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More and more crises are unfolding in the education sector while Prime Minister Dr. Keith Rowley continues to hold onto his woefully inept and bungling Minister of Education Anthony Garcia. At several schools, the School Nutrition Programme has ceased serving fruits and drinks to...

Princes Town MP Barry Padarath in a press release slammed PNM PRO Stuart Young for purposely misleading the population once more on the issue of the People’s Partnership catering bill for its Divali Celebration, 2014 at the Prime Minister’s residence. Padarath...

The calls for PNM supporters to drive a stake at the heart of UNC supporters and kill them once and for all, uttered by Minister of Public Utilities Fitzgerald Hinds at a PNM Political Meeting are divisive , derogatory but further more demonstrates the absence of vision and plans...

The newspaper headlines and news stories today announcing Trinidad and Tobago’s worst economic decline in our history ( -6.7 percent in the first half of 2016) is very disturbing for the welfare and well being of our citizens. It reinforces the bad news documented in the...

The shock revelations about extortion and subterfuge at the Strategic Services Agency (SSA) confirm the validity and timeliness of proposals presented by the Opposition during the recent Parliamentary debate on amendments to the relevant law. Media reports have disclosed illicit...

This year, as we celebrate Divali in our homes and communities I ask that you commit yourself to the divine message embodied in this holy global festival of lights – the conquest of evil by good. While it is a time for celebration and joyous family gatherings, it is...

The Facts: Both the Prime Minister and the Army have admitted that these are the AG’s children Pictures of children handling high-powered military weapons have been made public. The Prime Minister has admitted in Parliament that they are the children of AG Faris Al-Rawi. The...

The Opposition United National Congress welcomes the historic and landmark ruling by the High Court that the amendment to Section 5(5) of the Bail Act by virtue of the Bail (Amendment) Act 2015 is unconstitutional and illegal. Although this law was unanimously passed by the House...

The Leader of the Opposition, The Honourable Mrs. Kamla Persad-Bissessar, SC on Wednesday issued the following statement to mark World Teachers’ Day, which is being observed globally today – Wednesday, 5th October 2016: “On this special day dedicated to recognizing the role and...

Prime Minister Dr. Keith Rowley must tell the nation what he knows about a breach of confidentiality in communication between his office and that of the President of the Republic. Dr. Rowley must waste no time in advising a concerned populace about how details of classified...

Forty years ago Trinidad and Tobago took a giant step forward to consolidate its independence from Great Britain when it inaugurated its Republican Constitution and Sir Ellis Clarke changed official titles from being the last Governor General of our country to become our first...

THE OPPOSITION wishes to reaffirm its commitment to passage of the Tax Information Exchange Bill, 2016 to meet the September 30, 2016 deadline. We are concerned about several provisions in the Bill which:   are not required under the Inter- Governmental Agreement with the US...