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Princes Town MP Barry Padarath posed two questions to members of the government in his contribution to the budget debate last night. Padarath asked for the Ministers or the Prime Minister to clarify whether it was true that the government was exploring cutting 8,000 placements...

Dear UNC Members and Supporters, On Thursday I will be in Parliament to lead the Opposition’s response to the 2016-17 Budget. It will be based on a thorough analysis of what the Government has presented, with inputs from many of our members and supporters like you, who attended...

Sumintra Samai of John Peter Road a constituent of Chaguanas West died after she slipped and fell impaling herself on a piece of steel left protruding from an unfinished Box drain project abandoned after this present PNM Administration took office. Her family is left to mourn her...

I wish to thank and congratulate all persons who took part in and contributed to the budget consultations held by Opposition MPs, Senators and supporters over the past several days. As part of the people centered approach we began while in government, consultations were held...

Following persistent public pleas by the staff and Parents/Teachers’ Association of the Curepe Presbyterian Primary School, United National Congress {UNC) candidate for Curepe/Pasea in the upcoming Local Government election, Ms. J-Lynn Roopnarine, visited the educational...

Minister of Education Mr. Anthony Garcia has once more proven that he is not a man to his word when it comes to the future of the country’s students. Several schools across the nation are in a serious state of disrepair to the point that they are not fit for occupation by...

MP for Naparima Rodney Charles is calling on the Ministry of Education to pay the contractor outstanding monies owed for work already done so that the new, 85 percent complete, Reform Hindu School can be completed to accommodate the 150 pupils now housed in dilapidated conditions...

It is now almost one week since the abduction of Ms. Ria Sookdeo and while police investigators have been working diligently on the matter, there has been no meaningful breakthrough. I urge law enforcement officers to redouble their efforts to resolve this serious crime. I feel...

The hour-long ramble on FATCA by Prime Minister Dr. Keith Rowley today was both ill-conceived and regrettable. Dr. Rowley summoned the press and commandeered the State media for a garrulous address in which he did not present any new ideas and, instead, grossly misrepresented the...

I wish to express my deep concern over the kidnapping of Ria Sookdeo, a law-abiding family person and mother of two infant children. I have spoken to her husband, Mark, and extended those concerns and assured him of my prayers and support. I urge the law enforcement authorities...