Question hangs over Kamla’s leadership of UNC
The defeat of Kamla Persad-Bissessar in Monday’s general election raises questions about whether she will remain as leader of the UNC. Now that the general election is over, political analyst Dr...
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Kamla’s Rienzi blank could impact on her leadership
Political analyst Dr Bishnu Ragoonath said outgoing Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar would pay the political price in terms of her continuing leadership of the UNC for abandoning her supporters at...
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MATT urges Rowley to work with media
The Media Association of T&T (MATT) yesterday called on newly elected Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley to commit to working transparently and respectfully with the media.In a press release yesterday,...
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Observer group sees well-conducted polls
The Commonwealth Observer Group says the September 7 general election in T&T was “inconclusive, peaceful and well conducted.”Chairman of the group, Sir Paul Touva, said so during a news conference...
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Constituents upset
Members of the security detail guarding outgoing Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar yesterday came under fire for abandoning her after she lost Monday’s general election.The claims came from members...
View ArticleTop cop gets UNC complaints on raids
Acting Police Commissioner Stephen Williams confirmed yesterday that he had received complaints about two police raids on United National Congress offices in central Trinidad and on the East West...
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12 schools stay closed as new term begins
Approximately a dozen schools were forced to remain closed yesterday as the new school term began.President of the T&T Unified Teachers Association (TTUTA) Devanand Sinanan said the problems ranged...
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‘Work with me to rescue T&T’
Party chairman, Franklin Khan, party officers and I’d like to start by recognising Deputy Political Leader (Policy), Mr Rohan Sinanan. Because one of the big issues in this election that we have just...
View ArticleNew PM focuses on local govt legislation
Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley says legislation to amend the existing local government arrangements are to be brought to Parliament soon for approval. He made the comment in his first interview after...
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Faux pas messes up Rowley’s big day
A sequential error in yesterday afternoon’s swearing-in ceremony of new Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley resulted in the need, several hours later, to again swear in Faris Al-Rawi as Attorney General and...
View ArticlePP to challenge election results: Extension illegal
While former Opposition leader Dr Keith Rowley was sworn in as Prime Minister during a ceremony at Queen’s Hall, Port-of-Spain, yesterday, former prime minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar was challenging...
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Dillon to review security resources
New National Security Minister Edmund Dillon is reviewing the national security architecture, looking at the “people, systems and procedures” within this to ensure they are relevant to the...
View ArticleLobby group wants Kamla out: Your time has come and gone
Two days after her fifth consecutive defeat at the polls, a group calling itself the UNC Patriots has called on former prime minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar to step aside and allow someone else to take...
View ArticleCops want ban on ‘text canvassing’
The Police Service will make recommendations to the relevant ministerial representatives for the inclusion of social media as it relates to canvasing on election day. Speaking at yesterday’s weekly...
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7 guns seized in Santa Flora; two arrested
Senior Superintendent of the South Western Division Patsy Joseph has called on newly-appointed National Security Minister Major General Edmund Dillon to ensure that the porous borders are secured. “I...
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Kamla’s advisers set to resign
Several advisers and personal assistants who worked with former prime minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar have already resigned, an official at the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) said yesterday. The...
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Kamla: Racist Facebook attacks not condoned
Political Leader of the United National Congress (UNC) Kamla Persad-Bissessar says racist comments on her party’s Facebook page were not authorised, would never be authorised nor condoned by her party....
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Chaos at Plipdeco warehouse
Calls are being made for the new Government, led by Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley, to investigate corruption and inefficiency at the Point Lisas Industrial Development Company (Plipdeco) warehouse....
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Rowley finalises ministers today
Former Chief Operating Officer and Sector Head, Manufacturing, of the ANSA McAL Group, Gerry Brooks, is one of two people tipped to be appointed as the Minister of Finance in the Cabinet of the new...
View ArticleDumas: Carmona must take blame
Former head of the public service Reginald Dumas says the Office of the President must take the blame for the breach in protocol at Wednesday’s swearing-in ceremony for new Prime Minister Dr Keith...
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