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It is simply atrocious that after a three-day cabinet retreat, Keith Rowley chose to keep Fitzgerald Hinds as the Minister of National Security. I call on Rowley to put our citizens’ lives first and select a competent person to helm our national security apparatus. His...

The UNC has always placed the interests of Trinidad and Tobago first by seeking collaboration, consultation and bipartisan efforts with the government in the national interest. Multiple proposals have been forwarded by the UNC to the Rowley government, both inside and outside of...

Once again, we see numerous news reports of fire officials and other stakeholders  highlighting serious deficiencies within the fire service. This PNM administration continues to turn a blind eye and pretend our fire service is well equipped and fully operational. Chief Fire...

Rather than treat the current water crisis as a critical issue of national importance, Minister Marvin Gonzales believes it to be a laughing matter. In response to a press conference held earlier this week to highlight the crisis faced by of hundreds of thousands of citizens who...

With a ratio of one teacher to 50 pupils at the Fifth Company Baptist Primary school, as reported in today’s Newsday editorial, this PNM administration, it appears, cares little about the interests of Baptists in general and its supporters in particular. “Why would this...

It has come to my attention that the Water and Sewerage Authority (WASA) yesterday, September 02, 2023 published a news release bearing the caption, “WASA ADDRESSES SUPPLY ISSUES TO PARTS OF SOUTH’, in which the Authority has made spurious and unsubstantiated...

This week, the COP was proud of the fact that, with 392 murders to date, there was a 0% change in our murder rate between this year and last, as if that were something to celebrate. Did she forget that 2022 was the bloodiest year in TTs history, with 55 more murders than the...

MP for Oropouche West, Dave Tancoo says that the Water and Sewerage Authority (WASA) has shown utter contempt and disrespect to the people of South Trinidad by cancelling a public meeting carded for this evening at the SanSec Complex, only minutes prior to its start time. Tancoo...

Happy Independence to all citizens of Trinidad and Tobago! We have come a long way but have not yet fulfilled the promise of Independence. That is our mission and ongoing work. I was born in colonial Trinidad and Tobago. I remember when the British ruled us. If we are honest, we...

Member of Parliament for St. Augustine Ms. Khadijah Ameen in collaboration with the St. Augustine Constituency Executive hosted a book drive on Friday, August 25th. MP Ameen spoke about the challenges that many parents face while sending their children to school including...

It must be appalling for citizens to see images of hundreds of bags of rotting biohazard waste lying on the compound of the San Fernando General Hospital. These have reportedly been there for days, if not weeks, posing significant health risks to staff and members of the public...

It is with great sadness that our nation learned of the passing of the literary icon and historian, Michael Anthony. Born in 1932, Michael Anthony was the last of that great generation of writers that included VS Naipaul, Derek Walcott, Kamau Brathwaite and Sam Selvon who went to...