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Former government minister Jack Warner will know by Friday whether he is the chosen United National Congress (UNC) candidate to contest the July 29 Chaguanas West by-election. Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar, speaking at the UNC’s Monday night forum at Munroe Road Hindu...

Only in Trinidad and Tobago, office holders in public life act as though they could be two persons at the same time. They must remember that once you hold public office, your duty is to uphold your portfolio at all times. One of the most important offices in this country is that...

The Council of the Law Association refers to the recent disclosure by the Chairman of the Integrity Commission that he received the Leader of the Opposition privately at his residence on the evening of the 15th May, 2013 to discuss certain matters which are reportedly before the...

The media are invited to the official launch of the Centre for Enterprise Development at Innovation Avenue; Friendship Hall Drive, Freeport where the centre will be formally opened by The Honourable Kamla Persad-Bissessar, Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago and CARIRI’s Line...

Mulato and Mulato II are improved grasses recently introduced into Trinidad and Tobago.  They are the result of more than twenty (20) years of research by the International Centre for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) in Columbia.  In 2003, CARDI imported seeds of Mulato and initiated...

Mr Ken Gordon has cited Section 5 (2) (c) of the Integrity in Public Life Act (IPLA) to justify his action of holding a meeting with Dr Rowley at his home. The said section provides that the Commission shall have the power to do all such things as it considers necessary or...

Household detergents sell because ads say they kill germs. Yet, under a microscope, all newly-washed cutlery would be seen to teem with deadly bacteria. Both Rowley and Gordon have tried to sanitize their moonlight liaison. On careful scrutiny however, the whitewash hasn’t...

While politics may have a moral of its own, the office holders within the Integrity Commission don’t.  There are principles governing this commission and the way that they should operate. The mere fact that this is the “Integrity” commission implies that at no point in time...

CHAIRMAN of the Integrity Commission Ken Gordon has compromised any possible investigation of the email scandal by the Commission by his private meeting with PNM political leader Dr Keith Rowley at his home on May 15 and through his statement issued on Friday and should...

PEOPLE’S National Movement (PNM) chairman Franklin Khan said yesterday the party was clear that no wrongs were committed when Opposition Leader Dr Keith Rowley met Integrity Commission chairman Ken Gordon on May 15. Khan addressed reporters yesterday following the party’s general...