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In light of the Prime Minister’s recent appointment of a Cabinet Sub-committee to submit recommendations and a framework for the restructuring of WASA by November 30th 2020, the Prime Minister must tell the population if the critical state company will suffer the same fate...

A potential major environmental crisis is currently brewing in the Gulf of Paria. For the past weeks the Venezuelan oil vessel the FSO Nabarima, which contains nearly 1 million barrels of crude oil, has been listing and leaking in the waters between Trinidad and Tobago and...

Leader of the Opposition, Mrs Kamla Persad-Bissessar, SC, MP is calling for the removal of all taxes on the sale of laptops and other Information Technology devices used for learning. This, in light of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic that has pushed all classes online to reduce...

The Opposition did not obstruct you, but you still mismanaged it… The UNC wishes to condemn the half-baked, wishy-washy and ineffective face mask laws that have been imposed by the Corona Virus Regulations No 26. It is ill-thought-out and has instilled panic, fear and hysteria in...

The Opposition is very concerned that the Government has not yet embarked on a long overdue, aggressive nation-wide Covid-19 testing policy, in the wake of the latest statements on the issue by Prime Minister Rowley. At a news conference on Saturday, August 29th 2020, Prime...

Leader of the Opposition, Kamla Persad-Bissessar has written to the Speaker of the House of Representatives to indicate that the Opposition Members of Parliament are not prepared to support the nomination of Mrs Bridgid Annisette-George as Speaker of the House of the...

Leader of the Opposition and Political Leader of the United National Congress, Mrs Kamla Persad- Bissessar, SC, has written to Her Excellency Paula-Mae Weekes, ORTT, President of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, advising her of the six (6) Opposition Senators to be appointed,...

The swearing-in of Prime Minister Rowley’s cabinet yesterday was a chance for the PM Rowley administration to offer some new hope to the citizens. After five years of suffering the people of T&T, PM Rowley repackaged and repurposed his old team of incompetent Ministers...

After some days of reflection and monitoring of the progress of the election recount process, I am satisfied that the people have spoken and that Dr. Rowley and his party shall form the new Government of Trinidad and Tobago. I congratulate them and wish them the best. I know that...

By now you may have seen a series of letters from both the Commonwealth and Caricom Secretaries-General to Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley and Foreign Affairs Minister, Dennis Moses. They deal with the issue of Election Observers for last week’s General Elections in T&T. Last...

Today the United National Congress hosted a media conference on the numerous irregularities and recounting of ballots of the recently concluded 2020 General Elections. Today’s press conference was undertaken as it is important for these issues to be brought to the...

Political Leader of the United National Congress Kamla Persad Bissessar, SC, has pledged to rebuild the national economy to ensure that the true potential of citizens is realised. In delivering the feature address at the Greater San Fernando Business Chamber Dinner on Sunday 2nd...