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Leader of the Opposition and Member of Parliament for Siparia, Kamla Persad-Bissessar, SC, will address Parliamentarians from around the Commonwealth at the first ‘Regional Hot Topics Forum’ hosted by the Caribbean Americas and Atlantic Region (CAAR) of the Commonwealth...

Several interwoven crises in health, economics, justice and education propel crime and chaos. How can we begin to claw back sanity and stability for the common good? Amid the calls for a collective approach that transcends difference, The Women’s Arm of the United National...

It is with a deep sense of concern that the UNC Youth Arm notes the distress and apprehension of the population over the failure of the Rowley-led government to effectively address the spiraling crime wave that is sweeping Trinidad and Tobago. We have reached an unnerving 436...

Princes Town MP Barry Padarath today posed an urgent question to the Minister of Social Development and Family Services in the Parliament, asking what usual assistance will be given to Members of Parliament to help the most poor and vulnerable constituents during the Christmas...

Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar today called on Prime Minister Dr. Keith Rowley to meet with her to try to chart a new way forward to resolve the crisis created by the potential deadlock of the Sangre Grande Regional Corporation. Mrs. Kamla Persad-Bissessar in a media...

Naparima MP Rodney Charles is today calling on the Minister of Finance to immediately bring the FATCA legislation to the House, so that it may be sent to a Joint Select Committee (JSC), as soon as possible. “After creating nationwide panic with their botched handling of this...

The global community is today marking World Aids Day with news from the UN agency, UNAIDS, that there is progress everywhere in the fight against the deadly virus that has killed 35 million worldwide since HIV was first reported as a health threat. In that same time 78 million...

I note with disbelief the false and deliberately misleading claims today by PNM Chairman Franklin Khan that his party has “declared victory” in the Sangre Grande Regional Corporation. Mr. Khan made these arrogant and incredible claims based on a nonsensical legal interpretation...

This morning the United National Congress successfully defended a challenge to the candidacy of Adrian Ali, the UNC candidate for Munroe Road/Caroni Savannah. The court determined that the ILP’s evidence was insufficient and terminated the case after a single hearing. The legal...

I was deeply saddened to learn early this morning of the passing of Mr. Fidel Castro, the former President of Cuba. He was 90. Mr. Castro, the son of a sugar cane farmer, became involved in politics at an early age as a reaction to the dominance of his island by foreign...