Media Releases

The Ministry of Rural Development and Local Government is pleased to announce that the Princes Town Regional Corporation has opened a new Disaster Management sub office in Moruga.

Over 100 persons will benefit from the newly installed Bailey Bridge in Sixth Company, Circular Road.

At around 6:30pm last night, reports were received by the Princes Town Disaster Management Unit via their 24 Hour Toll-Free Hotline that volcanic activity was detected at Devil’s Woodyard, Hindustan Road, New Grant.

Yesterday, the Ministry of Rural Development and Local Government hosted a Graduation Ceremony to congratulate the 26 Municipal Police Constables from Batch 1/2017.

Minister of Rural Development and Local Government Haji Kazim Hosein, has expressed his sincere concern for Parliamentary Secretary Senator the Honorable Avinash Singh, who was hospitalized after being subject to over 200 bee stings.

The Ministry of Rural Development and Local Government is pleased to announce the appointment by the Service Commissions Department of Trinidad and Tobago of six new Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) for the Municipal Corporations.

The Ministry of Rural Development and Local Government wishes to advise that there is a landslide on the Lady Young Road currently rendering it impassable. The landslide is located approximately ½-mile up from the Morvant Junction.

Minister of Rural Development and Local Government Haji Kazim Hosein has made an appeal to the public to adopt a more collaborative approach to all service providers in every community.

The Ministry of Rural Development and Local Government, through the engagement of the Trinidad and Tobago Solid Waste Management Company Limited, is continuing the selection process for garbage collection contractors for the fourteen (14) Municipal Corporations.