UNC in Grande today

The UNC is hoping to wrest the contentious Sangre Grande Regional Corporation (SGRC) from the ruling People’s National Movement (PNM), which controls five of the eight electoral districts in the corporation.

The party has offered candidates for all of the electoral districts. A scheduled of the Opposition Leader’s itinerary obtained by Sunday Newsday said Persad-Bissessar will begin her tour at the Sangre Grande Market, in the heart of the eastern district, from 10 am.

At 11.15 am, Persad-Bissessar is expected to visit the Coalmine Pentecostal Church, where she will meet with church officials and residents of the community.

This will be followed by a 12.30 pm visit to a mosque along the Cunapo Southern Main Road and half an hour later, an audience with worshippers of the sat Nagar Temple on Ojoe Road.

At 2 pm, Persad-Bissessar is expected to have lunch with some of the district’s businessmen.

However, up until news time, a venue had not been identified.

The Opposition Leader is also scheduled to visit the Sangre Grande District Hospital at 3.30 pm, following which she will then make her way to the Ganesh Vidya Centre in Coryal.