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Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar, SC, MP, on the Establishment of A Special Select Committee of the House of Representatives to look at the issue of appointments to the office of Commissioner of Police and Deputy Commissioner of Police The Government today accepted the...

I write to you in my capacity as Member of Parliament for the constituency of Caroni East, regarding the frightening and worrying escalation of criminal activities in various communities in that area and several other districts in Central Trinidad. This increase in criminal...

Given record breaking murder rates for January – the latest in a string of depressing crime statistics, Naparima MP Rodney Charles is calling on this PNM administration to admit finally that they have no plans to curb our crime epidemic. Accordingly they should accept in...

Re: Your request for meeting between the Government and Opposition with respect to the parliamentary appointment of a Commissioner of Police. I refer to the matter at caption and thank you for your email dated January 30th 2018 inviting the Opposition to meet with the Government...

The Member of Parliament for Oropouche West, Mrs. Vidia Gayadeen-Gopeesingh is questioning the government’s decision to spend $7.6 million on renovations to the pool and deck of the Trinidad Hilton during a time when the country cannot afford to purchase medication, open schools...

Minister of Community Development, Culture and the Arts, Dr. Nyan Gadsby Dolly came under fire from Princes Town MP, Barry Padarath for her recent comments on the travel advisories warning foreign nationals about the perils of traveling to Trinidad and Tobago as it relates to the...

The Minister of Education continues to neglect his duty to hundreds of students attending the Carapichaima East Secondary School as he has failed to address the persistent problem of a pigeon infestation at the school. This situation has become unbearable for the students and...

The Government has signed a secret deal with Sandals International. That’s official! The revelation has come from Minister of Tourism Shamfa Cudjoe, in a written declaration that pays little attention to the tenets of proper English phrasing. Cudjoe said she that “at this stage”...

The recent announcement by the Caribbean Nitrogen Company to shutdown it’s operations due to the non-supply of natural gas from NGC is a clear indication that our energy downstream industry is in Jeopardy under this PNM administration. This revelation which has put the...

Today’s story in the Express captioned “410 jobs impacted…as Caribbean Nitrogen shuts down” has provoked an angry response from Couva South MP Rudranath Indarsingh, who is calling on Energy Minister Franklyn Khan and the Chairman of State-owned National Gas Company (NGC)...

The United National Congress is calling on Government to come clean on the threat posed by the extension to the Churchill-Roosevelt Highway from Cumuto to Sangre Grande to the protected Aripo Savannas. Member of Parliament for Oropouche West Vidia Gayadeen-Gopeesingh stated, “The...

Leader of the Opposition, Kamla Persad-Bissessar, SC, MP, today repeated her call for an urgent meeting with the Government to discuss ways in which the Government and Opposition can work together in the fight against crime and the criminal element. The Opposition Leader today...