The Peo­ple’s Na­tion­al Move­ment (PNM) Tu­na­puna can­di­date Es­mond Forde is ahead of Unit­ed Na­tion­al Con­gress (UNC) can­di­date and for­mer pro­fes­sion­al foot­baller David Nakhid in the tus­sle for the mar­gin­al seat in Mon­day’s Gen­er­al Elec­tion.

That was the roar from Peo­ple's Na­tion­al Move­ment leader Prime Min­is­ter Dr Kei­th Row­ley last night as he ac­cused Op­po­si­tion leader Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar of abus­ing black peo­ple “in the most dis­gust­ing and dis­grace­ful way”.

To­ba­go busi­ness­woman Di­ane Hadad is warn­ing the Unit­ed Na­tion­al Con­gress (UNC) that its con­tin­ued us­age of a video clip with her dis­cussing To­ba­go is­sues will re­sult in le­gal ac­tion against the par­ty.

Vot­ers in the Tu­na­puna con­stituen­cy con­sid­er the Peo­ple’s Na­tion­al Move­ment (PNM) the par­ty best ca­pa­ble of solv­ing their prob­lems, ac­cord­ing to a re­cent HHB and As­so­ciates Ltd poll led by poll­ster Louis Bertrand.

Lopinot/Bon Air West can­di­date Mar­vin Gon­za­les will teach In­de­pen­dent Lib­er­al Par­ty can­di­date Jack Warn­er what it feels like to lose his $5,000 de­posit in that seat in the Gen­er­al Elec­tion.

The fight for the mar­gin­al Barataria/San Juan seat be­tween Peo­ple’s Na­tion­al Move­ment (PNM) can­di­date Ja­son Williams and Unit­ed Na­tion­al Con­gress (UNC) con­tender Sad­dam Ho­sein in Mon­day’s Gen­er­al Elec­tion is a dead heat.

And if COVID-19 cas­es con­tin­ue in­creas­ing, Gov­ern­ment will “take ac­tion” on the up­com­ing Au­gust 10 Gen­er­al Elec­tion.

De­spite an in­crease in lo­cal­ly spread COVID-19 cas­es, Prime Min­is­ter Dr Kei­th Row­ley says the Au­gust 10 Gen­er­al Elec­tion will go on.

Af­ter Pres­i­dent Paula-Mae Weekes re­ject­ed the Pro­gres­sive Em­pow­er­ment Par­ty's re­quest for post­pone­ment of the Au­gust 10 Gen­er­al Elec­tion, the par­ty has again asked the Pres­i­dent to re­con­sid­er af­ter yes­ter­day's news of eight more COVID-19 cas­es.

With a mere 11 days to go be­fore the 2020 Gen­er­al Elec­tion, a poll com­mis­sioned by Guardian Me­dia Lim­it­ed and con­duct­ed by HHB and As­so­ciates shows that the rul­ing Peo­ple's Na­tion­al Move­ment (PNM) has a clear lead over its main ri­val, the Unit­ed Na­tion­al Con­gress (UNC), in the cru­cial mar­gin­al con­stituen­cy of Moru­ga/Table­land.

Vot­ers be­lieve the Op­po­si­tion Unit­ed Na­tion­al Con­gress (UNC) is more “out of touch with or­di­nary peo­ple” when com­pared to the Peo­ple’s Na­tion­al Move­ment (PNM).

That was the roar for the Au­gust 20 Gen­er­al Elec­tion from Peo­ple's Na­tion­al Move­ment San Fer­nan­do West can­di­date Faris Al-Rawi at last night’s San Fer­nan­do West “meet­up”.