Opposition Leader Kamla Persad Bissessar Extends Warmest Wishes for Diwali

Diwali is a time to celebrate the victory of good over evil symbolized in the light of the diya, tens of thousands of which will be lit in homes and community spaces across our country. The light of the diya is a reminder that even in the midst of darkness light will ultimately...
Posted On 09 Nov 2015
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Kamla: Anyone can vie

OPPOSITION Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar says any member of the United National Congress (UNC) is entitled to vie for the leadership of the party, as she reacted to yesterday’s launch of a bid by Oropouche East MP, Dr Roodal Moonilal. She said his candidacy was evidence of the...
Posted On 31 Oct 2015
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Ameen: Budget blanks women, youngsters

THE Budget does not once mention the word “gender” and ignores young people, complained Opposition Senator Khadijah Ameen, in her Budget speech yesterday in the Senate. She said the Budget has sowed fear and doubt in the minds of citizens, as she pointed to the promised...
Posted On 21 Oct 2015
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Kamla: A budget of deception

The PNM’s 2016 budget of deceptive figures will place financial pain on the poor, middle class, workers, small and medium businesses and everyone to whom costs are being passed on, Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar warned yesterday. Delivering the first budget reply in her...
Posted On 10 Oct 2015
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Kamla: Not enough for health care

OPPOSITION Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar says the 2015-2016 Budget did not provide enough for health care in Trinidad and Tobago. Speaking during a news conference after Finance Minister Colm Imbert presented the $63 billion budget in Parliament, at Tower D, Wrightson Road on...
Posted On 07 Oct 2015
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Moonilal seeks help for HDC residents

Oropouche East MP Dr Roodal Moonilal is calling on his successor, Housing and Urban Development Minister, Marlene Mc Donald, to prevent the Housing Development Corporation (HDC) from taking possible punitive action with respect to residents in at least three of its estates in his...
Posted On 04 Oct 2015
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Karim hurts over TEST Ministry

FORMER Tertiary Education and Skills Training (TEST) Minister Fazal Karim, has expressed disappointment that the once independent Ministry was now relegated into a sub division of a new “super” Ministry of Education by the new People’s National Movement (PNM) Government. Karim,...
Posted On 03 Oct 2015
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Brickfield Fire Victims Receive Self Help Grant

Member of Parliament for Couva North, the Honourable Ramona Ramdial’s distribution of a National Commission for Self Help Minor Repair and Reconstruction Grant on September 28, 2015 to the Bickharry family whose home at LP 187 Brickfield Village, Waterloo was destroyed by...
Posted On 29 Sep 2015
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Republic Day Message from Kamla Persad-Bissessar, SC

My fellow citizens today as we celebrate our 39th year as a democratic republic within the Commonwealth I am pleased to acknowledge the maturity with which we handled the political change, which happened just a few days ago. While many issues are yet to be resolved, the peaceful...
Posted On 23 Sep 2015
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Fuad: Govt has no crime plan

BARATARIA/SAN JUAN MP Dr Fuad Khan yesterday accused the PNM Government of having no “immediate plans” to deal with crime. “It is clear that the PNM has no immediate plans to deter the rampant murder and crime spree occurring in our nation at this time,” Khan said in a media...
Posted On 23 Sep 2015
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UNC stays with Kamla as leader

TWO days after losing Monday’s general election, former prime minister Kamla Persad- Bissessar yesterday officially congratulated new Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley and the incoming People’s National Movement (PNM). Her congratulations to Rowley, who is also PNM political leader...
Posted On 10 Sep 2015
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Health Minister turns sod for new dialysis centre

Health Minister Dr Fuad Khan says the construction of a new dialysis centre at the Mt Hope Hospital, through a public-private partnership will save patients from having to go to private institutions and incur exorbitant medical bills. The agreement between government and...
Posted On 04 Sep 2015
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