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The recent double murder in Tobago of British national, Richard Wheeler and his wife Grace has yet again brought our sister island negative international attention because of crime. The UK has updated its travel advisory to reflect this latest killing and international media...

The National Executive of the United National Congress (UNC) at its meeting held today at the Rienzi Complex decided that the Party’s Internal Elections will be held on Saturday December 5th, 2015. Voting will take place between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. at venues to...

Recently, there has been a resurgence of the H1N1 virus, commonly referred to as Swine Flu, in India and other parts of Asia, which in the past month, has infected thousands and is suspected to have caused the deaths of dozens of persons in that region. While the virus has not...

The Minister of Public Utilities, Ancil Antoine has used his parliamentary privileges as a cloak to assert untrue and unfounded aspersions with regards to my former Ministerial portfolio and the operations of WASA. The allegation of my interference in the work of a contractor...

The Youth Arm of the United National Congress is calling on the Honorable Minister of Finance, Colm Imbert MP, to produce the evidence that his facebook account was indeed ‘hacked’ on Saturday 10th October 2015. In what has now become a public matte for concern, the ‘Honorable’...

The UNC wishes to categorically condemn the unfair, distasteful and prejudicial attack by AG Faris Al-Rawi and his junior Minister Stuart Young against the legal profession during their budget contribution today. In rattling off legal fees paid to attorneys under the previous...

The Women’s Arm of the United National Congress recently held a Post Budget Discussion on Wednesday 7th October, 2015 at the Gulf View Community Center, hosted by the Chair of the UNC Women’s Arm, Stacy Roopnarine. At this event, the women noted that this year’s...

The first budget of any administration is expected to set the tone for its approach to governance. Accusatory words at the start of the budget presentation like “nepotism”, “immorality”, “betrayal” and “greed” to describe the UNC...

Thursday 8th October 2015 Statement on the Outbreak of Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease in Jamaica and its Implications on Trinidad and Tobago There has been an outbreak of Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease in a growing number of schools across Jamaica within the past few weeks, and to...

Conservationists along with fishermen and residents from Orange Valley rescued a beached bottlenose dolphin on Saturday and safely returned it to sea. Couva North Member of Parliament, Ramona Ramdial commended her constituents for their speedy response to reports of the beached...