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Leader of the Opposition Kamla Persad-Bissessar says Prime Minister Keith Rowley continues to show that he is incapable of dealing with the country’s crime menace. “While Rowley tries to deflect and shift the blame to others, our citizens no longer feel safe in their...

1. I make this statement without prejudice to my firm belief that the legal age for consent to marriage should be eighteen (18) years. 2. In all of the circumstances I call on the Attorney General to disclose the following in the public interest:   The oath of each...

Outgoing ambassador Estrada seems to think that our country is some banana republic where we uncritically, without review, or detailed analysis support without question the dictates and impositions of our colonial masters, or “massas” as our founding father was wont...

The recent murder of 16 year old Rachel Ramkissoon further demonstrates the decay of our society and evolution of our Twin Island Republic into a land of lawlessness where there is no respect for human life as yet another young girl has been robbed of a bright future and life of...

Princes Town MP Barry Padarath has called on Prime Minister Keith Rowley to remove Dr. Rolph Balgobin, as Chairman of the CLF Board pending an investigation. Padarath stated that Rowley in the past had called on former Prime Minister Kamla Persad Bissessar, to remove persons from...

In his address to the nation the Prime Minister has asked the Population if they are “up to the task of grasping these exciting possibilities” as it relates to future decisions on Petrotrin’s future. The nation must now demand a clarion response to what are...

Today as we begin a New Year I join our national community in mourning the passing of a national cultural icon. I was deeply saddened to learn that the distinctive voice of Anand Yankaran, an accomplished chutney artiste, has been silenced by his passing. Isaac was a member of...

Today as you gather with family and friends to celebrate, I want to wish you a happy, healthy and productive New Year, one filled with hope and optimism. The year that just ended has been an extremely difficult one for all of us. Crime remained a menace, with children and our...

Princes Town MP, Barry Padarath slammed the Chairman and board of UDECOTT for breaching the Freedom of Information Act. Padarath indicated that one of his constituency executive members filed a Freedom of Information application asking who were the contractors awarded work on the...

Speaking Notes of The Hon Kamla Persad-Bissessar, SC, MP Leader of the Opposition of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago – “The Regional Hot Topics Forum” hosted by the Caribbean Americas and Atlantic Region (CAAR) at the 62nd annual conference of the Commonwealth Parliamentary...