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Today, as we celebrate another Christmas with loved ones, it is a good time to reflect on the true meaning of this remarkable event that brings out the best in humanity. The universal message of peace, goodwill and togetherness was handed down from the first Christmas and remains...

DOUBTS over back-pay commitments to Public Servants, Police Officers and others in the Public Service is a failure of the Minister of Finance and Government; no one else. This according to Opposition Leader, Kamla Persad-Bissessar following the disturbing statement by Finance...

The Opposition is deeply concerned by the fact that the Prime Minister, Dr Keith Rowley, appears to have misunderstood and misinterpreted the concept of natural gas reserves. When Dr Rowley recently claimed that Trinidad & Tobago has seven years of natural gas remaining, it...

Political Leader of the UNC warns of costly litigation to the State: “Thousands of HDC applicants who were successful in the HDC application have a legitimate expectation of receiving their homes based on the mere success of their application and the subsequent promise to them by...

Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar has expressed shock upon learning of the terrorist attack on citizens in the French capital on Friday evening. Media reports state that over one hundred persons were killed in the attacks, which led the French government to declare a...

Diwali is a time to celebrate the victory of good over evil symbolized in the light of the diya, tens of thousands of which will be lit in homes and community spaces across our country. The light of the diya is a reminder that even in the midst of darkness light will ultimately...

OPPOSITION Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar says any member of the United National Congress (UNC) is entitled to vie for the leadership of the party, as she reacted to yesterday’s launch of a bid by Oropouche East MP, Dr Roodal Moonilal. She said his candidacy was evidence of the...

THE Budget does not once mention the word “gender” and ignores young people, complained Opposition Senator Khadijah Ameen, in her Budget speech yesterday in the Senate. She said the Budget has sowed fear and doubt in the minds of citizens, as she pointed to the promised...

The PNM’s 2016 budget of deceptive figures will place financial pain on the poor, middle class, workers, small and medium businesses and everyone to whom costs are being passed on, Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar warned yesterday. Delivering the first budget reply in her...

OPPOSITION Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar says the 2015-2016 Budget did not provide enough for health care in Trinidad and Tobago. Speaking during a news conference after Finance Minister Colm Imbert presented the $63 billion budget in Parliament, at Tower D, Wrightson Road on...

Oropouche East MP Dr Roodal Moonilal is calling on his successor, Housing and Urban Development Minister, Marlene Mc Donald, to prevent the Housing Development Corporation (HDC) from taking possible punitive action with respect to residents in at least three of its estates in his...

FORMER Tertiary Education and Skills Training (TEST) Minister Fazal Karim, has expressed disappointment that the once independent Ministry was now relegated into a sub division of a new “super” Ministry of Education by the new People’s National Movement (PNM) Government. Karim,...