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On Thursday, 25th April, 2019 a contingent from the United National Congress met with the Elections and Boundaries Commission to discuss a number of key issues. The meeting was at the request of the UNC and is part of the Party’s mandate to work in the interest of the people of...

According to media reports TT’s Ambassador walked out of an OAS meeting on April 23rd in Washington just before Gustavo Tarre, Venezuela’s Opposition Representative, called for help with his country’s “reconstruction”. The Ambassador was joined by...

The Members of the Opposition would like to vehemently denounce the draconian and high handed attempts by the Government to stifle as well as deny our Parliamentary right to Private Members’ Day as they run from our motion on the Economy. In accordance with Standing Order 33 (5),...

During the I am Legend concert on Sunday, Buju Banton poignantly asked, “What is going on in Trinidad? All this murder. Not just regular murder but butcher shop murder.” This in reference to the crime epidemic and the increasingly gruesome murders prevalent in T&T, with nine...

The UNC offers sincere condolences and sympathies to the people of Sri Lanka. Though thousands of miles away, we stand firmly as a global community with our Sri Lankan brothers and sisters to rebuke and condemn these acts of hate, terror and ill-will to humanity. The attacks on...

On behalf of my family and the United National Congress, I wish everyone a happy and holy Easter. For our Christian brothers and sisters, Easter is a time when we remember the incredible sacrifice Jesus Christ made. Like each religious observance in our nation, Easter celebrates...

Our beloved nation of Trinidad and Tobago is blessed and is truly a sterling example of how people from different ethnic, cultural and religious backgrounds can live together in harmony, and respect for each other’s traditions. This weekend, members of the Christian faith are...

It is time Government end their political charade and admit to the people of Trinidad and Tobago that their much boasted Dragon Gas Deal was nothing more than political public relations. Energy Minister Franklin Khan’s public admission that the Dragon Gas Deal has come to a...

The Government’s Venezuelan registration policy is yet another example of the lack of thought and proper planning that characterises everything this PNM administration does. National Security Minister Stuart Young has shown once again that he is woefully out of his depth. This...

The Attorney General’s behaviour in the Committee stage of the Non-Profit Organizations Bill in the Senate on Thursday 11th April, 2019, highlights once again that this Government is trying to suppress the Opposition and prevent us from giving voice to the citizens on critical...

Leader of the Opposition Kamla Persad-Bissessar, SC, MP battled the Government today in the Parliament highlighting the flaws in the proposed Civil Asset Recovery and Management and Unexplained Wealth Bill, 2019 virtually rewriting the Bill presented by the Government to ensure...

“Minister Imbert, in fact the entire PNM bench, needs a lesson in how to answer questions in Parliament in a manner that is not obfuscatory, irrelevant, misleading or a waste of Parliamentary time,” says Naparima MP Rodney Charles. They must understand that the House of...