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Our international image is in shambles. Negative travel advisories abound.  Our children have for years been left unconscionably alone to fend for themselves in Syria. Barbados had to step up to assist our citizens banished from their homeland during COVID. We remain on an EU...

On March 22nd, 2023 Shadow Minister for Child Affairs, MP Barry Padarath asked in Parliament whether the government had secured alternative accommodation and care for children who are in homes that will not be licensed upon the proclamation of the legislation which was due on...

MP for Princes Town, Barry Padarath has responded to the statement made by the Downtown Owners and Merchants Association (DOMA) which sought to make public their water woes with empathy, saying that he and his fellow MP’s know firsthand how frustrating it is to go for months...

Princes Town MP, Barry Padarath is calling on the government and the RIC to hold its hands on implementing increases to water and electricity rates. This comes on the heels of the admission by the Public Utilities Minister that WASA has sent its business plan to the RIC already....

Princes Town MP, Barry Padarath has condemned the Minister of Public Utilities for not addressing the failing infrastructure of WASA and instead encourages citizens to sue the State. The Opposition Shadow Minister for Public Utilities said that the government for the past eight...

Following TTPS, CTU and FIU inaction on this matter, Charles has written to Transparency International requesting their assistance in demanding that an investigation be done into the funding of Balisier House, in the interest of transparency, democracy and accountability. (See...

Shadow Minister of Public Utilities, MP Barry Padarath has rejected the public utterances of the RIC, particularly the Chairman Dawn Callender over the last day in relation to the aborted consultation in Chaguanas on Wednesday. Instead of Ms. Callender taking the approach of...

Today, I am calling on the Minister of Education, Dr. the Honourable Nyan Gadsby- Dolly to stop neglecting the students, parents and teachers at the Couva West Secondary School. From mouldy classrooms to leaking ceilings, infrastructural issues have affected teaching at the...

Following demands for the Constituency of Oropouche West, MP Tancoo has launched a petition demanding that the government takes urgent action to address the water infrastructure crisis in his Constituency. The petition follows years of failed promises from the government to...

EVEN by the low public speaking standards he has set for himself, Prime Minister Dr. Keith Rowley’s depiction of my colleague Rodney Charles is highly objectionable. While Dr. Rowley has continued to lower the bar with respect to his public behaviour, his repulsive and...