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  Coronaviruses are a large family of viruses that are common in humans and many different species of animals, including camels, cattle, cats, and bats. Rarely, animal coronaviruses can infect people and then spread between people, such as with MERS-CoV and SARS-CoV. The...

  Leader of the Opposition Kamla Persad-Bissessar has written to Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley calling for an urgent meeting between Government and Opposition members to discuss the ongoing severe negative and destabilizing economic, social and medical impact and repercussions...

Today, as we join the global community in commemorating International Women’s Day, it is clear that we have much work to do as we work towards gender equality. This year’s theme I am Generation Equality: Realizing Women’s Rights is appropriate, as it acknowledges both the...

Minister of Agriculture Land and Fisheries Clarence Rambharat seems to be playing an integral role in finishing the job of dismantling the assets of Caroni (1975) Limited, a task he undertook under the PNM administration when he was senior management at the company. The TT Scrap...

Imbert’s complete lack of knowledge of  CARICOM’s  statement issued yesterday on Guyana says either that we were not consulted because of our relative  unimportance; or we had an input of which the acting PM was not aware of when he spoke in parliament; or more...

Small businesses in Trinidad and Tobago are facing serious threats to their viability through the arbitrary imposition of bonding charges on all imports. These commercial operators, who are already paying seven per cent online sales tax, are now being made to employ brokers for...

Leader of the Opposition Kamla Persad-Bissessar, SC, MP today presented the United National Congress’s plan to address the crime crisis, upon the party’s return to Government. Speaking during a Private Motion to condemn the Government’s failure to deal with rampant crime, Mrs....

In the wake of confirmation by the Tobago Health Division of a national returning from China who displayed flu-like symptoms and being managed as a possible Corona Virus patient, and who is now quarantined, the time has come for Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley to ensure that this...

The Government’s bewildering actions to shut down and adjourn yesterday’s debate on the critical adoption of the Joint Select Committee Report on the Mutual Administrative Assistance in Tax Matters Bill, the Tax Information Exchange Agreements Bill and the Income Tax (Amendment)...

The distressing report that 7 people were murdered over a 24-hour period is a sobering reminder of this Rowley-led Government’s failure to deal with crime. Today, yet another double murder was recorded, and a third killing took place in South Trinidad. The murderous trend over...

Leader of the Opposition Kamla Persad-Bissessar, SC, MP says the Government’s move to introduce the Interception of Communications (Amendment) Bill, 2020 is cause for serious concern. Speaking at a news conference at the Parliament today, the Opposition Leader said the Bill is a...

The Minister of National Security continued  his desperate campaign in the senate today, where under parliamentary protection he stated that myself as Minister of Housing and the former Managing Director of the HDC Jearlean John “gave a contract to an all edged Gang leader to...