PNM offers lawyers to help residents in closed area

Kay-Marie Fletch­er

Less than 24 hours af­ter the Mal­oney Build­ings Hous­ing De­vel­op­ment, lo­cat­ed in the Peo­ple’s Na­tion­al Move­ment (PNM)-held Trinci­ty/Mal­oney con­stituen­cy, be­came the first com­mu­ni­ty to be de­clared a closed area un­der the Spe­cial Op­er­a­tions Act, 2026, the Op­po­si­tion has es­tab­lished a free le­gal hot­line to as­sist res­i­dents who be­lieve their rights are be­ing vi­o­lat­ed.

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The ini­tia­tive, dubbed the Peo­ple’s Coun­sel, was an­nounced yes­ter­day by Op­po­si­tion Sen­a­tor Dr Mar­garet Rose dur­ing the PNM me­dia con­fer­ence.