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Dear Youth of the UNC and all Youth of Trinidad and Tobago On behalf of the Chairman of the UNC Youth Arm Nicholas Morris, we invite you to join with us this Monday 11th August 2014 at the International Waterfront in Port of Spain – outside of the Parliament as we stand in...

“Eric Williams understood proportional representation (PR) very clearly, and he said to the people in a marathon session in Parliament that proportional representation is a dagger aimed at the heart of the PNM by those who can’t fight the PNM politically. And that is fundamental...

Attorney General Anand Ramlogan has said that yesterday’s Court of Appeal ruling on the Highway Re-Route Movement (HRM) was a message sent by the judiciary to the State that it must ensure that the law is adhered to. Speaking at a news conference at his office on St Vincent...

THE anxious and incoherent response of the Opposition Leader, Dr Keith Rowley, on constitutional reform has so far presented the best arguments in favour of reforming the national constitution to put greater power into the hands of people. This, according to Minister of Trade,...

THE issues of constitutional reform must not be played with or pulled into a ‘political tit-for-tat’ and the Leader of the Opposition must be mature enough to put the interests of the people Trinidad & Tobago in front of his personal and party interests. This according to...

Dear Editor: The proposed constitutional amendments have me really excited. Once every five years (or less) I have the opportunity to hire persons to represent me and my fellow constituents. Now, if they under-perform, I have the opportunity to fire them! This proposal has...

THE Leader of the Opposition’s ‘penchant for fabrication’ has inadvertently helped to reveal his own party’s failure with the ‘Targetted Conditional Cash Transfer Programme’ according to Minister of Trade, Industry, Investment and Communication, Vasant Bharath. Minister Bharath...

CONSTITUTION reforms presented to the Parliament on Monday by Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar geared to increase the power of people over politicians have “put the Opposition Leader, Dr Keith Rowley on the run” and “is the most compelling evidence yet that he has absolutely...

THE EDITOR: Last month, I wrote a letter to the editor highlighting the fact that Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar is a student of the servant leadership style of governance. In this recent test of her leadership mettle, she has only reinforced this point. Former Minister of...

…constitution reforms to give power to the people TERM limits, right of recall, run-off ballot voting and fixed dates for Parliament are the changes being made to the nation’s constitution to transfer the power of politicians into the hands of people, Prime Minister Kamla...