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MP Khadijah Ameen Exposes Misrepresentation of SEA Results by Education Minister

Member of Parliament for St. Augustine, Ms. Khadijah Ameen says she is compelled to call out the blatant misrepresentation of facts by the Minister of Education, Dr. Nyan Gadsby-Dolly, during her recent contribution to the budget debate earlier today. MP Ameen says while boasting...
Posted On 09 Oct 2024
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Opposition Leader Republic Day Message 2024

As Trinidad and Tobago celebrate the 48th anniversary of Republic Day, I extend my very best wishes to all citizens. The significance of our fledgling nation’s adoption of a Republican Constitution in 1976 must never be taken for granted. In a constitutional republic,...
Posted On 24 Sep 2024
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Couva North MP Slams Shoddy Work on Perseverance Bridge

Member of Parliament for Couva North, Ravi Ratiram, has expressed deep dissatisfaction with the Government’s handling of the Perseverance Bridge project. Despite the initial enthusiasm surrounding the bridge’s recent opening, it has become evident that the project suffers...
Posted On 11 Sep 2024
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Padarath Urges Government to Pay T&TEC Debt, Not Burden Citizens

Princes Town MP, Barry Padarath has described the call by Public Utilities Minister, Marvin Gonzales for citizens to pay the 4 billion dollars’ debt T&TEC has to NGC as shameless and insolent. Padarath recalled that in a question to the Parliament last September, the Minister...
Posted On 11 Sep 2024
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Rising Food Prices Under PNM: Time for Change with the UNC

Over the past nine years under the PNM government, the prices of basic food items have skyrocketed, leaving citizens struggling to make ends meet. As fuel prices increase, so do transportation costs, which directly affect the cost of food. Let’s take a look at eleven basic food...
Posted On 07 Sep 2024
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Safety Crisis in Moruga/Tableland: MP Demands Immediate Action

As the Member of Parliament for Moruga/Tableland, I am heartbroken and outraged by the senseless and brutal murders of Shenelle Singh (17) and her brother Keston Singh (21) of Naggee Trace, New Grant. This heinous act of violence has devastated our community, and my thoughts and...
Posted On 05 Sep 2024
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Opposition Leader’s Message for T&T’s 62nd Independence Day Anniversary

Today on our 62nd anniversary of Independence we say a prayer of gratitude to all our fore-parents for their devoted labours to build and develop Trinidad and Tobago’s economic, social, and political pillars. We salute them for promoting the values of freedom, harmony, tolerance...
Posted On 30 Aug 2024
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Celebrating Failure: The PNM Government’s Distorted Triumph in Education

Recent celebrations by the Minister of Education that this country surpassed the Caribbean performance with a 42 percent pass rate in Mathematics at CSEC is a shameful example of how to lie with statistics. The population is not interested in “spin” and public relations gimmicks....
Posted On 30 Aug 2024
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Couva North MP Slams New ‘Food Prices Committee’ as Election Gimmick

Member of Parliament for Couva North and Shadow Minister for Agriculture, Land and Fisheries, Ravi Ratiram is condemning the Government for their failure to address the escalating cost of living, specifically through their latest move to form another committee purportedly aimed...
Posted On 28 Aug 2024
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Setting the record straight about the HSF

The Heritage and Stabilization Fund was set up in March 2007 as a rainy-day fund, financed by the surplus from oil revenues. It is no secret, the Minister of Finance has treated the HSF like his own personal piggy bank. He’s been dipping into it, pulling out billions to shore up...
Posted On 27 Aug 2024
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