The United National Congress (UNC) is intensifying its call for the Elections and Boundaries Commission (EBC) to be under closer scrutiny, as it says there is a need for a Commission of Enquiry into the agency’s operations.
President General of the OWTU Ancel Roget has vowed that workers who held out against the Government’s four per cent wage offer will start new negotiations at 10 per cent once the UNC wins the General Election.
Expressing sympathy for hardworking farmers, UNC Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar has vowed to establish a special agricultural court to address praedial larceny if elected to office.
Prime Minister Stuart Young yesterday boasted that his Government was leaving office ahead of Monday’s General Election without any major corruption allegations against it.
That was the dismissal from United National Congress frontliner Anil Roberts in Moruga last night, to the news that outgoing UNC Chaguanas West MP Dinesh Rambally was at that time in a People's National Movement (PNM) meeting in Sangre Grande.
Of all the moments that lit up the 2010 General Election campaign, it was San Juan pensioner Percy Villafana who grabbed the most headlines and attention, as his action remained firmly etched in the public’s mind.
President of the Inter-Religious Organisation (IRO) Dr Ellis Burris is urging election candidates to keep political activities away from religious observances.
There has been another surprising political endorsement for the United National Congress (UNC), this time from cricketer and entertainer Dwayne Bravo.
United National Congress (UNC) deputy political leader Jearlean John is assuring that Kamla Persad-Bissessar is well and will be capable of running the country should the party win Monday’s General Election.
People’s National Movement Tobago West candidate Shamfa Cudjoe-Lewis says Tobago People’s Party’s Joel “Nuttsy” Sampson has not spoken a single word to voters on his own throughout the campaign—and she’s daring him to put down the written speeches and face Tobagonians.
A “mischief maker” is how former public utilities minister Marvin Gonzales described Public Services Association (PSA) president Felisha Thomas, after she claimed Government was planning to retrench 5,000 Water and Sewerage Authority (WASA) workers.
People’s National Movement General Election campaign manager Rohan Sinanan has defended the Elections and Boundaries Commission (EBC), after the body was criticised by the United National Congress this week.
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