Govt yet to deliver on major campaign promise of jobs
Business
Finance
Politics
April 23, 2026
Share this article
Click to view full size
It was a night of yellow flags and soaring rhetoric. Standing before a sea of supporters at the party’s Chaguanas headquarters nearly one year ago, a promise of a new economic dawn was made.
“This victory is to create over 50,000 jobs, and so the victory is yours,” declared then prime minister-elect Kamla Persad-Bissessar during her victory speech.
For United National Congress (UNC) supporters, the refrain “when UNC wins, everybody wins” was more than a slogan—it was a lifeline.
Business
Finance
Politics
Share this article
Comments (0)
Download our mobile app
The portable companion to gazettE. Get notifications, track read articles, and more. The latest news from Trinidad and Tobago, in one place.
