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The UNC National Women’s Arm condemns the statement made by Prime Minister Dr. Keith Rowley at last night’s “Conversations with the Prime Minister” where he callously remarked on the choices of partner made by domestic violence cases being the cause of their demise. We want to...

The admission by the Minister of National Security Senator the Hon. Edmund Dillon that there is evidence of human trafficking has, without a doubt cast a dark, horrible and dismal shadow over this country. His admission in Parliament on Friday that to date 22 persons have been...

It is with deep sorrow that I learned of the passing of beloved author, historian and archivist Angelo Bissessarsingh who fought a valiant, but losing battle, with pancreatic cancer. I share the hope of his father, that Angelo’s “consciousness will live on” and that he wi...

Richard Ramlal was reported missing on Sunday morning, January 22, 2017. His body was found floating in a stream at Woodland, Oropouche, on Tuesday afternoon, January 24, 2017. I send condolences to the family of Richard Ramlal and on behalf of the legal fraternity I send deepest...

Outgoing ambassador Estrada seems to think that our country is some banana republic where we uncritically, without review, or detailed analysis support without question the dictates and impositions of our colonial masters, or “massas” as our founding father was wont...

Today as we begin a New Year I join our national community in mourning the passing of a national cultural icon. I was deeply saddened to learn that the distinctive voice of Anand Yankaran, an accomplished chutney artiste, has been silenced by his passing. Isaac was a member of...

Today as you gather with family and friends to celebrate, I want to wish you a happy, healthy and productive New Year, one filled with hope and optimism. The year that just ended has been an extremely difficult one for all of us. Crime remained a menace, with children and our...

Princes Town MP Barry Padarath today posed an urgent question to the Minister of Social Development and Family Services in the Parliament, asking what usual assistance will be given to Members of Parliament to help the most poor and vulnerable constituents during the Christmas...

The global community is today marking World Aids Day with news from the UN agency, UNAIDS, that there is progress everywhere in the fight against the deadly virus that has killed 35 million worldwide since HIV was first reported as a health threat. In that same time 78 million...

I was deeply saddened to learn early this morning of the passing of Mr. Fidel Castro, the former President of Cuba. He was 90. Mr. Castro, the son of a sugar cane farmer, became involved in politics at an early age as a reaction to the dominance of his island by foreign...