RAD­HI­CA DE SIL­VA

Prime Min­is­ter Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar says a diplo­mat­ic del­e­ga­tion will soon trav­el to Venezuela to en­sure Trinidad and To­ba­go se­cures its “just share” of cross-bor­der oil and gas re­sources, sig­nalling a re­newed push to ad­vance long-stalled en­er­gy projects.

Speak­ing at a $69 mil­lion fire ten­der han­dover cer­e­mo­ny in Pe­nal yes­ter­day, Per­sad-Bisses­sar said the ini­tia­tive forms part of a broad­er strat­e­gy to strength­en the coun­try’s eco­nom­ic se­cu­ri­ty along­side im­prove­ments in na­tion­al safe­ty in­fra­struc­ture.