Ramnarine: Appointment of energy minister critical to economy
Former Energy Minister Kevin Ramnarine -
FORMER energy minister Kevin Ramnarine said it is critical for the Prime Minister to name a new Minister of Energy over the next two days, as Trinidad and Tobago is still an oil and gas-dependent economy.
He said the shortfall in revenue and the fact that the two most important state enterprises. – Trinidad Petroleum Holding Co Ltd and the National Gas Company (NGC) – report to this ministry underscore its importance.
The perspective was shared by economist Dr Roger Hosein, who, along with Ramnarine, was commenting on the importance of filling this key ministry following the sudden death of Energy Minister Franklin Khan on Saturday.
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OAS resolution supports St Vincent
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Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves sitting with senior citizens who had to evacuate their homes at the Thomas Saunders Secondary School in Kingstown, which has been turned into an emergency shelter. PHOTO COURTESY SEARCHLIGHT NEWSPAPER, ST VINCENT - SEARCHLIGHT NEWSPAPER
THE Organisation of American States (OAS) expressed support for St Vincent and the Grenadines on Thursday as that country continues to deal with the fallout from the eruption of the La Soufriere volcano on April 9.
In a statement, the Foreign and Caricom Affairs Ministry said Trinidad and Tobago and the other 14 Caricom countries were among the OAS member states that voted for a resolution by the OAS s Permanent Council that supported SVG in its hour of need.
File: National Security Minister Stuart Young, Parliament of Trinidad and Tobago.
National Security Minister Stuart Young spared no punches as he chastised the Opposition for its absence from today’s sitting of the House of Representatives.
The Opposition abstained from today’s sitting of the House as it said its concerns regarding members’ safety in light of the Prime Minister’s COVID-19 diagnosis have yet to be acknowledged and addressed.
Young registered his disappointment with the Opposition’s third absence from a Parliamentary sitting, as he moved a motion to approve the nomination of Bliss Seepersad as a member of the Police Service Commission.
St Vincent PM grateful as Trinidad and Tobago supplies arrive
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ON THE GROUND: This screengrab from video images on St Vincent media outlet VC3 s Facebook page shows TT Defence Force officer Lt Col Josette McLean, left, with St Vincent Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves on Tuesday afternoon after she and other TT military personnel arrived on the MV Galleons Passage. - VC3
Reporting from St Vincent
A GRATEFUL Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves of St Vincent and the Grenadines was on hand on Tuesday afternoon to greet the MV Galleons Passage, which arrived from Trinidad laden with much-needed supplies for the volcano-stricken island.