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The Member of Parliament for Oropouche West, Mrs. Vidia Gayadeen-Gopeesingh is questioning the government’s decision to spend $7.6 million on renovations to the pool and deck of the Trinidad Hilton during a time when the country cannot afford to purchase medication, open schools...

Minister of Community Development, Culture and the Arts, Dr. Nyan Gadsby Dolly came under fire from Princes Town MP, Barry Padarath for her recent comments on the travel advisories warning foreign nationals about the perils of traveling to Trinidad and Tobago as it relates to the...

The Minister of Education continues to neglect his duty to hundreds of students attending the Carapichaima East Secondary School as he has failed to address the persistent problem of a pigeon infestation at the school. This situation has become unbearable for the students and...

The Government has signed a secret deal with Sandals International. That’s official! The revelation has come from Minister of Tourism Shamfa Cudjoe, in a written declaration that pays little attention to the tenets of proper English phrasing. Cudjoe said she that “at this stage”...

The recent announcement by the Caribbean Nitrogen Company to shutdown it’s operations due to the non-supply of natural gas from NGC is a clear indication that our energy downstream industry is in Jeopardy under this PNM administration. This revelation which has put the...

Today’s story in the Express captioned “410 jobs impacted…as Caribbean Nitrogen shuts down” has provoked an angry response from Couva South MP Rudranath Indarsingh, who is calling on Energy Minister Franklyn Khan and the Chairman of State-owned National Gas Company (NGC)...

The United National Congress is calling on Government to come clean on the threat posed by the extension to the Churchill-Roosevelt Highway from Cumuto to Sangre Grande to the protected Aripo Savannas. Member of Parliament for Oropouche West Vidia Gayadeen-Gopeesingh stated, “The...

Leader of the Opposition, Kamla Persad-Bissessar, SC, MP, today repeated her call for an urgent meeting with the Government to discuss ways in which the Government and Opposition can work together in the fight against crime and the criminal element. The Opposition Leader today...

Former Tertiary Education Minister Fazal Karim expressed concern over the fall in student enrolment at COSTAATT. Responding to the front page article in the Guardian Newspaper on Monday 22, January 2018 headlined “COSTAATT contracts”, Karim indicated that the GATE changes...

Former Tertiary Education Minister Fazal Karim condemns the move by the University of Trinidad and Tobago (UTT) to retrench 287 of its staff members by month’s end. Responding to the front page article in the Sunday Guardian headlined “More job cuts coming at UTT”, Karim...