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Eleven days into the new year, and with 12 murders more than a similar period last year, we are already seeing a continuation of the murder spree which closed 2021. Since the appointment of Hinds as National Security Minister, murders, kidnappings, fraud, general larceny,...

Last month, the Member of Parliament for Couva North issued a press release entitled “Chicken prices set to increase this Christmas season – Government neglecting T&T’s poultry industry!” In this, the MP highlighted several reasons for the increase, as well as the...

Oropouche East Member of Parliament and shadow Minister of Works and Transport Dr Roodal Moonilal met with over sixty truckers and small transport contractors on Sunday January 9, 2022 at the Debe Water park, Debe. The meeting was called to discuss complaints and grievances of...

Rowley now leads a lame duck administration. He must now do the patriotic thing, surrender gracefully, demit office, and let a new government save us from utter chaos, increasing despair, and a sense that all is lost. Having been soundly rejected in his hometown and home island...

The end of the year is usually a time when we take a pause and reflect on the twelve months which have passed. We remember those who have lost loved ones in this terrible pandemic that continues to plague our nation and I offer my sincere condolences to all who have lost those...

Landlords are threatening to evict sitting UNC Councillors of the Tunapuna/Piarco Regional Corporation in January. This is a direct result of the failure of the Ministry of Local Government to release funds to pay Landlords since October 2021. As Local Government Representatives...

During the past 6 years, there has been no shortage of ways in which Attorney General Faris Al Rawi has debased himself and the once-respected office he holds. However, Al Rawi’s latest debacle surely seals his fate as the most unethical Attorney General in our nation’s history....

My fellow citizens, I would like to wish each and every one of you a happy and joyous Christmas. I would like to take this opportunity to once again thank those on the front line of the Covid -19 pandemic, nurses, doctors, hospital staff, market vendors, garbage collection...

Please permit me to respond to the editorial entitled ‘Playing politics with People’s Lives”, which was published in the Trinidad Guardian on Monday 20th December 2021. This editorial contains so much erroneous information and outright fallacies that one must wonder if it...

The Prime Minister’s announcement that public servants must be vaccinated to receive their salary shows conmanship and deception of the highest order. This country is in a position of double digit daily deaths and triple digit infection numbers due to the blatant failure of...

My position on forced mandatory vaccination and vaccine discrimination has been crystal clear since the beginning of this crisis. The Opposition encourages all persons to consult their doctor and consider getting vaccinated. Vaccination is one of many important tools in the fight...

Rains and floods have caused sink holes to develop next to Dry River Bridge on Orange Grove Road in St. Augustine. The retention wall of the bridge has significantly cracked, and the wall is collapsing. The Bassie Street Bridge over the Blackman Ravine in Spring Village is also...