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With the introduction of a new Value Added Tax regime (VAT) on Monday February 1st , the Rowley government will implement one of the biggest political lies ever told to the population of this country. When the Rowley PNM launched its manifesto in late August 2015, they trumpeted...

Prime Minister Keith Rowley needs to explain his reasons for appointing Foreign Affairs Minister, Dennis Moses as Minister of State in the Ministry of National Security. Does the goodly Minister Moses have a background and or the requisite credentials to be placed in such an...

The decision of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council to uphold the decision of former Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar to recall Parliament in September 2012 to repeal the now infamous section 34 has vindicated her. The Privy Council delivered a 19-page ruling on...

Today the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council delivered judgment in the appeal of Steve Ferguson and others v The Attorney General of Trinidad and Tobago, infamously known by the general public as “ The Section 34 Case”. The appeals were dismissed by a unanimous decision of...

As the Member of Parliament for Point a Pierre I am deeply concerned by the Minister of Trade and Industry’s Response that she is not legally bound to undertake consultation as it relates to the Policy Change on the importation of Foreign used vehicles. In accordance with...

The Leader of the Opposition today indicated that she is deeply troubled by the unabated slaughter of citizens as the murder rate has now reached 33 persons killed in 22 days, the latest being the tragic murder of two teenage students who were on their way home from school. In a...

Today, Wednesday 20th January, the Honourable Leader of the Opposition and members of the Opposition met with a delegation led by His Excellency Chen Changzhi, Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress of the People’s Republic of China. Also...

The United National Congress (UNC) wishes to advise that Constituency Executive Elections will be held as follows:- Saturday February 27th, 2016:- Barataria / San Juan; Caroni Central; Caroni East; Chaguanas East; Chaguanas West; Couva North; Couva South; Cumuto / Manzanill...

The Minister of Health, Mr Terrance Deyalsingh, and the Rowley government are spreading misinformation about the Couva Children’s Hospital while keeping the facility closed. Today I am calling on Mr. Deyalsingh to come clean and tell the people the truth about the hospital and...

Last week at a media briefing at my office in Port of Spain to raise concerns about the reintroduction of Value Added Tax (VAT) on several basic food items I made reference to salt as one of those essential ingredients in our diet. Salt, I noted, is so important it became the...