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- 24 December, 2024
WHO BUILT $M HDC HOUSES ON SAND?
There may be a rough analogy to the construction of a large Housing Development Corporation (HDC) project at Old Arima Road, D’Abadie on a weak foundation.
An exhaustive report by the engineering firm CEP Ltd. uncovered several structural weaknesses, including unsuitable soil, construction cracks, a high water table, and other significant irregularities.
$100 M SCANDAL AT HDC TRESTRAIL PROJECT
A SHOCKING Housing Development Corporation (HDC) report has revealed major structural defects on a key townhouse project in Arima.
The widespread collapse of the flagship Trestrail Development housing project at Arima Old Road would set back taxpayers by at least $100 million, housing experts have confirmed.
T&T’S NARCO ECONOMY
DAVID Rudder’s depiction of Trinidad and Tobago with respect to drugs is becoming more and more evident.
IMBERT’S RINSE-AND-REPEAT BUDGET
FINANCE Minister Colm Imbert’s four-hour 2024 Budget had more repeated promises than any other fiscal package in Trinidad and Tobago’s modern history.
ROWLEY PLAYS TOBAGO, BUDGET POLITICS
PRIME MINISTER Dr. Keith Rowley is playing politics with Tobago and the national Budget in a bid to win a third term of office.
MORE PRESSURE FOR FISHERMEN AS AG FAILS TO UPDATE LAWS
SLOPPINESS by successive Attorneys General Faris Al Rawi and Reginald Armour would bring more pressure on Trinidad and Tobago’s already-suffering fishermen.
IRFAAN ALI STANDS ALONE ON REPARATIONS
DR. Irfaan Ali, the transformative leader of Guyana, is standing alone in championing slavery reparations for Caribbean societies.
Dr. Ali has not received any public support from Caricom or any regional leaders following a recent “vile” and “condescending” interview with a British television morning show.
WHY ROWLEY-KAMLA CRIME TALKS SET TO FAIL
OPPOSITION Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar is proposing a radical overhaul of the national security system.
The Rowley administration is not expected to support Ms. Persad-Bissessar’s proposition on Stand Your Ground and Home Invasion legislation.
ARE THE AUTHORITIES SLIGHTING OUR JUDGES?
Attorney General Reginald Armour rushed to Hinds’ defence, saying “it was not the intention of the minister… to impugn the integrity of the judiciary…”
REHASH, REVAMP, REPEAT
ON Friday January 15, 1999, then-Education Minister Dr. Adesh Nanan told the House of Representatives of a policy of the Panday Government.
“While the previous administration had a report and never acted on it,” Nanan said, “this Government took the initiative to standardise textbooks.”