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Jack Warner’s Independent Liberal Party (ILP) is using candidates with criminal backgrounds—including a US deportee—and this will set a dangerous precedent of criminals infiltrating the political system if successful, UNC deputy leader Roodal Moonilal has alleged. Speaking at a...

AN Independent Liberal Party (ILP) local government candidate has pulled out of the election race. On Friday, Regon Boxhill, who was vying for the Mon Repos/Navet seat, officially withdrew by submitting relevant documents to the Elections and Boundaries Commission (EBC) office at...

Acting Prime Minister Dr. Roodal Moonilal is questioning the suitability of the ILP candidates contesting the Local Government Elections. Speaking with reporters after the opening of the 1st National Diversity Symposium on Friday, he expressed concern that unsuitable candidates...

INTERIM political leader of the Independent Liberal Party (ILP) Jack Warner last night broke his silence on the arrest and laying of charges against an ILP local government election candidate, telling a political meeting in San Juan that he and the party are fully backing the...

Charges: Possession of gun, ammo, shooting with intent Kerwin Bucchan, Independent Liberal Party (ILP) candidate for the local government elections, was remanded in prison custody by a magistrate yesterday on charges of possession of a firearm and ammunition and shooting with...

BP’s CEO Bob Dudley said yesterday that T&T is important in to the energy giant global production portfolio. “I know T&T is a small country in the energy sector but it is a success story for BP. I am happy to see the progress of T&T in the energy sector. BP’s...

A 38-YEAR-OLD man of Coconut Drive in Morvant who was presented on Sunday as one of the Independent Liberal Party (ILP) candidates for the October 21 Local Government election, was detained yesterday by police after he was found with a semi-automatic pistol and ammunition....

September 30, 2013: New York – Minister of State in the Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources, the Honourable Ramona Ramdial has held crucial discussions on climate change with European Union (EU) Commissioner for Climate Action, Ms Connie Hedegaard. The bilateral...

Attorney General Anand Ramlogan says he’s happy that Opposition Senator Fitzgerald Hinds has stopped running from the media and has broken his silence “on his magnificent four-storey palace in Maraval.” However, Ramlogan said Hinds has still refused to answers the questions posed...

The Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago (CBTT) says core inflation is “still stable” and the non-energy sector continues to drive economic activity.

PRIME Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar discussed the possibility of establishing a wind farm in east Trinidad “for generation of up to 100 megawatts of power” and the establishment of a regional renewable energy centre in this country as well.

OPPOSITION Senator Fitzgerald Hinds yesterday sidestepped Attorney General (AG) Anand Ramlogan’s claims that Hinds lives in a $14 million mansion and has probably never invited poor children to visit, despite Hinds recently having told needy persons not to accept charitable...