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I note with disbelief the false and deliberately misleading claims today by PNM Chairman Franklin Khan that his party has “declared victory” in the Sangre Grande Regional Corporation. Mr. Khan made these arrogant and incredible claims based on a nonsensical legal interpretation...

This morning the United National Congress successfully defended a challenge to the candidacy of Adrian Ali, the UNC candidate for Munroe Road/Caroni Savannah. The court determined that the ILP’s evidence was insufficient and terminated the case after a single hearing. The legal...

I was deeply saddened to learn early this morning of the passing of Mr. Fidel Castro, the former President of Cuba. He was 90. Mr. Castro, the son of a sugar cane farmer, became involved in politics at an early age as a reaction to the dominance of his island by foreign...

The observance of International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, presents the world with an opportunity to underscore the importance of ending violence against women and girls not only because it is a matter of justice and fundamental human rights, but because...

The failure of the Government for the second week in succession to have a Post Cabinet Media Conference speaks of a new kind of arrogance of the Prime Minister Dr. Keith Rowley and his Administration towards the Public and the Media. Accountability is a cornerstone of a...

More and more crises are unfolding in the education sector while Prime Minister Dr. Keith Rowley continues to hold onto his woefully inept and bungling Minister of Education Anthony Garcia. At several schools, the School Nutrition Programme has ceased serving fruits and drinks to...

Princes Town MP Barry Padarath in a press release slammed PNM PRO Stuart Young for purposely misleading the population once more on the issue of the People’s Partnership catering bill for its Divali Celebration, 2014 at the Prime Minister’s residence. Padarath...

Every child deserves love and understanding, and boundless opportunities for education, health care and safety and security. Sadly as the world marks Universal Children’s Day today millions of children worldwide and many thousands here at home do not have access to these basic...

The calls for PNM supporters to drive a stake at the heart of UNC supporters and kill them once and for all, uttered by Minister of Public Utilities Fitzgerald Hinds at a PNM Political Meeting are divisive , derogatory but further more demonstrates the absence of vision and plans...

Princes Town MP Barry Padarath slammed Prime Minister Keith Rowley for his statement that the People’s Partnership administration spent $350,000 on roti for a Divali function at the Prime Minister’s Residence and Diplomatic Centre. Padarath stated that Rowley’s...