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A CONSTITUTIONAL motion filed in the High Court by the Independent Liberal Party (ILP) challenging the passage of the Constitution (Amendment) Bill 2014 has been dismissed with the court saying that it “must never trespass unto the legislature’s domain.” The ILP, led by political...

THE words and claims of the Leader of the Opposition are nothing but weapons of mass distortion and his latest allegations about Government advertising has once again proven that he cannot be trusted to speak the truth to the people of Trinidad & Tobago. This according to...

“GEOFFREY HOLDER’S DEATH LEAVES A HUGE VOID” Trinidad and Tobago, and indeed the world, has lost a true friend in Geoffrey Lamont Holder, Tony-winning actor, dancer, artist, book author, music composer, and choreographer who died in New York on Sunday at the age...

We are appalled by comments attributed to Trinidad and Tobago Opposition leader Keith Rowley, who saw it fit on the weekend to “lambast” (according to media reports) the country’s Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar for co-sponsoring the UN anti-terrorism bill. Rowley, in...

Dear Editor, It’s easy to make out public figures who are not too sure whether they’re coming or going: they would accept an invitation to give a speech and then use their microphone time to ramble on about matters completely outside their scope and that of their...

THE EDITOR: Allow me an opportunity to congratulate the Energy Minister on another solid performance in the debate on the fiscal 2015 budget. Minister Ramnarine spoke in both houses of Parliament and gave a credible account of the state of the energy sector. This is a sector that...

THE EDITOR: Is Dr Keith Rowley serious? In Newsday of September 28, on TT co-sponsorship of the UN Security Council resolution, he makes several shallow statements advocating a “neutrality” and avoidance of an anti-terrorist position. One example — “little Trinidad and Tobago has...

Dear Editor: The salt march of 1930 is a good example of Gandhi ‘s nonviolence, or satyagraha as he called it (from satya truth and graha strength). To protest at the government’s salt tax, Gandhi proposed a 240-mile march from Ahmedabad to the coastal town of Dandi...

Minister of the Environment and Water Resources, senator Ganga Singh will begin his ministry’s efforts to repopulated the Nariva Swamp with the Blue and Gold Macaws with the release of several of its species within the protected area of Bush Island in the swamp at 11. am on...

Dear Editor: We all know the function of the Opposition is to oppose the Government. And what a good job they are doing! They oppose at every turn, making themselves into mere puppets who just say no. The latest position of Rowley with regards to this country’s stance on...