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I extend congratulations and best wishes to the more than 18,000 children who wrote this year’s Secondary Entrance Assessment. I wish, in particular, to congratulate Lexi Balchan of the Point Fortin ASJA Primary School for her outstanding achievement in placing first in th...

Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar, SC, MP, has described the Prime Minister’s dismissal of Marlene McDonald as “yet another episode in the unraveling saga of the Rowley Government”. The Opposition Leader issued the following statement: This latest debacle in the Rowley...

The Government has broken its promises to the people with regard to dealing with crime, and has failed to bring any measure of comfort to citizens, who continue to live in fear. This, according to Leader of the Opposition Kamla Persad-Bissessar, SC, MP – Siparia, who today...

Juniper’s first gas date has been three years in the making. BP approved the project in mid-2014 and TOFCO started construction of the platform in November 2014. Its approval was predicated on many factors. The largely misunderstood accelerated capital allowances that were in the...

The UNC National Women’s Arm extends deepest sympathy to Councilor J-lynn Roopnarine’s family and all the families who have been affected by the recent tragic deaths of Rose Mohammed and Videsh Subar, as well as to all victims of crime in Trinidad and Tobago. The...

Leader of the Opposition Kamla Persad-Bissessar, SC, MP, says the Rowley-led Government has failed the people of Trinidad and Tobago and has effectively collapsed; the reshuffle will not improve the quality of life of the people of our country nor ensure their safety and security...

Some recent Newspaper reports on the Opposition’s walkout of the House of Representatives last Friday 23rd June 2017 warrant responses in order to correct some inaccuracies and to present the facts. The Sunday Express’ editorial of June 25, in particular, suggested that the...

Assalam u Alaikum Eid Mubarak! I extend warm greetings to the Muslim community in Trinidad and Tobago and around the world on the occasion of Eid ul-Fitr, the breaking of the fast and the end of the holy month of Ramadan. For Muslims, Eid ul-Fitr is a significant religious...

The United National Congress (UNC) today held a Strategic Planning Session to discuss the state of the country and national issues, and to develop an approach for improved service delivery and representation. The session was attended by Members of Parliament, Senators, and...

Leader of the Opposition Kamla Persad-Bissessar, SC, MP, on Friday 23rd June, 2017 moved a motion to adjourn the sitting of the House of Representatives on a definite matter of urgent public importance namely, “the failure of the government to provide adequate resources and...