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Given the Prime Minister’s recent call for landlords to have a heart towards tenants who have lost income and unable to pay rent, it is essential that the government lead by example as it relates to the tenants who rent properties controlled by the state. If the Prime Minister...

UNC Senator Taharqa Obika is warning that the Rowley Government misses the point of economic transformation. He was responding to statements made by Minister Robert Le Hunte the Vice Chairman of the post pandemic Economic Planning Committee of the Keith Rowley Government....

The Prime Minister’s announcement today that this country has to endure an additional two weeks of the national shutdown is baseless and must be roundly condemned. It is yet another chapter in his ongoing incompetent leadership during this global Coronavirus pandemic. Despite...

Naparima MP is today apologizing to the Government and People of Barbados for the unwarranted and insensitive public criticism by Stuart Young of their principled, humanitarian, ethical – even Christian – kindness shown recently to our citizens stranded at their...

As the Holy month of Ramadan begins, it gives me great pleasure to warmly wish our Muslim community Ramadan Mubarak In these unprecedented times, sadly, many of the joyous events which accompany Ramadan, such as the communal breaking of the fast (Iftar) may be hindered by the...

The Covid-19 crisis has been the cause of much anxiety and uncertainty for the citizens of Trinidad and Tobago. The lockdown measures announced by the Government left a lot of questions, particularly those in the public sector who had no work from home arrangement. On March 15th...

  The United National Congress is deeply concerned about the low levels of testing during this Covid-19 crisis. Testing for the virus is the most important step any can take to ensure that all measures taken are data driven. The World Health Organisation stressed from the...

Massive job losses will occur in both the public and private sectors in the coming year if we do not act now to implement plans and protocols to restart businesses and the wider economy. It is economically ignorant to not put plans forward to reopen our businesses. Without their...

Think about the poor in our society, they are suffering, their lives matter too! Many are having great difficulty in providing for themselves and their loved ones. Decisions on the reopening of businesses and the wider economy must be put forward. I agree that we cannot be...

Patriotism and putting country first do not mean citizens must give up their rights to ask questions and call on the government to account. However, many persons who do call for this accountability are being attacked with negative propaganda masked as fake outrage and political...

I note with great concern the ongoing blatant and very dangerous attempts by the Government to stifle the traditional media of Trinidad and Tobago. This, as journalists from the daily newspapers, television and radio stations undertake to report on various issues of national...

The United National Congress is calling on the Ministry of Health to disclose the number of persons who have been tested thus far for the COVID-19 virus. The statements by the Ministry have been highlighting the number of samples taken to be tested at CARPHA, this does not tell...