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Google shoots down ‘Emailgate’: Ramlogan plans to sue Rowley ATTORNEYS representing Attorney General Anand Ramlogan yesterday produced a certified affidavit from Google Inc which they claim invalidates the entire emailgate scandal. They now intend to find the conspirators who...

The President General of the All Trinidad General Workers’ Trade Union Nirvan Maharaj wishes to express his preliminary point of view regarding the contents of the constitutional amendment bill. This point of view is not cast in stone, but may be altered or even changed depending...

THE EDITOR: Madam Prime Minister you have the support of the vast majority of the population for the Constitution Amendment Bill 2014 that calls for a runoff in the constituencies where there is no clear majority winner ie someone securing over 50 percent of the votes cast. All...

A GOVERNMENT-commissioned Mori Caribbean poll on the question of proposals in the Constitution (Amendment) Bill 2014 has found that a majority of the population is in support of all three proposals for a threshold/runoff; a right of recall and term limits for prime ministers,...

Prime Minister Kamla Persad Bissessar is most deserving of the commendation of being the most courageous and magnanimous leader of Trinidad and Tobago. Consistent with her actions of awarding the late Former Prime Minister George Chambers the nation’s highest award, Mrs Persad...

It is unfortunate that the former Honourable Prime Minister and Political Leader of the People’s National Movement, Patrick Manning, has declined the offer of this nation’s highest award, the Order of Trinidad and Tobago. Whatever differences we may share politically...

Youths from Bank Village and environs graduated on Tuesday from a vacation camp hosted free of charge by Couva North MP, Ramona Ramdial. The camp was held at the recently opened Bank Village Empowerment Centre from July 21 to August 18 and featured classes which exposed children...

By Garfield Higgins “Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbour. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” —...

Dear Editor: We all reference Singapore as the pinnacle of economic performance and everyone usually quotes their economic model as the one we  should try to emulate. However, we need to be cognizant of one key fact which differentiates the Singaporeans from us. In 1965, when Lee...

Dear Editor: At the turn of the twentieth century, most great economist of that time, such as Alfred Marshall and Joseph Schumpeter came to the realisation that  gains in productivity was essential for economic growth. An increase in real wealth was only possible by improving the...