Kamla to address UN General Assembly today

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar will address the United Nations General Assembly today at 7:30 p.m. Persad-Bissessar arrived in New York yesterday morning to attend the 68th United Nations General Assembly. She is due to return home tomorrow. According to a release ...
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CARICOM countries pledge to uphold rights of disabled citizens

UNITED NATIONS, CMC – Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries have pledged their commitments to ensuring the rights of the disabled community in the region noting also that internationally agreed development goals cannot be achieved without incorporating persons with disabilities. “They...
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Grenada wants UN help in establishing shelter for battered women

UNITED NATIONS, CMC – Grenada has asked the United Nations for assistance in establishing a one-stop crisis center for battered women and children. Social Development Minister Delma Thomas made the request during talks with the Assistant Secretary General for UN Women, Lakshi Puri. She told ...
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Hopes surge for Sparrow on the mend

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - SENTIMENTS of relief surged internationally following the (authorised) announcement that the Mighty Sparrow, born Slinger Francisco, had emerged from a coma in the New York hospital where he has been treated. For two weeks before, a decline in his condition had been marked ...
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Trinidadian among dozens killed in Kenya mall siege

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – A Trinidadian national, employed as a research economist in Kenya, was among several people killed when Shabab militant attackers held up Narobi's Westgate Shopping Mall over the weekend killing at least 68 people. Prime Minister Kamla Persad Bissessar has e...
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Guyana condemns attack terrorist attack in Kenya

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – Guyana has condemned the terrorist attack on Narobi's Westgate Shopping Mall over the last weekend that left more than 60 people dead including a Trinidad and Tobago national. “The Government of Guyana unequivocally condemns this atrocious terrorist act and...
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Fighting Said to Continue in Kenyan Mall

NAIROBI, Kenya — The bloody standoff at a Kenyan shopping mall entered its fourth, confused day on Tuesday as government forces said they were picking off the militants who stormed the upscale shopping center, while a group claiming to be connected to the attackers said militants inside the ma...
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Trinidad and Tobago celebrates 37 years of Republicanism

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Trinidad and Tobago is observing the 37th anniversary of being a republic on Tuesday with political leaders saying the head of state saying the mistakes over the past three decades were part of the process of maturity. “Even a fleeting comparison of our na...
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