PRESIDENT Christine Kangaloo offered her congratulations to newly appointed Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar, noting her appointment is once again historic after Persad-Bissessar was sworn in on May 1.

"You have now been appointed as PM for a second time. You are the only woman in our country's history to have held this office and the only one to do so twice. The occasion of this, your second appointment, is a significant moment for women."

Speaking after the swearing-in ceremony at the President’s House, St Ann's, Port of Spain, Kangaloo also congratulated John Jeremie, who was appointed Attorney General for a third time, having previously served in that role twice under a PNM government.