Rhon­da Krys­tal Ram­bal­ly

Works and In­fra­struc­ture Min­is­ter Jack Warn­er says if so­lu­tions are not found for res­i­dents of Clifton Street, Laven­tille, and en­vi­rons, then "we in trou­ble." He said dur­ing a vis­it to the area last Fri­day with Port-of-Spain may­or Louis Lee Sing there were many young peo­ple who said they had not been em­ployed since June. Ac­cord­ing to Warn­er they showed no signs of be­ing em­ployed by June next year. He said they asked for his help "and I told them, yes, I will see what I can do." He was the fea­ture speak­er at a lun­cheon, host­ed by the Trinidad Union Club, at Nicholas Tow­ers, Port-of-Spain, yes­ter­day.

Warn­er added: "If we don't find a so­lu­tion for Clifton Street and those ar­eas quick­ly, we in trou­ble." He ques­tioned what the last gov­ern­ment did to im­prove the area. Warn­er said po­lit­i­cal af­fil­i­a­tion was not the is­sue and un­til the prob­lems in those ar­eas could be fixed "we are all threat­ened, whether by day or by night." He said every­body in T&T had a prob­lem and while there were laws, noth­ing was en­forced.

"Every­body has a prob­lem...1.3 mil­lion peo­ple and 1.3 mil­lion prob­lems," he added.

Speak­ing on the apol­o­gy by for­mer prime min­is­ter Patrick Man­ning, Warn­er said it made no sense to him. He said every mem­ber of the last gov­ern­ment should apol­o­gise to the na­tion. He said: "For eight years, these guys sat there and they did noth­ing." Warn­er said every­one who was faced with a prob­lem want­ed it fixed, "now." He said salary in­creas­es, land­slips, roads, lights and wa­ter were all be­ing de­mand­ed, "now." Warn­er said: "I ask you, where was all the noise over the last decade?"