Young farmer Isaiah Letren showing off the fruits of his labour for this Final Year Diploma project at UTT. The crops were planted at ECIAF. Isaiah is from a farming family in Paramin and was one of the UTT.

Today- Civil Asset Recovery Bill. Follow the Parliament Channel, Radio 105.5 FM and ParlView this morning from 10:00 a.m. to catch the Senate debate on the Civil Asset Recovery and Management and Unexplained Wealth Bill, 2019. This Bill was passed.

Bon Appétit! The farmer from Mamoral convinced me yesterday to try this highland dasheen- not from the water but from the dry hillside. As I thought about it I thought about the salmon I had been saving, along.

The Special Select Committee on the Sexual Offences (Amendment) Bill, 2019 continues to work on the Bill, and held its 9th meeting, in private, this week. The Committee started the clause by clause examination.

At this time about 150,000 shredded plastic bottles being used in the casting of the floor of the new quarantine area at the Emperor Valley Zoo. This is part of the 20,192,019 target set for the collection and use of plastic bottles for 2019.

Unanimous! After 8 hours of consideration today, the Civil Asset Recovery and Management and Unexplained Wealth Bill, 2019 was just passed by all 34 members present and voting in the House of Representatives. The debate on this Bill will now move to the Senate.

Agricola Credit Union- celebrating 70 years its registration as a Credit Union and hosting this morning it’s 66th Annual General Meeting. With an asset base of over $400 million and 14,000 members, I join.

Getting in a little fresh cane juice and fruit before the Massy-sponsored Run For Food 5K at the Queen’s Park Savannah.

With the young people and their families earlier this morning. It was the annual Sports and Family Day activities of the Chinmaya Mission in Couva.

The hunting of wild ducks and other waterfowl has ended in Trinidad and Tobago. For decades our law has permitted hunting of a range of birds, including parrots, plovers, cormorants, cranes, wild ducks and.

A Petit Bourg man is facing 81 charges for illegal possession of a protected animal and for possession of certain birds in breach of the Regulations under the Conservation of Wildlife Act. The man was held in.

I am always happy to be among our young people, and this morning I was at UWI, and then the annual World Food Day (WFD) tree planting activity with primary school students. Next for WFD is the Massy Run For Food on Saturday at the Queen’s Park Savannah.

Speaking this morning at the Formal Opening of the new Country Office for the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) at #2 Serpentine Road, St. Clair, Port of Spain. The building has been.

This morning marks a milestone for the UN’s Food and Organization (FAO) as it formally commissions its offices at Serpentine Road, St Clair, in a new long term arrangement with Trinidad and Tobago. Assistant.

Congratulations to the UWI on another successful Tech Agri Expo. This year my focus at the Expo was the Herbarium and the work it is doing, particularly in sustaining natural forest resources.

Kicking off tonight the Lendore Village Sports and Cultural Club’s Chrissie Terrace Football League. Happy to have been invited by this community to be a part of this event which is a main event on the Lendore Village calendar.

From this Emperor Butterfly-shaped foundation the Discovery Building will rise at the Emperor Valley Zoo. The recent RFP for the construction of the superstructure has closed and bids are under evaluation by.

From time to time I am asked on this page about the seized wildlife. Earlier this year a decision taken a while ago was implemented, so that all seized wildlife are sent to the Emperor Valley Zoo. Since then,.

At this morning’s Cluster Meeting of the Rotary Clubs of San Juan, St Joseph, Chaguanas and Felicity/Charlieville. The discussion covered a range of issues like public sector productivity; food security and.

In Icacos tonight with the fishermen for the seasonal seine-fishing for shrimp, an activity dictated by tidal patterns, light and several other factors. Tonight the shrimp and some fish are mixed in with.