UNC Chairman: Privy Council Section 34 Ruling Vindicates Kamla

The decision of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council to uphold the decision of former Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar to recall Parliament in September 2012 to repeal the now infamous section 34 has vindicated her. The Privy Council delivered a 19-page ruling on...
Posted On 25 Jan 2016
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Kamla: Privy Council’s judgment a resounding victory for the PPG

Today the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council delivered judgment in the appeal of Steve Ferguson and others v The Attorney General of Trinidad and Tobago, infamously known by the general public as “ The Section 34 Case”. The appeals were dismissed by a unanimous decision of...
Posted On 25 Jan 2016
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Lee calls for equitable policy for used car Industry

As the Member of Parliament for Point a Pierre I am deeply concerned by the Minister of Trade and Industry’s Response that she is not legally bound to undertake consultation as it relates to the Policy Change on the importation of Foreign used vehicles. In accordance with...
Posted On 24 Jan 2016
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Kamla to PM, MNS on Spike in Crime: Step up or step out

The Leader of the Opposition today indicated that she is deeply troubled by the unabated slaughter of citizens as the murder rate has now reached 33 persons killed in 22 days, the latest being the tragic murder of two teenage students who were on their way home from school. In a...
Posted On 22 Jan 2016
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Leader of the Opposition meets with delegation from China

Today, Wednesday 20th January, the Honourable Leader of the Opposition and members of the Opposition met with a delegation led by His Excellency Chen Changzhi, Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress of the People’s Republic of China. Also...
Posted On 20 Jan 2016
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Dates for UNC Constituency Executive Elections

The United National Congress (UNC) wishes to advise that Constituency Executive Elections will be held as follows:- Saturday February 27th, 2016:- Barataria / San Juan; Caroni Central; Caroni East; Chaguanas East; Chaguanas West; Couva North; Couva South; Cumuto / Manzanill...
Posted On 19 Jan 2016
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KAMLA: OPEN THE COUVA HOSPITAL

The Minister of Health, Mr Terrance Deyalsingh, and the Rowley government are spreading misinformation about the Couva Children’s Hospital while keeping the facility closed. Today I am calling on Mr. Deyalsingh to come clean and tell the people the truth about the hospital and...
Posted On 17 Jan 2016
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KAMLA: RECONSIDER THE LIST OF VATABLE ITEMS

Last week at a media briefing at my office in Port of Spain to raise concerns about the reintroduction of Value Added Tax (VAT) on several basic food items I made reference to salt as one of those essential ingredients in our diet. Salt, I noted, is so important it became the...
Posted On 17 Jan 2016
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Shortage of Pharmaceutical Drugs at Public Health Dispensaries

As our nation’s hospitals continue to struggle with an increasing workload they have been presented with, the country is on the verge of a different medical crisis, as the Regional Health Authorities have not yet received their allocations for the purchase of pharmaceutical...
Posted On 16 Jan 2016
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PM Skirts Higher Food Prices

Prime Minister Dr. Keith Rowley failed to communicate to the population how his government intends to deal with the negative fallout and impact on the population from increasing food prices as a result of an increase in VAT by 12.5% on hundreds of food items which were previously...
Posted On 12 Jan 2016
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