Kamla: Time to Move Past Rowley, Call Election Now

Keith Rowley is ending his destructive near-decade-long tenure as Prime Minister with a legacy of woeful and deep-rooted failures that have precipitously diminished citizens’ quality of life. He is the only Prime Minister in our history who has not made a single tangible achievement during his tenure.

Tancoo: Business Survey Confirms PNM’s Economic Destruction

Opposition MP and finance spokesman Dave Tancoo asserts that the results of the latest business survey published by Ernst & Young (EY) in collaboration with the American Chamber of Commerce (AMCHAM) are concrete proof that the past decade of PNM governance has systematically dismantled the nation’s economy and has put the country in an even more perilous position than last year.

MP Mohit: Government’s Silence on Pension Cuts Betrays Elderly

The Member of Parliament for Chaguanas East is calling out the government and the Ministry of Social Development and Family Services for their continued and deafening silence on the controversial and offensive clause of the Amended Pension Bill. Despite their hollow assurances and disingenuous claims that the clause was “mysteriously inserted” by an anonymous public officer, the Bill, complete with the alarming provision that disqualifies pension applicants with savings over $25,000, remains firmly on the Order Paper.

MP Ameen Demands Transparency on Criteria for Home Repair Grants

St. Augustine MP Khadijah Ameen, has written to the Minister of Social Development and Family Services, Donna Cox, seeking clarification on the criteria and distribution process in response to $2.9 million in home repair grants being distributed at a ceremony hosted by the Social Development and Family Services Ministry at the Upper El Dorado Community Centre on January 27th.

Opposition Leader Renews Call for Independent International Election

The Leader of the Opposition, the Hon. Kamla Persad-Bissessar, SC, has written a letter to Prime Minister Stuart Young — following her earlier letter to then Prime Minister Dr. Keith Rowley on 16 September 2024 — reiterating the urgent request for the Government of Trinidad and Tobago to invite independent international election observers for the upcoming 2025 General Elections.