Media Releases

The Republic of Trinidad and Tobago today (2nd July, 2016) received the heart-breaking news of the passing of former Prime Minister Patrick Augustus Mervyn Manning. As a statesman and politician of some 41 years, he executed his responsibilities with genuine care and love for the people of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. His visionary and pioneering work in the oil and gas industry, infrastructural development, civil aviation, political and social reform and education, has catapulted our country closer to ...

The following seeks to clarify the timelines for appointment, by His Excellency Anthony Thomas Aquinas Carmona ORTT, SC, President of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, of the Boards of Directors for both the Environmental Management Authority (EMA) and the Tobago Regional Health Authority (TRHA).  Contrary to some media reports, President Carmona has neither refused nor delayed the signing of the Instruments of Revocation and Instruments of Appointment for Members of the Board of Directors of the EMA.  His Excellency ...

“In the Caribbean, as in many developing countries, data on the impact of autism is limited. In the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, several hundred persons with autism have been identified by various stakeholders but it is known that there are many others who are still unidentified and remain undiagnosed sometimes due to a culture of shame, indifference and ignorance.”

“His Excellency Anthony Thomas Aquinas Carmona, O.R.T.T., S.C. the President of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago was presented with the Commission of Enquiry into the Events surrounding the attempted Coup which occurred in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago on July 27, 1990.”