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MP for Naparima Rodney Charles is today publicly underscoring the fact that he does not trust the utterances of the Attorney General Faris Al Rawi. AG Al Rawi is either a stranger to the facts or he ignores them. He is nothing more than a smooth talker who engages in obfuscation....

While this government occupies themselves with deceiving the population on the sale of Petrotrin assets, the rampant suffering and hardship which has resulted from the restructuring of our state oil company continues to intensify unabated. When Petrotrin closed its gates on...

I join with the national community in marking the important occasion of Spiritual Shouter Baptist Liberation Day. As we celebrate this joyful event, we are all reminded of the important lessons we can all learn from this community: of the power of faith, the power of unity and...

Enough is enough, it is time this Rowley led administration own up and account to our citizens by telling us if the people of this country will still own Paria in the future or not. It is time for Government to end the charade of deception which has plagued the handling of...

Our country is in a crisis as thousands of people have lost their jobs as a result of this incompetent, uncaring, useless Rowley government. Each day more citizens are falling into an “abyss of hopelessness”, after losing their sources of income to maintain their...

It is disturbing that the Rowley Government makes substantial effort in wrongfully accusing the Opposition for a Facebook post on the Paria Fuel Trading Company in order to create distractions, yet continues to deflect on the real issue at hand, namely, the future ownership of...

The UNC is condemning what we view as the Government’s deliberate strategy of confusion over the future of Paria Fuel Trading Company. While answering questions in the Senate today, Energy Minister Franklyn Khan bizarrely stated that Paria Fuel was not up for sale while also...

It is clear that this Keith Rowley led administration has totally outlived its usefulness both nationally and regionally, given the poorly worded and misguided full-page advertisements on the “Venezuelan Situation” issued by the Prime Minister in the three daily...

The United National Congress is baffled by statements made by National Security and Communications Minister Stuart Young regarding a Facebook meme which claimed that the Paria Fuel Trading Company is to be sold. Minister Young’s assertion that the UNC is responsible for this meme...

It is most ironic that Attorney General Faris Al Rawi was carded to address an anti-corruption seminar (Thursday) while he is under the national searchlight over the questionable $23 million rental of a family property. However, the Attorney General has still not dealt with the...

Energy Minister Franklin Khan must move to fire Trinidad Petroleum Holdings (TPH) Chairman Wilfred Espinet immediately based on his irresponsible actions regarding the “inadvertent” offer of an RFP for the sale of Paria Fuel Trading company. Given the Minister’s...

Leader of the Opposition, Kamla Persad-Bissessar, SC, MP has noted that the court staff at the Judiciary engaged in strike action today, which affected many attorneys, litigants and other persons who went to the court to access its services. It affected the Magistrates Court, the...