OPPOSITION Leader and UNC political leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar was adamant that no member of the UNC was responsible for disrupting any public consultation held by the Regulated Industries Commission (RIC) on proposed electricity rate increases.
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PORT of Spain MP Keith Scotland rejected claims from the Opposition UNC that the PNM was afraid to call local government elections and planned to postpone them. Scotland slammed the UNC for creating this false narrative. He wondered whether it was the Opposition that was afraid of local government elections being called. He made these
THE Regulated Industries Commission (RIC) says it will not be bullied by anyone and will complete its public consultations on a proposed electricity rate increase, as it is required to do under the Constitution. The commission gave this assurance after one of those consultations at Centre Pointe Mall, Chaguanas, on Wednesday, had to be aborted
What began as a consultation meeting in Chaguanas quickly turned into a shouting match as participants took officials from the Regulated Industries Commission (RIC) to task over a proposed electricity rate increase on Wednesday afternoon. The meeting was held at Centre Point Mall, Chaguanas, and was intended to address questions and concerns from the public