Two Opposition MPs had to retract statements accusing National Security Minister Fitzgerald Hinds of lying in Parliament on Friday. The statements were part of a heated exchange following a declaration by Hinds that Government had not engaged in discussions with gang leaders. Naparima MP Rodney Charles asked whether the Government has held meetings with reputed
Works and Transport Minister Rohan Sinanan said the National Infrastructure Development Company continues to search for drydocking options to ensure the Galleons Passage, currently undergoing its reclassification surveys, can be detailed and put back in service. He said this will cause no problems with the seabridge. He was responding to a question from Couva South
THE Water and Sewerage Authority (WASA) has responded to a letter by Couva South MP Rudranath Indarsingh who outlined concerns about the lack of water in several areas in his constituency. The authority said areas in the constituency, such as Beaucarro, Balmain and Central Park are supplied by the Caroni system and receive a daily
AMIDST concerns from within her membership about her leadership and suggestions that the party was at its weakest and she must go, Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar maintained that she and her party were at their strongest. Raising a closed fist in the air, she asserted before members at the party’s national congress at Couva Multi-Purpose
COUVA South MP Rudranath Indarsingh on Friday chided the Government’s performance in running the public health system, claiming a neglect of nurses and an inadequate provision of dialysis services to kidney patients.