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As our nation’s hospitals continue to struggle with an increasing workload they have been presented with, the country is on the verge of a different medical crisis, as the Regional Health Authorities have not yet received their allocations for the purchase of pharmaceutical...

Prime Minister Dr. Keith Rowley failed to communicate to the population how his government intends to deal with the negative fallout and impact on the population from increasing food prices as a result of an increase in VAT by 12.5% on hundreds of food items which were previously...

Following the statements made by Mr. Maxie Cuffie during the post-Cabinet press conference yesterday (Thursday 7th January 2015), I am calling on the Prime Minister, Dr. Keith Rowley, to remove him immediately from the post of Minister of Communications and replace him with...

by Capil Bissoon On the night of his victory on September 7th 2015, newly elected Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley flattered to deceive when he told the nation that he would be the Prime Minister of all of Trinidad and Tobago and not of the People’s National Movement (PNM). I was...

Over the past weeks, there has been a growing number of patients who are complaining of not receiving beds while awaiting treatment at both the Eric Williams Medical Sciences Complex, Mt. Hope and the San Fernando General Hospital. This is occurring at the same time that the...

Chairing of the parliamentary oversight committee on foreign affairs by PNM MP, Marlene Mc Donald with her deputy being Paula Gopee-Scoon sends the wrong signal that, notwithstanding comments to the contrary, this PNM administration is not interested in transparency,...

By Kevin Ramnarine By the time you read this, the Prime Minister would have addressed the nation on the state of the economy. The speech would have focused on falling revenue from the energy sector and the need for understanding and adjustments in expectations. The reality is...

On behalf of the United National Congress and as Chairman of the UNC, I wish to extend New Year’s greetings to all citizens of our twin-island state as we prepare to face the realities of 2016. As you know, we recently held our internal election in which members of our party...