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THE EDITOR: I never heard anyone call the first Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago by his first name “Eric, Eric, Eric” No one referred to the second Prime Minister as “George, George, George” or the third as “Arthur, Arthur, Arthur”. Not even our fourth Prime Minister was...

CABINET yesterday approved plans to build a $67.3 million training centre at Chaguanas to target 1,000 young students, Tertiary Education Minister Fazal Karim announced yesterday. Speaking at the post-Cabinet media briefing – at which measures were also announced to increase...

Leader of the People’s National Movement (PNM) Dr Keith Rowley suggested yesterday that PNM supporters voted for Jack Warner in Monday’s Chaguanas West by-election. Rowley was responding to questions on the 400 votes received by the party’s candidate, Avinash Singh. Speaking to...

President Anthony Carmona has appointed four new Independent Senators. According to a statement from the Government Information Services Limited (GISL), President Carmona, in exercise of the power vested in him by paragraph (c) of subsection (2) of Section 40 of the Constitution...

Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar is calling on all citizens to unite for true equality. In her Emancipation message, Persad-Bissessar stated that the 175th Anniversary of Emancipation is a real opportunity to “emancipate ourselves from mental slavery” and to design a new...

MP for Mayaro, Mr. Winston ‘Gyspy’ Peters, says he is still a member of the United National Congress and has no intention of crossing the floor to the Independent Liberal Party (ILP). Speaking about his presence at the ILP bye-election camp on Monday, he said...

The new parliamentary session begins on Friday with a ceremonial opening at Tower D of the Port-of-Spain International Waterfront Centre at 1.30 pm. The opening will be significant, primarily for three reasons. The first reason is this will be the second ceremonial opening of the...

Following are the polling stations and their numbers: Vishnu Boys’ Hindu College Light Pole No 139, Southern Main Road, Caroni. 1596-1, 1596-2, 1791-1, 1791-2 Munroe Road Government Primary School School Lane, Munroe Road, Cunupia. 2730-1, 2730-2, 2765-1, 2765-2, 2765-3 Munroe...

by DR HAMID GHANY As the campaign for the Chaguanas West by-election comes to an end, it is apparent that the voters will be faced with choices that could tell us a lot about ourselves. The Warner campaign was put on the defensive late in the game by a platform speaker who chose...

The last few weeks have been one of the eventful periods in my political career, a career that has spanned two score plus eight – twenty eight (28) years. I had the opportunity over the recent three weeks, as Political Leader, – responding to the demands of the...