Charles: Why the delay Dr Rowley? Release the OAS report immediately

MP for Naparima, Rodney Charles, is questioning PM Rowley’s delay in making public, the report by former Ambassador Christopher Thomas on the recent OAS mishap. In response to a recent question in Parliament, concerning a timeline for the report to be made public, the PM sai...
Posted On 16 May 2018
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Message from the Leader of the Opposition on the occasion of the start of the holy month of Ramadan

As we begin this Holy and blessed month of Ramadan, we wish the Muslim community of our beloved nation of Trinidad and Tobago, Ramadan Kareem (blessings). Ramadan is a month in which the noble Messenger Muhammad (peace be upon him) describes as a great month. A month of blessing,...
Posted On 15 May 2018
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Oropouche West MP: Give the agricultural sector the respect it deserves

Those of us who are familiar with the concepts outlined in Terry Lynn Karl’s: Paradox of Plenty will understand that Trinidad and Tobago is heading down a treacherous path under this PNM led administration. Arising out of what I would call a botched pontification of governmental...
Posted On 15 May 2018
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Mother’s Day Greetings from the Leader of the Opposition

This weekend, we take time to honour and cherish our nation’s mothers, as we mark Mother’s Day. Mothers are truly remarkable, and in today’s ever-changing society, our roles have also evolved, but what has never changed is the unwavering and unconditional love every mother has...
Posted On 13 May 2018
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Budget Review 2018 – Kamla: The T&T economy has been brutalized and battered by this Administration

  I realized that despite the Minister of Finance’s  promise in his Budget statement 2018 that he would be “Changing the paradigm: Putting the economy on a sustainable path”  that there is no changing of the paradigm nor putting the economy on a sustainable path but more of the...
Posted On 10 May 2018
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Once again Rowley, Moses and Dillon have failed TT citizens abroad

Naparima MP Rodney Charles is criticising PM Rowley, his clueless Foreign Affairs Minister Dennis Moses and the perpetual investigator, Edmund Dillon for their total abandonment of the T&T family detained in Iraq. “For the past seven months, the UNC has been calling on this...
Posted On 08 May 2018
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Highlights of the Political Leader’s Address at UNC MNF – Tunapuna

  MURDERS Just this weekend the newspaper headlines painted a grim picture – 8 murders in the space of 24 hours. For the year so far about 187 people have been killed.  187 people murdered in just 124 days in the year so far. Now, the Prime Minister, who really should be...
Posted On 08 May 2018
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Kamla offers condolences to family of Dr. Morgan Job

I join with the national community in mourning the loss of Dr. Morgan Job, economist, writer, radio personality and former Member of Parliament. Dr. Job made an indelible contribution to the fields of politics and culture and was a well-known advocate for equality. He was...
Posted On 06 May 2018
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TIM: Garcia the poster boy for backwardness

After three years of roundly criticising the successful computer laptop initiative of the People’s Partnership Administration, the failed Rowley regime is now moving to introduce a slapdash version. As Opposition Leader, Dr. Keith Rowley said on Wednesday August 12, 2015 that the...
Posted On 03 May 2018
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Senator Hosein condemns Minister Imbert for misleading the country on two-year retroactive Property Tax

Minister Imbert has misled the country that it was not Government’s policy to collect Property Tax retroactively for two-years. When examining the chronology in which the amendments to the Property Tax Act was laid in the Parliament it is evident that the Minister of Finance is a...
Posted On 03 May 2018
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