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THE ACTIONS of the chairman of the Integrity Commission chairman Ken Gordon in holding a private meeting at his Glencoe home with Opposition Leader Dr Keith Rowley was a serious error of judgment which has now compromised the Commission as well as the Office of the President,...

Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar yesterday saluted father figures, single fathers and all those fathers who make sacrifices so their children can have food, shelter and clothing. In her Father’s Day address, the PM said her heart goes out to those who do not known the love...

Former Law Association president and former independent senator Martin Daly yesterday questioned the propriety of a meeting between Integrity Commission chairman Kenneth Gordon and Opposition Leader Dr Keith Rowley on May 15 which took place at the personal residence of the...

The landscape of agriculture is changing as it is now one that is perceived as embracing new technologies. With this comes the interest of the youth population in the sector. One such young person is Derron Shepherd who participated in a three-day workshop hosted by CARDI and...

OPPOSITION Leader Dr Keith Rowley yesterday stated his meeting with Integrity Commission chairman Ken Gordon at Gordon’s private home on May 15 was held, in part, to seek information on whether a matter — namely the purported emails he had sent to former President George Maxwell...

PRESSURE mounted on the chairman of the Integrity Commission Ken Gordon and on Opposition Leader Dr Keith Rowley yesterday in the wake of confirmation that both men held a secret meeting, on May 15, at the private residence of Gordon – mere days before Rowley went to Parliament...

The Attorney General wishes to condemn the secret meeting held between the Honourable Leader of the Opposition Dr. Keith Rowley and the Chairman of the Integrity Commission, Mr. Ken Gordon to discuss supposed “urgent” matters. This is a matter of grave public concern and disquiet...

THE INTEGRITY Commission yesterday afternoon confirmed that chairman Ken Gordon hosted a private meeting with Opposition Leader Dr Keith Rowley at Gordon’s Glencoe home on May 15, days before Rowley in Parliament called on the Commission to probe purported emails implicating...

A six-member local delegation represented this country at the sixth Global Conference of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative in Sydney, Australia, from May 22-24. Richard Oliver, deputy permanent secretary in the Ministry of Energy and Energy Affairs, and Victor...

The Honourable Kamla Persad-Bissessar SC, Prime Minister of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, met this afternoon with Mr. Serge Letchimy, President of the Regional Council of Martinique. Both leaders discussed a number of issues, including energy, transport, exchange...

THE Energy Ministry and Australian energy giant BHP Billiton yesterday signed production sharing contracts (PSC) for oil and gas exploration in five deepwater blocks off Trinidad’s east/northeast coast. Blocks 5, 6, 28 and 29 were offered to potential investors by the ministry...

One of the featured attractions at the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Investment’s Boulevard at TIC 2013 is its award winning TTBizLink Services. The link won the UN’s Public Services Award. TTBizLink is the IT platform known as a Single Electronic Window(SEW), designed as...