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New Year Message from the Leader of the Opposition

My fellow citizens, the year 2015 was an extraordinary time for Trinidad and Tobago. It was a year when we went from prosperity and great hope for all to a time of uncertainty. The defining moment was the change in government. Up to September 7th, we had a clear pathway to deal...
Posted On 31 Dec 2015
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Kamla: Rowley’s address will fuel anxiety, instability

OVERVIEW THE address to the nation by Dr Keith Rowley will exacerbate anxiety and instability created by his Government’s failure to meet economic challenges head on, because it is now clear that the PNM never had the economic plan they claimed. This, according to Opposition...
Posted On 30 Dec 2015
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Former planning minister, Bhoendradatt Tewarie responds to PNM’s Women’s League

The statement issued by the Chairman of the PNM Women’s league and Minister of Planning is childish, misinformed and inaccurate. I never at any time in any statement said anything to undermine the Office of the Acting President. What I said was that the PNM Government had...
Posted On 30 Dec 2015
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UNC: Give The Children The Textbooks

The UNC strongly condemns the Keith Rowley Government for the backward and atrocious textbook distribution policy as announced by the Minister of Education on a television talk show yesterday. The Minister justified this retrograde move by saying that the Government set to save...
Posted On 29 Dec 2015
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Kamla: S&P Analysis Has Vindicated The People’s Partnership

The ability of the former People’s Partnership Government to understand the economic challenges facing the nation and respond decisively with a strong economic plan is largely responsible for the affirmation of the long-term foreign and local currency sovereign credit rating by...
Posted On 28 Dec 2015
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Statement on Forthcoming Address to the Nation by PM Keith Rowley

In a statement to the media today, Leader of the Opposition, Mrs. Kamla Persad-Bissessar indicated that she is keenly anticipating the forthcoming address to the nation by Prime Minister Keith Rowley. She noted that the PNM has already begun to speak in veiled language about the...
Posted On 26 Dec 2015
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UNC: Independent Institutions Under Attack

The United National Congress notes with more than passing concern the un-democratic actions of the Rowley-led PNM administration namely the dismissal of the Governor of the Central Bank, Mr. Jwala Rambarran. As the PNM continues to victimise employees of the state the country...
Posted On 24 Dec 2015
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Opposition Leader Extends Christmas Greetings

Today, as we celebrate another Christmas with loved ones, it is a good time to reflect on the true meaning of this remarkable event that brings out the best in humanity. The universal message of peace, goodwill and togetherness was handed down from the first Christmas and remains...
Posted On 24 Dec 2015
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KAMLA: PNM Victimization and Entrapment in Firing of CBTT Governor

I am shocked but not surprised at the decision of the government of Trinidad and Tobago to instruct the acting President to fire Central Bank Governor, Jwala Rambarran. The action against Mr. Rambarran has the hallmarks of PNM victimization that we have seen in previous years...
Posted On 24 Dec 2015
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Political Leader Kamla Persad Bissessar speech at inauguration of new NATEX

Greetings Good evening my friends and members of our UNC family. We are gathered here today to mark an important milestone in our party’s history and to signal the start of another phase in our journey together. It is a journey that would make us stronger, more united and ready...
Posted On 17 Dec 2015
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