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KEN GORDON, 83, yesterday defended his hosting of a private meeting with Opposition and PNM political leader Dr Keith Rowley at his Glencoe home – in the absence of the Integrity Commission Registrar – stating he was exercising powers available to “the Commission” to do as it...

Opposition Leader Dr Keith Rowley yesterday greeted the news of Integrity Commission chairman Ken Gordon’s decision to remain in office with gladness, but said he had some regrets about the way the May 15 meeting between the two was blown out of proportion. Rowley made the...

Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar has declined comment on the statement issued by the Chairman of the Integrity Commission, Mr. Ken Gordon, on his private meeting with Opposition Leader Dr. Keith Rowley. The Prime Minister said her concern is not about the meeting, but rather...

As of yesterday the names of seven candidates to contest the Chaguanas West bye-election were submitted to the United National Congress Secretariat at the Rienzi Complex. The deadline for the submission of names is 4 pm today. The party Elections Officer and Minister in the...

Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar and chief secretary of the Tobago House of Assembly (THA) Orville London will meet today for the second time this year at the Prime Minister’s office in Parliament at 3 pm. High on the agenda for discussion is the process for the granting of...

Applications and approvals for the Government Assistance for Tuition Expenses Programme (GATE) will become more efficient as Cabinet approved the GATE E service. Minister of Tertiary Education and Skills Training, Fazal Karim made the statement as he addressed the post-Cabinet...

Trinidad and Tobago, through the Trinidad and Tobago Securities and Exchange Commission (TTSEC), has become a Full Signatory to the International Organization of Securities Commission’s Multilateral Memorandum of Understanding Concerning Consultation and Cooperation and the...

Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar met with President Anthony Carmona on Thursday afternoon to discuss matters surrounding the Integrity Commission. She told reporters at the end of the almost hour-long meeting at President’s House in St. Ann’s that their talks...

THE CLICO Policyholders Group yesterday welcomed new legislation to strengthen the regulation of the insurance industry. The Insurance Bill – proposing million-dollar fines and liability for company directors and agents – was referred to a Joint Select Committee of Parliament on...

THE BALL is in the court of President Anthony Carmona who could well be poised to take action within the next 24 hours over the question of the composition of the Integrity Commission. The President is today due to meet with Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar at President’s...

ASKED IF he would resign, chairman of the Integrity Commission Ken Gordon yesterday queried whether there is a basis for any resignation on his part. “On what basis would I resign?” Gordon told Newsday, speaking over the phone from the fourth floor offices of the Integrity...

Opportunities in the energy sector must be optimised to foster a sustainable and stable economy in the future, Planning Minister Dr Bhoe Tewarie has said. In his address at a seminar on a Achieving Sustainability in Regions with Extractive Industries in south Trinidad, Tewarie...