CARICOM Meeting in Trinidad on Ebola, Chik V

The 17th Special Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) will be held in Trinidad on Tuesday November 4, 2014, to discuss the global virus, Ebola, as well as the Chikungunya disease, which is affecting people within the Caribbean...
Posted On 03 Nov 2014
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Opening of golconda interchange

Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar opened the Golconda Interchange on Tuesday afternoon, hailing it “as a symbol of further progress, not only of the highway but our commitment to a better quality of life and a better country as a whole.” This, as she promised to continue...
Posted On 02 Nov 2014
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Rowley pushing fear and propaganda

The Editor: Have you ever searched the meaning of politics? A general search states that politics is the activities associated with the governance of a country or other area, especially the debate or conflict among individuals or parties having or hoping to achieve power. It is...
Posted On 31 Oct 2014
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T&T among top ‘doing business’ improvers

T&T is among the top ten countries showing the most improvement in the World Bank’s 2015 edition of the Ease of Doing Business” study due out in November. A new World Bank Group report states: “T&T, among the ten top improvers worldwide in this year’s report, made...
Posted On 31 Oct 2014
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Ex-judge to head Las Alturas probe

A three-man commission of enquiry, headed by retired Justice Mustapha Ibrahim, into the PNM administration’s Las Alturas project will determine if there are grounds for criminal or civil action concerning the dead-ended $40 million project, says Attorney General Anand Ramlogan....
Posted On 31 Oct 2014
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Always Crying Wolf

The Editor, Speaking at the PNM’s 45th annual convention on Sunday, Opposition Leader Dr Rowley accused the Government of shutting down Parliament in favour of a multi-million “annoying advertising campaign of self-praise”. According to Dr Rowley, “the Government has abandoned...
Posted On 30 Oct 2014
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UNC calls on Opposition Leader to stop his fear campaign

The United National Congress is today calling on Opposition Leader Dr Keith Rowley to cease his campaign of inciting fear and panic in the country. UNC Public Relations Officer Rodney Charles criticized the Opposition Leader’s statement “to give serious consideration to curbing...
Posted On 29 Oct 2014
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Prime Minister Kamla congratulates Brazil’s President, Dilma Rousseff on her re-election

Trinidad and Tobago’s Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar congratulates Brazil’s President, Dilma Rousseff on her re-election I take this opportunity to congratulate Her Excellency, President Dilma Rousseff, on her re-election to the Presidency of the Federative...
Posted On 29 Oct 2014
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Resistance to Change

The Editor: Change is inevitable and as a result, involuntarily nothing remains the same. Strange enough, change can be a source of fear and unhappiness. It has always been a mystery as to why people resist it so deeply and struggle against it so desperately. Maybe the answer...
Posted On 29 Oct 2014
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Damned if you do, damned if you don’t

The Editor: I have to agree with Inspector Alexander in his comments on the daily televised segment “beyond the tape” where he illustrated the point that citizens of our country seem to be confused as to what they really want. The example that he used was one where there is an...
Posted On 29 Oct 2014
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