the […More]

EBC: PDP wins 14 of 15 seats, recounts requested for two districts he Elections and Boundaries Commission (EBC) says it has received two official requests for recounts in the Tobago House of Assembly (THA) elections held on Monday. The requests have been made by the People’s National Movement (PNM) in the electoral district of Buccoo/Mt Pleasant and by the Progressive Democratic Patriots (PDP) […More]

New Assembly sworn in: Farley is Chief Sec, Duke named Deputy Deputy Political Leader of the Progressive Democratic Patriots (PDP) Farley Chavez Augustine has been sworn in as Chief Secretary of the Tobago House of Assembly (THA). Augustine took the oath of office today as a new Assembly of 17 PDP members and two People’s National Movement (PNM) members was […More]