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I wish to publicly refute recent media reports with respect to the selection of candidates of United National Congress (UNC) for forthcoming national elections. The reports indicated that, based “on the advice of caucus members”, I am “changing the faces” of certain incumbent...

“I told the population in 2015 that Keith Rowley had no plan to take us forward. They did not listen and today we are all suffering,” says Rodney Charles MP for Naparima. The 5000 fired from Petrotrin, 500 more in TSTT and three hundred plus former ArcelorMittal...

Prime Minister Keith Rowley subjected citizens of this country to yet another long-winded and bizarre lecture- which has not yet finished – which said nothing and offered no hope for people who continue to suffer under his administration. This political performance put on...

The performance of the Government in Parliament since coming into office in 2015 has been nothing more than political theatrics, PR and gimmickry. The Attorney General is on record as saying he will legislate by tactics. The dismissive and insulting manner with which the...

I join the region in mourning the loss of a Caribbean icon and international legal luminary in the person of the late Sir Fenton Ramsahoye QC. Sir Fenton, 89, was cremated yesterday at the Chapel of Coral Ridge Memorial Gardens in Barbados. His unparalleled contribution to the...

The Political Leader of the United National Congress has convened a Caucus meeting carded for Monday, 7th January, to meet with all members of the Parliamentary Caucus as well as the National Executive of the Party. As the Party prepares for the upcoming Local Government...

As we enter a New Year, we pause to give thanks to God for the many blessings we received in 2018, and the strength to overcome the myriad challenges and problems which are still ahead. Although we are facing trying times, together we must draw on our courage and resilience to...

I have taken note of the dramatic developments in neighboring Guyana where the coalition government of David Granger Collapsed late Friday night on a motion of no confidence. It is apparent that the Guyanese people will go to the polls yet again before the scheduled time to elect...

Fellow citizens, on behalf of my family and all of us in the United National Congress, I wish you a very Merry Christmas. Christmas is, of course, that very special time of year, when we get together with our families, friends and loved ones and share in the joy of the season....

At a time when the world is celebrating the birth of baby Jesus, child care in Trinidad and Tobago is at a crisis level because of the ineptitude of Health Minister Terrence Deyalsingh. There continues to be loss of precious young lives at public hospitals, management and...

National Security Minister Stuart Young is farse-and-outta place to caution Police Commissioner Gary Griffith about meeting former New York Rudy Giuliani. The ever-abrasive Mr. Young has politicised the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service and has sought to undermine the...

The death of any pregnant woman is a tragedy for both her loved ones and her caregivers. In 2011 following the death of Mrs. Crystal Boodoo Ramsoomair in childbirth, then Prime Minister Kamla Persad Bissessar commissioned a report to review the maternity services in Trinidad and...