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- 25 December, 2024
CAL FACES PETROTRIN-STYLE COLLAPSE
TAXPAYER-OWNED Caribbean Airlines Ltd. (CAL) is collapsing on the weight of maladministration, like Petrotrin, the fallen energy giant.
OPPRESSION OF OUR PILOTS
A GENERATION ago, George Chambers abused parliamentary privilege during a BWIA strike by publicly reading the medical records of Captain Malcolm Hernandez.
NOW INDIA TO STUDY THE SUN
INDIA is now heading to the sun – sort of.
Having achieved a successful moon landing, the Indian space authorities will launch their first solar observatory.
WHY GUYANA DOES NOT GET T&T’S JOKE
RANDY Depoo, a Guyanese-born American diplomat, had a stock response each time he heard of the harassment and disrespect of people of the land of his birth.
To be fair, documents declassified by the United States Central Intelligence Agency a few years ago revealed that T&T’s Dr. Eric Williams had made an effort to conciliate between Burnham and opposition torchbearer Dr. Cheddi Jagan.
THE RECALCITRANT MAJORITY
THE People’s National Movement is “not an ordinary party in the accepted narrow sense of the word,” its 1956 People’s Charter stressed.
THE GREAT TOMATO SHORTAGE IN INDIA
IF you are going to India soon, don’t plan on having tomatoes with your meals.
$M ELECTION FOOD CARD GIVEAWAY
IN the run-up to the local government election, the Government spent the largest-ever sum on food cards and other social security benefits. The Ministry of
PNM REPORTED TO EBC, INTEGRITY COMMISSION OVER ELECTION-EVE TAX REFUNDS
MERE hours before the critical local government election, the PNM has been reported to two national institutions for plans to hand out tax refunds.
COULD CHINESE CRUNCH CAUSE CUTBACK IN CARIBBEAN?
CHINA could soon cut back on its multi-billion-dollar investments and trade in Latin America and the Caribbean, including Trinidad and Tobago.
MINIMUM WAGE PAPPYSHOW
Minister of Labour (it turns out we have such an official) Stephen McClashie was quoted as saying an amended minimum wage would be announced in coming weeks.