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• May 08 2020 Statement by Prime Minister Dr the Honourable Keith Rowley in the House of Representatives on Friday 8th May, 2020
  Madam Speaker, with the authority of the Cabinet, I make the following statement on the much anticipated Representation of the People (Amendment) Bill, 2020. Madam Speaker, upon entering Office as Prime Minister, I made a solid commitment to the people of this nation that Campaign Finance Reform legislation will be brought to the Parliament.  Historically successive […]
• Mar 13 2020 Prime Minister Dr the Hon. Keith Rowley’s Parliament Statement on COVID-19
  Colleagues, fellow citizens, It is in times like these that we define who we are as a people. We are currently facing two global phenomena that affect us directly and are both largely outside of our realm of control. The first is the widespread presence and deleterious effects of COVID 19, commonly known as the […]
• Feb 07 2020 Statement by Prime Minister Dr the Honourable Keith Rowley on the Agreement for the Development of the Loran-Mantee Field
  Statement by Dr the Honourable Keith Rowley,  Prime Minister of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago  To the House of Representatives   On the Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago And the Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela  For the development of the cross-border field, Loran-Manatee, and a Status […]
• Sep 27 2019 Prime Minister’s Statement at the 74th Session of the United Nations General Assembly
  Mr. President, It is indeed a distinct honour to address, for the first time, this august Assembly of States, entrusted with the responsibility of charting the way forward on the wide array of issues that impact our collective development. On behalf of the Government and people of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, I extend […]
• Sep 24 2019 Republic Day Greetings 2019
    Today, as we observe the forty-third (43rd) anniversary of the founding of our Republic, as we commemorate this anniversary, I ask that we consider the significance of its observance as a national holiday and its importance in unifying us as a people, considering also the recent celebration of our 57th Independence. Let us make this […]
• Aug 31 2019 Prime Minister Dr the Hon Keith Rowley’s Independence Day Message
  My fellow citizens, I believe, with sincere honesty, that we should be celebrating the 57th anniversary of our Independence today, looking deeply into our individual consciences to consider the highs and lows in our recent, national experience. The completion of Carifesta 2019 was one such high. We saw thousands of our citizens blending together with […]
• Jul 15 2019 Prime Minister’s Remarks at the Official Opening Ceremony 44th Annual Conference of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association
  On behalf of the people and Government of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, I rise to welcome all the distinguished delegates and other dignitaries who are assembled here for the 44th Annual Conference of the Caribbean, the Americas and the Atlantic region of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference. This is not the first time Trinidad and […]
• May 03 2019 Opening Remarks of Prime Minister Dr the Hon Keith Rowley at the Nineteenth Special Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community on Security Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago 03 May, 2019
  Your Excellencies Colleague Heads of State and Government; Other Heads of Delegation Chairman of the Caribbean Community, Dr. the Honourable Timothy Harris, Prime Minister of St. Kitts and Nevis; Ambassador Irwin LaRocque, CARICOM Secretary-General; Delegates; Members of the local and international media Good morning…. On behalf of the Government and people of the Republic of […]
• Apr 23 2019 Statement on Sri Lanka Terror Attack
  The Government and people of Trinidad and Tobago stand with the people of Sri Lanka in this time of immense pain and national mourning. It is with a deep sense of sadness and disbelief that we learnt of the Easter Sunday terror incident which killed innocent guests at hotels and persons as they worshipped at […]
• Mar 21 2019 THE ORIGIN OF T&T POSITION ON CURRENT VENEZUELAN SITUATION
  There is a deep and genuine lack of pertinent information mainly in the age group 45 and below as to “who is Trinidad and Tobago to the rest of the world”. What has been our foreign policy moorings, over the years, on significant foreign affairs matters e.g. US invasion of Grenada, Venezuela, Nicaragua, apartheid etc? […]
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