PM off to Panama for World Economic Forum; McLeod is acting PM

PM Kamla Persad-Bissessar celebrates Sipirtual Baptists/Shouter Baptists Liberation Day on Sunday

Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar leaves for Panama Monday night to attend the 2014 World Economic Forum. Errol McLeod will act as Prime Minister until her return on Thursday.

The three-day forum begins on Tuesday morning and ends on Thursday. Persad-Bissessar will participate in several events, beginning on Tuesday at one titled: "Closing Gender Gaps in Latin America". The focus of the discussions will be the issue of women’s economic empowerment in the region and avenues for advancement.

The next day the Prime Minister will be a panelist at a session entitled: "Opening Pathways for Shared progress". It will examnine strategies that Latin American countries are pursuing to achieve inclusive growth.

In another matter involving the PM on Sunday, Persad-Bissessar attended ceremonies marking Shouter Baptists/Spiritual Baptists Liberation Day and promised that her government would build the country's first Baptists secondary school.

The People's Partnership government build the country's first Baptist Primary school.