Trinidad PM urges fresh effort in trade talks between Canada, Caricom

Talks on a free trade agreement between Canada and a group of 15 Caribbean countries appear to have stalled and need to be reinvigorated to meet a year-end deadline to conclude a deal, says Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar.
Posted On 26 Apr 2013
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Top cop: Warner was driving force in service

Former national security minister Jack Warner was an “exceptional” minister and the driving force to make the police service more efficient and effective. So said acting Police Commissioner Stephen Williams who paid glowing tribute to Warner yesterday. The acting top cop was...
Posted On 26 Apr 2013
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Jack resigns as MP

JACK Warner, 70, last night announced that he will today advise Speaker of the House of Representatives Wade Mark of his resignation from Parliament as Chaguanas West MP effective midnight tonight, in the process triggering the holding of a bye-election for the seat within 90...
Posted On 26 Apr 2013
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Warner: I will never betray the Prime Minister or the UNC

Chaguanas West Member of Parliament Jack Warner addressed his constituents at a meeting at the Pierre Road Recreation Ground in Charlieville on Thursday night, as he sought to clear the air on his recent resignation as National Security Minister and chairman of the United...
Posted On 26 Apr 2013
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PNM people guilty of voter padding

Hollow politics and slow justice It has taken more than a decade for the court to throw out, for want of prosecution, 28 charges of voter padding in the 2000 gene­ral election. The decision re-opens a politically driven chapter, now only dimly recalled, and also gives fresh...
Posted On 26 Apr 2013
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