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Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar, in a demonstration of her fundamental belief of true democracy, has relieved members of her Cabinet of the doctrine of collective responsibility by allowing all of them to vote according to conscience on the Constitution (Amendment) Bill,...

By Capil Bissoon One of the principal issues coming out of the discussion on the Government’s Constitution (Amendment) Bill is fear of change and it is manifesting itself mostly in the provision for run-off elections. There is nothing anti-democratic or dictatorial about it and...

ATTEMPTS to blur the facts of the current constitutional reform debate for narrow political purposes will only serve to hurt the citizens and our country, Public Relations Officer of the United National Congress, Rodney Charles has said. Charles was responding to comments by the...

Dear Youth of the UNC and all Youth of Trinidad and Tobago On behalf of the Chairman of the UNC Youth Arm Nicholas Morris, we invite you to join with us this Monday 11th August 2014 at the International Waterfront in Port of Spain – outside of the Parliament as we stand in...

“Eric Williams understood proportional representation (PR) very clearly, and he said to the people in a marathon session in Parliament that proportional representation is a dagger aimed at the heart of the PNM by those who can’t fight the PNM politically. And that is fundamental...

Attorney General Anand Ramlogan has said that yesterday’s Court of Appeal ruling on the Highway Re-Route Movement (HRM) was a message sent by the judiciary to the State that it must ensure that the law is adhered to. Speaking at a news conference at his office on St Vincent...

THE anxious and incoherent response of the Opposition Leader, Dr Keith Rowley, on constitutional reform has so far presented the best arguments in favour of reforming the national constitution to put greater power into the hands of people. This, according to Minister of Trade,...

THE issues of constitutional reform must not be played with or pulled into a ‘political tit-for-tat’ and the Leader of the Opposition must be mature enough to put the interests of the people Trinidad & Tobago in front of his personal and party interests. This according to...

Dear Editor: The proposed constitutional amendments have me really excited. Once every five years (or less) I have the opportunity to hire persons to represent me and my fellow constituents. Now, if they under-perform, I have the opportunity to fire them! This proposal has...

THE Leader of the Opposition’s ‘penchant for fabrication’ has inadvertently helped to reveal his own party’s failure with the ‘Targetted Conditional Cash Transfer Programme’ according to Minister of Trade, Industry, Investment and Communication, Vasant Bharath. Minister Bharath...