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Even though debate on the Constitution (Amendment) Bill is due to begin in the Senate next Tuesday, Prime Minister Kamla Persad- Bissessar has urged those civil society organisations which have called for the legislation to be delayed to send in their suggestions and...

The Technical Team, established by Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar SC, with the mandate of implementing Cabinet decisions resulting from the Report of the Special Prisons Committee, has delivered a status update on many ongoing works. The Chairman of the Technical Team, the...

There will be no backing down on the Constitution (Amendment) Bill 2014. In fact, the People’s Partnership Government led by Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar herself will hit the ground from today in a bid to educate the people and clear the fears and doubts with respect to...

PM on opposition to Constitution Amendment FACE-TO-FACE Mischief-makers are having a field day with the Constitution Amendment Bill now before the Parliament, laments Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar. In this interview she complains about personal attacks against her, which...

Prior to 2010 did constituents have the mobile numbers of their MPs? Even if you did and you called, would they have answered? If they missed your call, would they haved returned it? A few weeks ago I tried calling Dr. Rambachan a few times; it is important to note, we don’t know...

By ANDRE BAGOO THE CONSTITUTION (Amendment) Bill 2014 proposes to replace the current first-past-the-post system of voting for an MP with one which would require the winning candidate to have a clear majority among the people who vote in a constituency. Currently, the vast...

For decades, we have been hearing about constitutional reform. What is this constitutional reform they speak about? To the average man, it is just something politicians say, but we have no idea what it is because it has never materialised. Like the man who perpetually says he...

I wish to categorically condemn and refute an article entitled “Clyde shipyard bosses win £130m compensation battle” which has gone viral on social media on certain sites associated with and supportive of the Opposition. This is political mischief of the highest order. It seeks...

‘Citizenship without freedom to choose like bondage’ Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar says the Constitution (Amendment) Bill 2014 will forever stand as testimony that citizens, and not governments, hold the power in a democracy. In the feature address at her Emancipation...

Member of Parliament for Couva North and Minister of State in the Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources, the Honourable Ramona Ramdial held Eid-ul-Fitr celebrations at her constituency office on Tuesday. Members from each of the five Masjids within the constituency were...