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Speaking notes of Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar at today’s Stakeholders breakfast meeting with the business community. INTRODUCTION Good morning, and thank you for being part of the National Conversation and for responding so positively to this particular event. In...

History tells us that the PNM in government is never controlled by leaders who respect democratic values or the rule of law. And that, in opposition, it’s nothing more than a dictatorship biding its time to pounce. So, any time we hear PNM suggesting their actions are...

THE EDITOR: I hold no brief for the Prime Minister, Kamla Persad-Bissessar or her Government. But fair is fair. The lady in her statement on the fight on crime, employed the use of a metaphor. See metaphor: n. “figure of speech in which a name of descriptive term is given to an...

THE EDITOR: Having seen the milling of the road in the Powder Magazine area over the weekend, I anticipated the horrendous traffic jam that would ensue on the Monday after the long weekend and took appropriate action by leaving earlier. I still got into some traffic but not like...

Dear Minister, I listened to your presentation and ideas yesterday on TV. Yes it is a very good idea to re locate the market and find at lease 25 acres of state lands to make a brand new facility with a big parking area so our citizens can shop in a new type of facility provided...

DR KEITH Rowley’s “weak and petty response” to the Prime Minister’s move to refer the Judges Salaries and Pensions (Amendment) Bill, 2013 and the Retiring Allowances (Legislative) Amendment Bill 2014 to a Senate Select Committee is an indication of his blunt refusal to modernize...

The Women’s Arm of the United National Congress (UNC) wishes to condemn in the strongest possible manner the brutal murder of Patrina Salandy, a mother of five, and sixteen year old Rohan Ayres, who were both fatally shot on Tuesday 24th, June. Ms Salandy was gunned down...

Gov’t will not proceed with approving the Bills until all perspectives and opinions are ventilated “It is rare that the Government and the Opposition ever agree on anything. The Judges Salaries and Pensions (Amendment) Bill, 2013 and the Retiring Allowances...

Government is moving apace to introduce clean technology in the country’s public transport system as part of a critical first step in reducing dangerous emissions on the nation’s roads, Ramona Ramdial, Minister of State in the Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources...

The Ministry of National Security in its unrelenting quest to improve our citizens’ perceptions of crime in communities has commenced its Community Comfort Patrols (CCP) program. The Community Comfort Patrol (CCP) is a joint initiative between the Ministry of National Security...