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It is with deep regret that I must respond to a 6.24 am official release from the Office of the Prime Minister which expressly addresses my statements made in a press release dated Monday 18 February 2019. This release was sent two hours after a doubles vendor was killed in chase...

Revelations in the print media on Sunday further confirm that the failed Rowley regime has been grossly negligent in dealing with the scourge of gang warfare. One report exposes the fact that the government has been sitting on a shocking 2014 study, and has continued to feed...

This Rowley led Government, when it cannot get its way, instinctively resorts to insults. This was demonstrated this weekend when AG Al Rawi roundly criticized the EU for placing TT on a new blacklist for deficiencies in our anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing...

The Member of Parliament for Oropouche West, Mrs. Vidia Gayadeen- Gopeesingh, is condemning the failure of the Rowley led Government to provide relief to the farmers of the Los Iros Hillview Farmers Association who were affected by the earthquake of Tuesday 21st August 2018. In a...

We started the year with a bang, holding our hugely successful National Assembly just over two weeks ago. At that Assembly, we saw the energy, the vibrancy of our great party which continues to grow by leaps and bounds. We saw many new faces, young people ready to get our country...

Last week the Standing Orders of the House of Representatives were breached when confidential information about the proceedings of the Privileges Committee was published in a Parliamentary media release. Yet, no one is being held accountable and the Opposition’s call for a proper...

My decision earlier this week to commence proceedings before the High Court against the Attorney General and the Speaker of the House of Representatives was one that I took to preserve my right to represent my 29000 plus constituents. It was a decision that I took to uphold and...

On Tuesday 5th February 2018, the MP for Fyzabad, Dr. Lackram P Bodoe, was able to secure donations through local contractors to repair the Oropouche main road after it was littered with massive potholes throughout the entire roadway. These potholes were causing unnecessary...

We live in a democracy that is premised upon the rule of law, respect for the law and independent and impartial judiciary where no one is above the law and all are subject to the law. The increased public awareness of certain alleged conduct on the part of Chief Justice Ivor...

Dr Rowley’s strategy of conveniently cherry picking the principle of non-intervention to justify our failed foreign policy on Venezuela is either hypocritical, or deliberately obfuscatory, or as with everything else with this administration – not well thought out. Or...

Today the United National Congress opened nominations for all Local Government seats and for General Elections seats which we do not currently hold. The UNC is heartened by the enthusiastic response to our call to action and we thank the hundreds of people who came out on the...

MP Paray stands in solidarity with the Parent and Teachers Association of the Rio Claro A.S.J.A Primary school. In September 2018, operations at the school ceased, due to a bat infestation and damage to the structural integrity of the building. Since then, the students of the...