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Minister Cummings Discusses Youth Development With Stakeholders

The Honourable Foster Cummings, Minister of Youth Development and National Service (MYDNS) engaged in two meetings with executive members of the Police Youth Clubs and Oje Egungun Society for Ancestral Veneration and Cultural Revivalism, on Monday 15th May, 2023. The meetings took place at the Ministry of Youth Development and National Service (MYDNS), Head Office […]

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Co-operative Regulator Underscores the Need for Protection of Members’ Personal Financial Information

The Commissioner for Co-operative Development advises that all co-operative societies owe its members a duty of care in the management and protection of personal information retained by the institution and wishes to advise all co-operative societies to exercise the highest standards of ethical and legal behaviour towards their membership. The public is further advised that […]

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MYDNS Youth Caravan Buzzes Through Beetham Gardens

The Ministry of Youth Development and National Service’s Youth Career and Education Caravan (YCEC) was embraced by Beetham Gardens on Saturday 6th May, 2023. From 10:00 a.m., scores of young people flooded the Beetham Recreation Grounds, for education and entrepreneurshipopportunities. “All you beautiful people of Beetham, the MYDNS is here to present to you all […]

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Commissioner for Co-operative Development Addresses Concerns Related to Works Credit Union

The Co-operative Development Division led by the Commissioner for Co-operative Development (Ag.), Ms. Deborah-Ann Scott, is responsible for the regulation and supervision of Co-operatives in accordance with the Co-operative Societies Act Chapter 81:03 of the Laws of Trinidad and Tobago. The Office of the Commissioner for Co-operative Development has noted two recent incidents related to […]

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Commissioner of Co-operative Development: Eastern Credit Union Has Chance to Course Correct

The Office of the Commissioner for Co-operative Development (Commissioner) advises that Eastern Credit Union Co-operative Society Ltd. (ECU) has an opportunity to address its governance issues. This statement is made in reference to a breach of the Co-operative Societies Regulations in the convening of an Annual General Meeting of the ECU held on Saturday 22nd […]

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Youth Ministry Programmes Highlighted at the 2023 United Nations ECOSOC Youth Forum

The Minister of Youth Development and National Service, the Honourable Foster Cummings led the Trinidad and Tobago delegation at the 2023 United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) Youth Forum at the United Nations Headquarters in New York on 25th-27th April 2023. The ECOSOC Youth Forum entitled “Accelerating the COVID 19 recovery and full implementation […]

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MYDNS and TCL Kickstart New Community Agricultural Project in Mayo

Minister of Youth Development and National Service, the Honourable Foster Cummings, on Wednesday 15th March 2023, delivered the Feature Address at the Launch of Phase One of the Mayo Community Agricultural Project (MCAP). The Launch took place at the Mayo Roman Catholic Primary School. During the ceremony, twenty-seven (27) farmers from the Mayo Community received […]

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Youth Ministry Launches Project Trending Programme

Cycle 2 of the Project Trending Programme was launched by the Ministry of Youth Development and National Service (MDYNS) today, Monday 13th March 2023 at the Government Campus Plaza, Port of Spain. This cycle will provide 120 small business owners and budding entrepreneurs with the practical knowledge, insights and social media management training required to […]

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Project Drive Steers Youth into Automotive Industry

Minister of Youth Development and National Service – the Honourable Foster Cummings (C), (From left to right) MYDNS Director Youth Affairs – Mr. Sean Ramrattan, Vehicle Management Corporation of Trinidad and Tobago Limited (VMCOTT) Chairman – Lieutenant Colonel Neil Bennett, NESC Technical Institute Campus Manager – Mr. Zaid Mohammed and MYDNS Permanent Secretary – Mr. […]

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100 Young Persons to Benefit From Airconditioning and Refrigeration Training

The Ministry of Youth Development and National Service (MYDNS), today, launched CRISP: An Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Programme, at the National Energy Skills Centre (NESC), Technical Institute Woodford Lodge Campus, 21 Lalla Street Perseverance, Chaguanas. CRISP is designed to engender employability through technical/vocational training of 100 young people in Domestic Refrigeration, Air Condition, Automotive Electrical […]