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The Member of Parliament for Oropouche West, Mrs. Vidia Gayadeen- Gopeesingh, has strongly condemned the PNM led government for its wanton disregard for the students of La Romaine High School. The La Romaine High School has been plagued with a series of unfortunate events,...

“A baseless public relations stunt and waste of taxpayers’ money” is the best way one can describe the media briefing held by Petrotrin Chairman Wilfred Espinet together with the other board members of the state oil company. After listening to this morning’s press...

The United National Congress has embarked on nationwide community budget consultations, in keeping with the Party’s philosophy of listening then leading. The UNC has employed all arms of the Party- the Local Government Arms, the National Executive, and all MPs and Senators, to...

For the fourth consecutive year since taking office Dr Rowley will be a no show at this year’s UN General Assembly which opens next week at the UN Headquarters in New York and will be attended by over 150 world leaders. “Is it that Dr. Rowley is too scared to engage his...

Princes Town MP, Barry Padarath says that he is deeply troubled and concerned by a video making the rounds on social media, with players of the Trinidad and Tobago Women Soca Warrior team begging cap in hand for “any type” of assistance to get them through the...

I will not be drawn into desperate attempts by the PNM to move public attention away from the real issues that are affecting thousands of people. The PNM history has always been to distract the public attention away from their incompetence and the hardship that they inflict on...

Debate in the Senate September 11, 2018 Mr. Vice-President, I want to express my thanks and gratitude to you in allowing me to debate this Motion on the decision by the Government to close the Petrotrin refinery without providing the workers and the people of this country with...

The United National Congress applauds the news that kidnap victim Natalie Pollonais was rescued late Monday evening and that the mother of three is reported to be in good health and unharmed. We applaud further the diligent and meticulous work of the hard-working police service...

-We agree that our beloved country is in crisis as a result of the incompetence, waste, corruption and mismanagement of the Rowley Government. Citizens continue to be robbed, raped and slaughtered by criminal activity with impunity. The health sector continues to be a source of...

Kamla: The Rowley-led PNM Administration is engaging in Industrial Genocide on Petrotrin. Without doubt, this action by the Rowley Govt threatens to throw our beleaguered nation – battered by his punitive, destructive, clueless, incompetent and spiteful regime further into...

Tomorrow, as thousands of children across Trinidad and Tobago prepare to start a new school term, some eagerly, some with anxiety, I wish you all a calm and productive first day of school. Many of you may be excited to start a new chapter, having moved on to a higher class, or a...

I join with the national community in commemorating the 56th Anniversary of the Independence of Trinidad and Tobago. Fifty-six years of charting our own course as a nation, on a road that has been fraught with challenges, but with a people determined to move our country along the...