As a child in the rural district of Penal I remember sharing meals from the same pot with neighbours of different racial, ethnic, social and economic backgrounds.

Looking towards the future, one of the most important issues the national community must face is the widening gap between the liberated, modern, independent women and our traditional men who are being left behind.

We need to rekindle those values, those strengths as a nation and as a people... And we must do so as one people with one goal.

Kamla Persad-Bissessar Quotes