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January 12 12:28 AM
Late RJRGleaner CEO did not seek applause
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...suggests copying Belize’s Criminal Justice Board
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January 12 12:26 AM
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January 12 12:24 AM
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January 12 12:22 AM
Adjournment in gang trial might be ‘demanded’, says lawyer
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PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) – Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar Saturday said that Trinidad and Tobago did not participate in the United States ...
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ST GEORGE’S, Grenada (CMC) — Trinidad and Tobago’s Prime Minister, Kamla Persad-Bissessar, is due to make an official visit to Grenada early next year...
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Kamla faces backlash for statements on US visas and Caribbean relations
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December 21, 2025
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) – Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago Kamla Persad-Bissessar is facing mounting criticism at home and abroad following...
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Trinidad PM says Caricom has ‘lost its way’
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PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) – Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar on Saturday said the 15-member regional integration grouping...
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US assisting with radar surveillance upgrades in Tobago — Trinidad PM
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PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) — Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago Kamla Persad-Bissessar has confirmed that the United States (US) is installing a...
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Trinidad PM welcomes US military exercises in country
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Trinidad PM welcomes US military exercises in country
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PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC)—Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar says the presence of United States military troops in the regi...
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Trinidad PM cautions fisherfolk amid US war on drugs in the Caribbean
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November 5, 2025
SCARBROUGH, Tobago (CMC)—Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar has warned members of the country's fisherfolk community not to ven...
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Trinidad PM reiterates support for US war on drugs in the Caribbean
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PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC)—Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar has doubled down on her support for the United States war on d...
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Trinidad doubles down in defence of US military presence in region
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PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) – Trinidad and Tobago on Sunday reiterated its position on why it is standing apart from its Caribbean Community (Carico...
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UNITED NATIONS, United States (CMC) – Trinidad and Tobago on Friday reiterated its support for the United States (US) military presence in the souther...
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Trump reaffirms ‘strength of partnership’ with Trinidad and Tobago
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WASHINGTON, United States (CMC) — The Donald Trump administration has reaffirmed the strength of its partnership with the Trinidad and Tobago Governme...
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Trinidad PM undaunted by reaction to her position regarding US military presence in Caribbean waters
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PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC)- Trinidad and Tobago's Prime Minister Kamla Persad Bissessar says her administration will over the next five years imple...
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Trinidad supports US military action in Caribbean, has no intention of engaging Caricom
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PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) – The Trinidad and Tobago government Saturday said it fully supports the decision of the United States to deploy “milita...
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Trinidad and Tobago sends warning to Venezuela
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PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) – The Trinidad and Tobago government Thursday night said that it takes “very seriously” threats being made by Venezuela ...
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Trinidad PM reassures the country that she is in good health
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PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) — Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Kamla Persad Bissessar has once again sought to reassure citizens that she is in “g...
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Persad Bissessar makes history with swearing-in
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PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC)— Seventy-three year-old Kamla Persad Bissessar, created history on Thursday, when she took the oath of office, becoming ...
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US welcomes victory of Persad Bissessar, observer groups pleased with conduct of election
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US welcomes victory of Persad Bissessar, observer groups pleased with conduct of election
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PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) – The United States government Tuesday welcomed the victory of Kamla Persad Bissessar in Monday’s general election, desc...
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Persad Bissessar leads coalition to victory in Trinidad and Tobago election
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Trinidad and Tobago’s UNC leader wins Siparia seat, predicts general election victory
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PORT-OF SPAIN, Trinidad — Trinidad and Tobago Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar has launched a stinging rebuke at the former Joe Biden Administ...
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Let them smell their ‘flowers’
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