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As the COVID-19 crisis facing our nation intensifies, the Government needs to be bold, innovative and get relief to affected citizens in a quicker manner. If this administration is really serious about the welfare of our citizens, they must ensure that the promised relief...

The United National Congress has taken note of the Centre for Disease Control (CDC) of the United States of America’s latest recommendation to wear face masks when in public to curb the spread of COVID-19. The UNC Political Leader and Leader of the Opposition the Honourable...

I note with grave concern the most recent official statistics regarding the Covid-19 spread in Trinidad and Tobago, which clearly point to an urgent need for the Ministry of Health to significantly increase its testing capacity of suspected Covid-19 cases among the population.  ...

Tomorrow a specially arranged charter flight will depart Piarco, using our closed air space, to repatriate US citizens desirous of returning home. Our nationals by contrast must depend on the goodwill of host countries for their very survival. It is each man for himself if you...

Leader of the Opposition Mrs Kamla Persad Bissessar, SC, MP, is urging all non-essential personnel to stay at home as we work together to fight this Covid-19 crisis. After having made the call last week for a temporary shutdown of non-essential businesses and services, Mrs...

I wish our esteemed brothers and sisters of the Spiritual Shouter Baptist Community a joyful and safe Spiritual Shouter Baptist Liberation Day 2020. For many years I have joined this community in a communal celebration. This year, as a result of the COVID 19 threat, like many of...

I have noted with deep concern the Government’s ongoing efforts to suppress valid calls and questions from the population, and especially the Opposition UNC, to be accountable and transparent during this unprecedented Coronavirus crisis in our country. I therefore feel...

Leader of the Opposition Kamla Persad-Bissessar, SC, MP is today calling on the Government to implement measures for a nationwide shutdown of all non-essential services and businesses for fourteen (14) days, in the first instance, in light of the trends we are seeing in the...

  I would like to reiterate the sentiments I expressed upon the announcement of our very first COVID-19 case one week ago, by calling for calm and urging all citizens to follow the recommended guidelines for the prevention of the spread of this disease. In light of the...

Leader of the Opposition, Kamla Persad-Bissessar, SC, MP today led an Opposition delegation to meet with Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley and his team on the Covid-19 crisis. Mrs Persad-Bissessar noted that this crisis is unprecedented, and welcomed the Government’s...

In keeping with my previously stated commitment to the media and national public at large, I am hereby updating the citizenry of Trinidad and Tobago as to the status of my request earlier this week to the Honourable Prime Minister, Dr Keith Rowley, for urgent bipartisan talks...

It is highly regrettable that at a time of an international medical emergency, Prime Minister Dr. Keith Rowley has chosen to indulge in senseless and emotive politicking. In his characteristic temperamental tone, Dr. Rowley opted to castigate Opposition Leader Kamla...