As they entered office for the first time on Monday, our cameras caught up with Minister of Energy and Energy Industries Dr Roodal Moonilal and Minister of Culture and Community Development Michelle Benjamin at Tower C, International waterfront Complex, both Ministers said they were excited to begin work. Both Dr Moonilal and Benjamin met with Ministry officials and staff at their designated ministries.
00:00As they entered office for the first time today, our cameras caught up with Minister of Energy and Energy Industries, Dr. Rudal Munilal,
00:07and Minister of Culture and Community Development, Michel Benjamin, at Tawasi International Waterfront Complex.
00:13Both ministers said they were excited to begin work.
00:16Both Dr. Munilal and Ms. Benjamin met with ministry officials and staff at their designated ministries.
00:24They're familiar faces. I've been in Parliament for many years.
00:27So several of the faces, they are familiar to me, and I'm hoping that we can get them to work very quickly.
00:33Do you want to give us a little insight what might be your first order of business this morning?
00:36Well, the first order of business, of course, is to receive a brief from the Parliament Secretary and the staff.
00:42I will have a few questions, of course, to have some several matters, and we take it from there.
00:48We're excited. It seems to be really welcome to people.
00:51And, of course, ministry of culture. Do you have anything to say, what will be your first order of business, I know, you know?
00:56Well, of course, as we've done, we are here to assess the state of our community, and then we proceed.
01:05And then, of course, we have to hang out this day, and then we proceed.
01:09Also taking office today was Minister of Rural Development and Local Government, Khadijah Amin,
01:15who engaged in talks with all heads of department in her first official meeting as Minister at the Ministry's headquarters on Marival Road.
01:22Shogonis East MP and Minister of the People and Social Development and Family Services, Vandana Mohit,
01:29and Senator Dr. Natalie Chaitan Maharaj, Parliamentary Secretary, also took office today.
01:34MP4 Koovan North and Minister of Works and Infrastructure, Jirlene John,
01:39also, along with Minister of Transport, Eli Zakur, also met with staff at Fair Ministry.
01:45The newly appointed Minister of Finance, Devendranath Tankoo, was greeted by an executive team at the Ministry of Finance on his first day in office.
02:00In a major release, the Ministry of Finance said,
02:02Mr. Tankoo received verbal briefings and several other documents on a myriad of subjects under the purview of the Ministry of Finance.
02:10The release reads,
02:12The minister expressed deep gratitude for the warm reception and comprehensive briefing
02:19and indicated that he is looking forward to an excellent working relationship with the Ministry's staff and its stakeholders.
02:26The release went on to say that the minister visited the various divisions and units of the ministry where he greeted the staff.
02:33And Minister of Defence, Wayne Sturge, and Minister of Homeland Security, Roger Alexander, arrived for their first day of work today.
02:45Both Alexander and Sturge were greeted by ministry officials, including permanent secretaries,
02:49on the steps of what was the National Security Ministry,
02:53and were expected to be briefed on the state of Trinidad and Tobago security agencies.
02:57The ministries of Defence and Homeland Security will deal with transnational and domestic affairs.
03:04Both ministries will be working towards the goal set by Prime Minister Kavanaugh-Pasad-Bissessa
03:09of having crime reduced in TNT within six months.
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