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- 23 December, 2024
POLITICAL ‘ANALYSTS’ AND ELECTION OBSERVERS
The seven-member mission was led by – hear this – Trinidad and Tobago’s Chief Elections Officer Fern Narcis-Scope.
A year earlier, there were non-partisan election observers in the Bahamas, and eight months prior, monitors oversaw the poll in St. Lucia.
THE $66 M GOAT ROTI MAN
ARTHUR Collins evidently likes goat roti.
So much so, according to opposition politician Dr. Roodal Moonilal, that Collins took home the tasty dish following a meeting at a San Fernando restaurant ahead of the 2015 general election.
UNC MUST MAKE PEACE
TRINIDAD and Tobago simply cannot survive another five-year People’s National Movement (PNM) term of office.
SANDO WEST SHOWDOWN
IS the Elections and Boundaries Commission (EBC) attempting to put the marginal San Fernando West constituency out of the reach of the United National Congress (UNC)?
ROWLEY’S FLIGHTS OF FANTASY
The new cricket arena, according to Prime Minister Dr. Keith Rowley, will be built by Reliance Industries, an energy, entertainment, telecommunications and textiles giant from India.
BADREE TO FIGHT MORUGA FOR PNM
CRICKETER-turn-broadcast commentator Samuel Badree is heavily favoured to contest the Moruga-Tableland constituency for the People’s National Movement in the upcoming general election.
THE YOUNG AND THE ARROGANT
RONALD Harford and Reginald Dumas are two of the most distinguished citizens of this generation.
In contrast, Stuart Young is, at best, a wet-behind-the-ears politician, rescued from a life of obscurity by Dr. Keith Rowley, in whose service he previously did backroom legal work.
ROWLEY MOVES TO WEAKEN CUMMINGS
PRIME Minister Dr. Keith Rowley is moving to strengthen his authority within the ruling People’s National Movement (PNM).
In doing so, Rowley is aiming to weaken the influence of General Secretary Foster Cummings, who is also a future aspirant for leadership of the party.
$B ELECTION SLUSH FUND
THE ruling People’s National Movement (PNM) is building a billion-dollar general election war chest.
Already some $500 million has been assigned to two State enterprises, which will dish out infrastructural projects over the next few months.
MARCELLE TO REPLACE ‘COAL POT’ SCOTLAND
KEITH Scotland, who two years ago said people should fight hardship by going back to coal pots, will not be the People’s National Movement’s (PNM) next general election candidate for Port of Spain South.
The ruling party is replacing incumbent Scotland with 29-year-old attorney Kareem Marcelle, who was recently appointed an alderman in the Port of Spain City Corporation.
