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We are appalled by comments attributed to Trinidad and Tobago Opposition leader Keith Rowley, who saw it fit on the weekend to “lambast” (according to media reports) the country’s Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar for co-sponsoring the UN anti-terrorism bill. Rowley, in...

Dear Editor, It’s easy to make out public figures who are not too sure whether they’re coming or going: they would accept an invitation to give a speech and then use their microphone time to ramble on about matters completely outside their scope and that of their...

THE EDITOR: Allow me an opportunity to congratulate the Energy Minister on another solid performance in the debate on the fiscal 2015 budget. Minister Ramnarine spoke in both houses of Parliament and gave a credible account of the state of the energy sector. This is a sector that...

THE EDITOR: Is Dr Keith Rowley serious? In Newsday of September 28, on TT co-sponsorship of the UN Security Council resolution, he makes several shallow statements advocating a “neutrality” and avoidance of an anti-terrorist position. One example — “little Trinidad and Tobago has...

Dear Editor: The salt march of 1930 is a good example of Gandhi ‘s nonviolence, or satyagraha as he called it (from satya truth and graha strength). To protest at the government’s salt tax, Gandhi proposed a 240-mile march from Ahmedabad to the coastal town of Dandi...

Minister of the Environment and Water Resources, senator Ganga Singh will begin his ministry’s efforts to repopulated the Nariva Swamp with the Blue and Gold Macaws with the release of several of its species within the protected area of Bush Island in the swamp at 11. am on...

Dear Editor: We all know the function of the Opposition is to oppose the Government. And what a good job they are doing! They oppose at every turn, making themselves into mere puppets who just say no. The latest position of Rowley with regards to this country’s stance on...

By: Jai Parasram The leader of the People’s National Movement, Dr. Keith Rowley, pledged during his contribution to the budget debate that he would build the Rapid Rail System, which was one of the unpopular mega projects of the Patrick Manning PNM administration. The incoming...

by Jai Parasram Keith Rowley has once again demonstrated his lack of leadership and ignorance of international affairs with his statement against the decision by Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar to co-sponsor a UN resolution against international terrorism. The resolution,...

The Honourable Attorney General Anand Ramlogan SC, condemns the reckless suggestion made by Opposition Leader Dr Keith Rowley that the government should have “stayed away” and refused to support President Barack Obama’s UN Resolution against foreign terrorist...