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Port-of-Spain,
Trinidad and Tobago, W.I.
- 19 September, 2025
Economy

ROWLEY HITS PS, WILLIAMS STYLE
- By Ken Ali
- . October 30, 2023
THE slow pace of digitalisation in the public service is the main reason for the difficulty in issuing back pay by Christmas.

HOW TTEC HIKE WOULD SEND UP COST OF LIVING
- By Ken Ali
- . October 30, 2023
THE cost of living would go up by an average of five per cent as a result of the impending hike in electricity charges, according to estimates from economists and business people.

THE COLLAPSE OF ROWLEY’S $B PET PROJECT
- By Ken Ali
- . October 30, 2023
Rowley trumpeted the NiQuan Energy Gas-to-Liquids (GTL) project as “a prime example of the successful development of the country’s export potential of higher valued products…”

WHO WOULD GET 600 FREE HDC HOUSES?
- By Ken Ali
- . October 30, 2023
WHO would get the $100 million worth of free houses from the taxpayer-owned Housing Development Corporation (HDC)?

USELESS T&T-CANADA TALKS?
- By Ken Ali
- . October 23, 2023
T&T’s falling gas feedstock availability, increased electricity rates and higher minimum wage are expected to impact the cost of production.

T&T DOWN THE IMF ROAD
- By Ken Ali
- . October 23, 2023
THE Government has been implementing advice from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) despite a high-voltage denial from Prime Minister Dr. Keith Rowley.

FIRE SERVICES CRISIS CONTINUES
- By Ken Ali
- . October 23, 2023
The Mayaro and Penal stations are still to be outfitted, and there are shortages of appliances and other fire-fighting essentials throughout the system, according to Leo Ramkissoon, head of the Fire Service Officers Association.

POVERTY AND THE ELECTRICITY RATE INCREASE
- By Ken Ali
- . October 23, 2023
The electricity rate increase would add to the financial misery of the 38 per cent of citizens, who, according to the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), exist in “multidimensional poverty.”

ROWLEY DID NOT MAKE THE DRAGON DANCE
- By Ken Ali
- . October 23, 2023
THE latest stage of the Dragon gas deal again shows that Prime Minister Dr. Keith Rowley’s bark is worse than his bite.
Despite much talk from Rowley and fellow Caricom leaders, they played no role in resolving the Venezuelan political crisis that led to monetising the Dragon field.

DOES ROWLEY HAVE HUBRIS SYNDROME?
- By Ken Ali
- . October 23, 2023
Rowley’s leadership of T&T has been demarked by his unwillingness to accept censure and critical analysis, his combustible manner and his snobbish style.