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As Chairman of the United National Congress, it is my view that former Minister of Housing Marlene McDonald has perspicuously violated and transgressed the Parliamentary Hiring Regulations through the reported employment of her Common-law Husband. The hiring regulations of the...

Welcome to our party’s National Congress and thank you all for coming and being part of this moment of re-dedication to service to our country.   TODAY: All our party institutions are in place… a national executive, constituency executives, a Women’s Arm and Youth Arm. The...

The United National Congress has launched its campaign for the Local Government Election due this year. Speaking at the party’s National Congress on Saturday, Political Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar called on members to intensify the search for prospective candidates. “Today, I...

The Law Association of Trinidad and Tobago represents the views of the legal profession. Its role is to advance the values of the legal profession, uphold the rule of law, the constitution and to ensure the protection of the rights that we all enjoy and binds us together as a...

In the wake of an IMF report stating that “Trinidad and Tobago is not in a crisis”, Leader of the Opposition Kamla Persad-Bissessar is calling on the Government to ‘stop misleading the nation and destabilising investor confidence. In a statement issued Friday, Persad-Bissessar...

The Leader of the Opposition, Hon. Kamla Persad Bissessar, SC, M.P. today hosted a three-member delegation from the international financial rating firm of Standard and Poor’s Ratings Services at the Office of the Leader of the Opposition, L3-4 Chloe Building, Charles Street, Port...

As Member of Parliament for the Constituency of Pointe a Pierre I am very concerned about the welfare and livelihood of the seven hundred employees who were retrenched due to the sudden closure of Steel Company ArcelorMittal last week. A large number of these former employees...

The United National Congress yesterday held the National Congress of Youth and of Women at the Couva South Hall, Couva from 1:00pm. In addition to receiving reports of the activities from both the youth and women’s arm of the Party, the members participated in the moving of...

As Chairman of the United National Congress I have been continuously and vehemently urging the Government to address the current Foreign Exchange Crisis. The shortage of Foreign Exchange within our nation’s economic framework has been contributing towards severe...

Excerpts from an address by The Honourable Kamla Persad-Bissessar, SC, MP, Political Leader of the United National Congress (UNC) Leader of the Opposition of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago at The Congress of the Youth & Women’s Arm of the Party, Sunday March 13, 2016...