ILP admits buying $25,000 phone cards

INTERIM deputy political leader of the Independent Liberal Party (ILP) Lyndira Oudit yesterday said the party needed thousands of mobile phones in order to allow its election agents to communicate on election day as she said $25,000 in phone cards was bought. Oudit dismissed ...
Posted On 23 Oct 2013
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I warned you about splitting the vote

PRIME MINISTER Kamla Persad-Bissessar said Monday that she warned supporters against splitting the vote, but was largely ignored, and the result was a People’s National Movement (PNM) victory at the polls. The Peoples Partnership’s campaign theme was to encourage supporters ...
Posted On 23 Oct 2013
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Ian Alleyne better than sliced bread

I wish to express my sincerest thanks to Ian Alleyne for visiting us in St Joseph West.  Alleyne is truly a man of the people. I have been following him for years while he was on his television show. It was his ability to connect with the people on the ground that allowed me to...
Posted On 22 Oct 2013
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EBC: Caratal/Tortuga residents to vote at Gasparillo Govt School

The Elections and Boundaries Commission (EBC) has advised voters in the electoral district of Caratal/Tortuga to vote at Gasparillo Government Primary School today. In a release to the media, the EBC stated that for electors in Polling Division No. 3280, in the Electoral District...
Posted On 21 Oct 2013
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The People’s Partnership contesting local election Monday

The People’s Partnership is contesting Monday’s election as a partnership the same way it did in the general election and local government election in 2010. Here is how you vote tomorrow: Chaguanas Borough Corporation- VOTE UNC Couva-Tabaquite-Talparo Regional...
Posted On 20 Oct 2013
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Warner fails to pay taxes

Austin Jack Warner, the once powerful football figure who boasted of having deep pockets before his entry into politics, has been operating outside this country’s tax laws with impunity for more than a decade in what tax experts say is a deliberate scheme to evade the payment of...
Posted On 20 Oct 2013
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JUST DOING MY DUTY

Attorney General Anand Ramlogan is holding his ground that he has done no wrong. Dismissing objections of his critics who contend that his public posture on disclosures relating to Independent Liberal Party deputy political leader Anna Deonarine was inconsistent with his role as...
Posted On 19 Oct 2013
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KAMLA DEFENDS ANAND

PRIME Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar yesterday defended Attorney General Anand Ramlogan declaring that there is “hard evidence” to support claims by Ramlogan and other speakers on the United National Congress’ (UNC) local government elections campaign platform, against...
Posted On 18 Oct 2013
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Probe into ILP buying $25,100 in phone cards

An investigation has been launched into an incident where thousands of dollars worth of phone cards were given to the Independent Liberal Party (ILP) from the Valpark branch of Tru Valu supermarket. Eastern Commercial Lands Limited, trading as Tru Valu, issued a statement...
Posted On 18 Oct 2013
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Police give Election Day warning

THE Police Service today issued a statement advising citizens on the rules governing the election day process. The country goes to the polls on Monday, October 21, to vote in the Local Government elections. The following is the full statement from the Police Service – In a...
Posted On 17 Oct 2013
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