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KHADIJAH Ameen, the United National Congress (UNC) candidate in the upcoming bye- election in Chaguanas West, is appalled that a person old enough to be her grandfather is launching personal attacks on her. But despite the “attacks” Ameen, 32, gave the assurance she does not...

Health Minister Dr Fuad Khan says the Chancery Lane Teaching Hospital in San Fernando is expected to begin training medical students this November. The complex, located next to San Fernando General Hospital (SFGH), was originally scheduled to be commissioned in May. However, Khan...

In a bid to increase road safety, the number plates of persons breaking traffic lights will soon be aired on national television. Minister of Works and Infrastructure, Dr. Surujrattan Rambachan announced during the launch of Traffic Awareness Weeks. He said offenders will be...

Good evening. My colleagues on the Head Table. Members of Cabinet, Members of Parliament, supporters, friends, members of the media. Thank you for coming out this evening to support your party. You know, I have had the most wonderful experience over the past several days. I have...

I have been observing all the meetings that are taking place in my constituency for the past few weeks. It seems as though this seat is as important as a general elections with everyone’s ground troops geared up for battle. When the PP government took office in 2010 we all...

FORGET green. It’s Brown support for the United National Congress’ (UNC) candidate for the July 29 Chaguanas West bye-election Khadijah Ameen. This as co-ordinator of the Network of NGOs of Trinidad and Tobago Hazel Brown has endorsed Ameen’s candidacy. At a dinner on Sunday at...

The Minister of Health is hoping to make some changes to ensure this country produces more nurses. Speaking at the 21st Meeting of the Nursing Council at the Hyatt Regency Hotel on Monday, Dr. Fuad Khan said he hoped to make changes to increase the output and capability of local...

The Ministry of Energy and Energy Affairs swapped CLF for incandescent bulbs from householders in Penal on Saturday as part of an initiative to encourage the population to be more energy efficient. The Ministry’s bulb swapping event on Saturday was part of a pilot project...

THE EDITOR: As a woman I view Jack Warner’s allegations over the past months that there is a cabal in the Government that is controlling the Prime Minister as sexist and disrespectful. Mr Warner is trying to paint the Prime Minister as weak and unable to control her Government...

If the constituents of Chaguanas West have done their homework, their choice of candidate in the by-election would be clear. History teaches us that the PNM has managed to remain in power in the past, because of a fracturing of the UNC. In 2001, one year after the UNC won the...