A tour of the Pointe-a-Pierre constituency was interrupted on at least two occasions by a handful of irate residents who loudly accused Labour Minister and Pointe-a-Pierre MP, Errol McLeod, of neglecting certain areas of his constituency.

As Trinidad and Tobago approaches its 50th Anniversary of Independence, President George Maxwell Richards yesterday advocated that a foreign languages component be incorporated into the training programme for recruits of the Defence Force.

Prime Minister Kamla Persad Bissessar broke fast at the Trinidad Muslim League, St Joseph on Friday evening.

Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar has called on the Muslim community “to pray for our nation as we chart a course into the future for continued unity, progress and strength.”

OPPOSITION Leader Dr Keith Rowley is urging the population to use the occasion of Eid ul Fitr to “let us realign our nation by always doing what is morally right and by demanding the same of our leaders.”

Tobago House of Assembly (THA) Finance Secretary Dr Anselm London has accused the Tobago Organisation of the People (TOP) of trying to “fool the people” with its queries over an arrangement the THA has to house the Division of Agriculture/Marine Affairs/Marketing/Environment in a $140 million complex.

The $20 million to be allocated to two Opposition PNM MPs in the Port-of-Spain city boundaries in one year will equal that of the capital budget the Port-of-Spain City Corporation received this year.