UNC SWEEPS TO POWER
Posted: Tuesday, April 29, 2025

History made in Point Fortin, La Brea as trade unionists win
Labour leaders Ernesto Kezar from the Oilfield Workers Trade Union and Clyde Elder from the Communication Workers Trade Union secured unprecedented victories in the Point Fortin and La Brea constituencies long plagued by poverty, unemployment, and neglect.

Kamla again!
Leads UNC to emphatic victory over PNM; TPP takes two Tobago seats
United National Congress (UNC) Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar, who turned 73 last Tuesday, received a national “Birthday Gift” last night when her party won yesterday’s General Election—tossing the People’s National Movement (PNM) back to 2010 defeat levels—and made history by becoming a female T&T Prime Minister a second time.

UNC SWEEPS TO POWER: VOTERS CHOOSE CHANGE
The general election yesterday resulted in a political earthquake with a new preliminary configuration of 26-13-2 in the 13th Parliament. Preliminary figures show 26 seats for the UNC, 13 for the PNM and two for the TPP.

Energy Chamber, TTCSI congratulates UNC on election victory
The TT Energy Chamber and the TT Coalition of Services Industries (TTCSI) were among the first organisations to extend congratulations to the UNC for its victory in the general election.

Carnival-like celebrations at party HQ

UNC sweeps PNM: Kamla prevails
THE UNC closed the chapter on nine years of PNM governance when it won the April 28 general election.

Heartbreak at Balisier House as PNM defeated
First came worried faces. Then sad looks. Disappointment, shock, and uncontrollable tears followed.

PNM concedes defeat but vows to rebuild
THE People’s National Movement (PNM) conceded general election defeat by 10.15 p.m. yesterday, on what former prime minister Dr Keith Rowley called “not a good night” for the party, but what “may be a good night for Trinidad and Tobago”.

International, regional leaders congratulate Kamla
On April 29 in a post on Twitter, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the country cherished its historically close and familial ties with TT.

Barbados, Jamaica PMs congratulates UNC on election victory

NJAC congratulates UNC, TPP
The National Joint Action Committee (NJAC) has congratulated the United National Congress (UNC) and the Coalition of Interests on what it described as “a well-deserved victory in the 2025 General Elections,” while urging the new administration to pursue a more equitable model of national development.

TPP ousts Shamfa and Ayanna in stunning Tobago upset
THE Tobago People’s Party (TPP) yesterday unseated People’s National Movement (PNM) incumbents Ayanna Webster-Roy and Shamfa Cudjoe-Lewis to capture both Tobago East and West seats, respectively, in the 2025 general election.

‘Country better off without me’ - Rowley
PEOPLE’S National Movement political leader Dr Keith Rowley said yesterday he plans to relinquish the leadership of the party “during this year”.

Dr Browne: PNM must take own bitter medicine
"We have lost a full ten seats in the House of Representatives. We now have to take our medicine, bitter as it may be, and make changes in direction, tone and attitude in order to get better and earn a mandate and the trust of the great people of this land."

He said the people on the ground were particularly sensitive to any sense of injustice and any sense of entitlement, and the last thing the PNM needs is to adopt or extend any aspects of a tone-deaf posture.



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