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“A scandal of the highest order, which reeks of mismanagement and corruption, and which warrants a police investigation.” This, according to Leader of the Opposition Kamla Persad-Bissessar, SC, MP, regarding the Government’s handling of the procurement of the Ocean Flower 2...

The revelation of a shortage of red sand, an essential ingredient in the construction industry, further showcases the incompetence, rampant mismanagement and absence of priorities of the Rowley regime. It also prompts an additional challenge to the declaration by Minister of...

Former transport minister Devant Maharaj is calling on the Integrity Commission to investigate the procurement process by the Port Authority of Trinidad and Tobago (PATT) for the inter-island ferry services between Trinidad and Tobago. Speaking to the Express, Maharaj said the...

Government ordered by the High Court to appoint members of the Protective Services Compensation Committee Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar, SC, MP has succeeded in her fight against the government to appoint a Protective Services Compensation Committee for members of the...

It is quite disappointing that after five months the Tobago House of Assembly (THA) has not paid its bills for the Tobago Jazz Festival. It is a further insult that all the foreign artistes were paid but local artistes are still getting the run-around for payments. This fact...

Today we recognize and celebrate the courage, the will and enduring spirit of those who fought for and won their freedom from slavery. Today none of us can truly understand the atrocities that slaves faced at the hands of those who were comfortable with treating fellow humans as...

On July 27, 1990, the Jamaat al Muslimeen instigated an attempted coup against the government of Trinidad  and Tobago. Forty-two insurgents stormed the Parliament, our seat of democracy, taking Prime Minister A. N. R. Robinson and most of his cabinet hostage in the Red House....

The Rowley-led Government’s incompetence has destroyed years of hard work by the People’s Partnership Government in tertiary education.  This, according to Political Leader of the United National Congress and Leader of the Opposition Kamla Persad-Bissessar, SC, MP.  Speaking at...

The Government Assistance for Tuition Expenses (GATE) Programme was introduced in 2004 as a replacement to the UNC’s Dollar-for-Dollar Education Plan which started in 2001. Up until 2015 successive Governments recognised the value of education, be it at the pre-primary, primary,...

The United National Congress is questioning whether the Prime Minister acted in good faith during his meeting with Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar on the issues of the ongoing imbroglio in the Judiciary and Trinidad and Tobago’s failing health care system....