DAVID LEE, Opposition whip in the House of Representatives, hopes some Government members will not support the Government's nominee Christine Kangaloo for President, but vote for the Opposition's nominee Senior Counsel Israel Khan when the Electoral College meets at 1.30 pm on Friday. He said it will be a secret ballot, and recalled the Prime
KHADIJAH AMEEN, St Augustine MP, made an eleventh-hour appeal for former Senate president Christine Kangaloo to withdraw as Government's nominee for the new President of the Republic, to be decided when Parliament's Electoral College sits on Friday. At a news conference at the Opposition Leader's office in Port of Spain on Wednesday, Ameen said Kangaloo
AS THE country emerged from the pandemic and its resulting lock downs, job losses and economic stress, Government might have looked forward to an ease-up in their burden but in fact, faced new stresses from the fallout from climate change and a crime upsurge in 2022. And generally in running the country.
ST AUGUSTINE MP Khadijah Ameen on Wednesday claimed a possible health hazard developing in flood-hit areas, owing to the Government's alleged slowness in cleaning up after the recent floods, but any negligence was flatly denied to Newsday by Minister of Local Government Faris Al-Rawi. In a statement, Ameen complained "Al-Rawi needs to get his act
SADDAM HOSEIN, Barataria/San Juan MP, on Friday got Deputy Speaker Esmond Forde's nod for the House of Representatives to debate catastrophic flooding as a definite matter of urgent public importance. He said TT was "drowning" owing to the Government's "unprecedented mismanagement and incompetence." Hosein recalled the Opposition's past warnings in Parliament of flood risks. "The