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Councillor Roopnarine: Ministry of Local Government sabotages UNC Councillors

Landlords are threatening to evict sitting UNC Councillors of the Tunapuna/Piarco Regional Corporation in January. This is a direct result of the failure of the Ministry of Local Government to release funds to pay Landlords since October 2021. As Local Government Representatives...
Posted On 30 Dec 2021
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Opposition Leader: Faris’s latest debacle proves Rowley regime needs mandatory truth serum

During the past 6 years, there has been no shortage of ways in which Attorney General Faris Al Rawi has debased himself and the once-respected office he holds. However, Al Rawi’s latest debacle surely seals his fate as the most unethical Attorney General in our nation’s history....
Posted On 29 Dec 2021
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Opposition Leader: Let the Birth of Jesus be an inspiration during these difficult times

My fellow citizens, I would like to wish each and every one of you a happy and joyous Christmas. I would like to take this opportunity to once again thank those on the front line of the Covid -19 pandemic, nurses, doctors, hospital staff, market vendors, garbage collection...
Posted On 24 Dec 2021
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Opposition Leader: Guardian is playing politics with the truth

Please permit me to respond to the editorial entitled ‘Playing politics with People’s Lives”, which was published in the Trinidad Guardian on Monday 20th December 2021. This editorial contains so much erroneous information and outright fallacies that one must wonder if it...
Posted On 20 Dec 2021
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Indarsingh: Mandatory Vaccines, Conmanship and Deception of the Highest Order

The Prime Minister’s announcement that public servants must be vaccinated to receive their salary shows conmanship and deception of the highest order. This country is in a position of double digit daily deaths and triple digit infection numbers due to the blatant failure of...
Posted On 20 Dec 2021
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Opposition Leader: No to Forced Mandatory Vaccinations

My position on forced mandatory vaccination and vaccine discrimination has been crystal clear since the beginning of this crisis. The Opposition encourages all persons to consult their doctor and consider getting vaccinated. Vaccination is one of many important tools in the fight...
Posted On 18 Dec 2021
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MP AMEEN pleads with the Minister to fix St. Augustine Bridges

Rains and floods have caused sink holes to develop next to Dry River Bridge on Orange Grove Road in St. Augustine. The retention wall of the bridge has significantly cracked, and the wall is collapsing. The Bassie Street Bridge over the Blackman Ravine in Spring Village is also...
Posted On 17 Dec 2021
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MP Hosein: Fix Travel Pass Now

Yesterday’s startling revelation by the Minister of Health that a passenger with a positive PCR test was allowed to enter Trinidad was an admission of the collapse of the TTravel Pass system. The Ministry of National Security implemented a system that makes it a mandatory...
Posted On 14 Dec 2021
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Opposition Leader: Calls for Removal of VAT on all Food Items

As families across our nation grapple with what is the worst economy in the nation’s history, I call on the government to immediately remove VAT on all food items. Over the past two years, thousands of persons have lost their jobs leaving their families struggling on the...
Posted On 10 Dec 2021
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Dr Gopeesingh: 2000 Covid-19 Deaths—A National Tragedy

The unfortunate deaths of over 2000 citizens from Covid-19 are on the hands of Prime Minister Keith Rowley and Health Minister Terrence Deyalsingh, because of their incompetent mismanagement of the Coronavirus pandemic over the last 22 months. Here’s how we got to this tragic...
Posted On 26 Nov 2021
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