- 8 April, 2025
A CIRCUS IN TOWN…
Ever-bungling Health Minister Terrence Deyalsingh is true to form.
Deyalsingh had earlier put a big spin on the PAHO report of premature deaths at the neonatal intensive care unit of Port of Spain General Hospital.
PM PLAYS POLITICS WITH SECURITY
MIXING national security with partisan politics makes a dangerous and toxic brew.
But that’s what Prime Minister Dr. Keith Rowley did when he commandeered Parliament for 45 minutes last week for what he pronounced as a serious and urgent state of affairs.
THE MAN WHO WHIPPED AN AG
IN 1995, Razack Ali beat Attorney General Keith Sobion in the then-Ortoire-Mayaro constituency.
Ali, who was involved in the agricultural and lumber sectors, polled 8,944 votes, to Sobion’s 8,201.
WHO IS THE CABINET SNITCH?
ALL is not as well in the Cabinet as Prime Minister Dr. Keith Rowley makes it appear.
The ruling party, which has an ingrained culture of collective responsibility and confidentiality, is now displaying subtle signs of disagreement.
WHO ‘CHAINED UP’ PM GONZALES AT MANNING BOOK LAUNCH?
ST. VINCENT Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves shocked many in bringing regional politics to last week’s launch of a biography of his late friend Patrick Manning.
CUMMINGS’ FIGHTBACK AGAINST ROWLEY
THE decision of PNM General Secretary Foster Cummings to sue the State over a personal issue is a fight-back over his reduced role in the ruling party.
STILL NO CYBERCRIME REPORT FROM GONZALES
PUBLIC Utilities Minister Marvin Gonzales is confirming his image as Dr. Dolittle with the slow investigation into a cyber attack of Telecommunications Services of Trinidad and Tobago (TSTT).
A COMEBACK FOR PAULA?
Ms. Gopee-Scoon, Minister of Trade and Industry, may face the electorate for the PNM in a southern constituency, possibly the marginal Moruga-Tableland.
AL RAWI SLIPS AGAIN
IN another political slighting, Faris Al Rawi has been bypassed to act as Attorney General during Reginald Armour’s absence from the country.
Political newbie Marvin Gonzales was appointed to serve as Attorney General.
MICKELA CRANKS UP
MICKELA Panday is mobilising political support through cottage meetings.
Ms. Panday, who heads Patriotic Front, has held several meetings, including one in the Toco-Sangre Grande constituency that was reportedly well received.
