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I am deeply saddened to learn of the passing of former Chief Justice Satnarine Sharma, who served with distinction from 2002 to 2008.  Although he faced significant personal challenges during his term as Chief Justice, he met these challenges with dignity and resolve. He was a...

On behalf of the Opposition, I wish to bring a matter of significant concern to your attention as it relates to upcoming matters within the House of Representatives. At 8:38 am on Friday 4th October 2019, I received a call from the Leader of Government Business, Honourable...

The United National Congress is ready for upcoming Local Government elections. The party has completed a rigorous screening exercise, in which around 600 people interested in serving their communities presented themselves for consideration. On Tuesday 1st October, 2019, the party...

It is extremely disturbing and worrying to learn that the 35-million-dollar lawsuit against the former eTecK Board led by Professor Ken Julien has been discontinued by a PNM appointed eTecK Board. It was under the Kamla Persad-Bissessar led Government that claims were brought...

Princes Town MP Barry Padarath has slammed Prime Minister Keith Rowley for choosing to travel to New York while the country is experiencing a severe weather system without giving any assurances or specifics that the government has things in place to deal with the situation....

The Opposition notes the announcement by the Minister of Finance on the sale of the Petrotrin refinery to the preferred bidder, Patriotic Energies and Technologies Company Limited. While at face value we have absolutely no objection to the sale of the refinery to locals, there...

Leader of the Opposition Kamla Persad-Bissessar, SC, MP met with a group of residents of Gomez Trace Housing Development Phase II, Moruga on Wednesday 18th September, 2019, who have raised a number of issues to be resolved with the Housing Development Corporation. Late last year...

The Caroni East Constituency Executive and the Caroni East Women’s Arm condemn in the strongest possible manner the foul-mouthed, mysogynistic utterances of Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley, emanating from — of all places — the Diplomatic Center. More undiplomatic...

During a media briefing yesterday, PM Keith Rowley threatened to make a formal complaint to the British Government about a BBC report on the Venezuelan issue in TT. Clearly Rowley does not understand that neither Boris Johnson, nor anyone else in the UK Cabinet, can admonish the...

Couva North Member of Parliament, Ramona Ramdial strongly condemns Prime Minister Keith Rowley’s latest misogynistic analogy which degraded Opposition Leader, Kamla Persad-Bissessar when he compared her to a yard fowl “having pip” and so being unable to speak....

Given Keith Rowley’s abysmal record of massive job losses, a sluggish economy, out of control murder rates, an underperforming health sector, a demoralized citizenry and a virtually extinct petroleum sector, it is clear he has decided that he will not contest this election...

Couva North MP, Ramona Ramdial has expressed her surprise at Minister Camille Robinson-Regis’ outrageous statement that the Rowley led government has navigated the country through rough seas. Ramdial is instead stating that, “it is the Rowley led government that has led us into...