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Prakash’s brother vows to vote PNM
Kishore Ramadhar, the brother of Congress of the People (COP) leader Prakash Ramadhar, has vowed to vote for the PNM in the September 7 general election. Kishore also promised to be in one of several...
View Article‘Poor, middle class to face brunt of Revenue Authority’
Deputy political leader of the United National Congress Suruj Rambachan says poor and middle class families will face the brunt of taxes if the People’s National Movement (PNM) establishes a Revenue...
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PM Kamla offers bag of election goodies
Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar yesterday offered a bag of pre-election goodies to citizens if they gave her People's Partnership Government another five-year term in office.Some of the promises...
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Al-Rawi vows to sue Crime Watch host
Public relations officer of the People’s National Movement (PNM) Faris Al-Rawi has vowed to take legal action against talk show host Ian Alleyne for airing a video of a woman who claimed she was...
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Concerns raised about new energy minister...Olivierre has been embroiled in...
The ability of newly sworn in Energy Minister Nicole Olivierre to work with the National Gas Company (NGC) and her capacity to manage this critical sector are being called into question as oil prices...
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Rough days ahead for Rowley
Within the next two years, Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley will be forced to make the biggest decision in his life by taking drastic measures to keep T&T’s economy stable.The prediction was made on...
View ArticlePrakash not stepping down as COP leader
Prakash Ramadhar is refusing to step down as Congress of the People (COP) leader.The COP’s Youth Congress had called on Ramadhar to give up the leadership post hours after the party faced a crushing...
View ArticleAudit of state land coming—Rambharat ...Caroni 1975 Ltd under scrutiny
Minister of Agriculture, Lands and Fisheries Clarence Rambharat has promised to undertake an immediate audit of state land in T&T, particularly Caroni 1975 Ltd.He said if red flags are raised in...
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Smith to let cops do their work in LifeSport probe
Sport and Youth Affairs Minister Darryl Smith says he will await the conclusion of the police investigation in the controversial LifeSport programme. “I am going to leave that for the police to do. We...
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Gladiator: I will examine my future with the party
People’s National Movement (PNM) long-standing activist Ricardo “Gladiator” Welch says he will examine his future with the party following his suspension yesterday.Welch, who became a PNMite in the...
View ArticleTwiggy: I’m a PNM baby
Christine “Twiggy” Livia yesterday called on the People’s National Movement (PNM) to put their house in order following her suspension from the party.She also insisted that she would not sever ties...
View ArticleNo legal basis under Constitution for matter to succeed—Ramesh
Despite being granted leave by the High Court to challenge the election results of six United National Congress (UNC) seats, former attorney general Ramesh Lawrence Maharaj is maintaining that there is...
View ArticleIt’s up to the rule of law
Political analyst Dr Indira Rampersad says Friday’s granting of leave by the High Court to the United National Congress (UNC) to challenge the results in six seats which it contested in the general...
View ArticleMinister wants probe into food cards
Minister of Social Development and Family Services Cherry-Ann Crichlow-Cockburn has promised to launch an investigation into the Targeted Conditional Cash Transfer Programme popularly known as the food...
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Millions spent on Caroni Green, little to show
An audit into the controversial Caroni Green Initiative (CGI) project conducted by Ernst and Young Service Ltd has shown that more than $9 million of taxpayers’ money has been spent on the agricultural...
View ArticleParliamentary Secretary’s uncle implicated
The uncle of Parliamentary Secretary in the Ministry of Agriculture, Land and Fisheries Avinash Singh has described the 2014 audit done by Ernst & Young into the Caroni Green Initiative (CGI)...
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DiLollo’s resignation curious—Maharaj
CEO of Plane Sciences Inc Mike Poole has denied that Michael DiLollo, a Canadian national who recently resigned as chief executive officer of Caribbean Airlines (CAL), helped his Canadian-based firm...
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Agriculture loan spent on house with jacuzzi: CEO calls for internal probe
The chief executive officer of the Agricultural Development Bank (ADB) Sheivan Ramnath has called for an internal investigation into the findings of the 2012 Auditor General report which revealed that...
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$1,500 a head
In the last six years, 46 foreign men and women were victims of human trafficking on T&T shores. The victims, nationals of Colombia, Guyana, the Dominican Republic and Venezuela, were trafficked...
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Latin women in high demand
Deputy director of the Counter Trafficking Unit (CTU) Alana Wheeler believes that human traffickers often use the same entry route as drug and gun smugglers to bring in foreign women for the sex slave...
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