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- 23 December, 2024
GROWING PNM BACKLASH AGAINST YOUNG
GROWING backlash against Stuart Young is what prompted the cancellation of the November 17 People’s National Movement (PNM) convention and election.
OWTU GOES TO COURT ON PETROTRIN
THE Oilfields Workers’ Trade Union (OWTU) is expected to file legal action accusing the Keith Rowley Government of an absence of natural justice in the divestment of Petrotrin.
BULLYING AND THE PRIME MINISTER
IF a leader sets the moral tone of a nation, what is the ethical standard of Prime Minister Dr. Keith Rowley?
WHEN STUART YOUNG EVALUATED $B SHIP BIDS
GOVERNMENT Minister Stuart Young, who has no training or experience in maritime matters, headed an official committee that evaluated bids for two vessels worth some $1 billion.
PNM WOOS THE MIDDLE CLASS
FROM the careful selection of general election candidates to the awarding of national honours, the PNM is preparing for a grand show at its November 11 convention.
FOOD PRODUCTION FALLS
DESPITE Prime Minister Dr. Keith Rowley’s recent lofty statements on the agricultural sector, local food production has declined.
PNM READY FOR MAYARO SHOWDOWN
THE People’s National Movement (PNM) has selected its general election candidate for Mayaro, where the party considers it has a fighting chance.
The PNM has chosen Beatrice Bridgelal, a Rio Claro-based insurance underwriter and former president of the town’s business chamber.
OWTU STILL IN PETROTRIN MIX
OILFIELDS Workers’ Trade Union’s (OWTU) subsidiary Patriotic Energies still has a major stake in the reopened Petrotrin refinery.
Even after being booted out from possibly buying or leasing the Pointe-a-Pierre facility, Patriotic is well placed to be a crucial provider of labour, logistics and other supplies.
$36.6 M SPENT ON PETROTRIN SINCE SHUTDOWN
TAXPAYERS have spent $36.6 million in under six years to preserve the Pointe-a-Pierre refinery.
It is costing $500,000 a month to keep the mothballed plant intact.
A TALE OF TWO LEADERS
Dr. Keith Rowley – who sailed to electoral victory nine years ago with an “all-of-government” anti-crime pledge – insisted he can’t be held accountable for the pestilence that stalks the land.