- 8 August, 2025
A COMEBACK FOR PAULA?
Ms. Gopee-Scoon, Minister of Trade and Industry, may face the electorate for the PNM in a southern constituency, possibly the marginal Moruga-Tableland.
YOU CAN’T MAKE THIS STUFF UP
CONSIDER this. Bloodthirsty juvenile gangsters, with state-of-the-art American-made firepower, besiege the nation, murdering with casual ease, invading homes at will, storming businesses, and ruling the
AL RAWI SLIPS AGAIN
IN another political slighting, Faris Al Rawi has been bypassed to act as Attorney General during Reginald Armour’s absence from the country.
Political newbie Marvin Gonzales was appointed to serve as Attorney General.
9 FIRMS SQUARE OFF FOR PETROTRIN
NINE industrial companies, most with Trinidad and Tobago-based ties, have put in bids to operate the Petrotrin refinery.
A decision is expected within the next few months on the lease of the idle petrochemical facility.
RICH MAN, POOR PAN
IN this November 2000 picture are then-Prime Minister Basdeo Panday and Pan Trinbago President Patrick Arnold at a function for the granting of State land for a steelband head office and performance theatre.
NEW CRIME FEAR BY SMALL BUSINESS
THE cold-blooded murder of policeman Dale Mayers in a Longdenville bar has awakened new fears by small business people over the threat of crime.
Mayers’ killing is in addition to a spate of shootings and robberies at community business places, which generally do not have the security protection of large operations.
ROWLEY’S VANITY GHANA TRIPS
Rowley’s recent visit to Accra was his third since becoming Prime Minister, and there has not been any growth in trade and investments.
Not even the much-touted Ghanaian yams – said to be creamy, with a mild, nutty flavour – have crossed the Atlantic Ocean.
BUSINESS PLEADS FOR ACTION ON INVESTMENTS
THE business community is pleading with the Government to take effective measures to attract local and international investments.
IMBERT COMES UP SHORT
COLM Imbert, the Government’s poster boy of hubris, was always going to land in trouble with the people.
TAXPAYERS STILL PAYING $4.4 B PETROTRIN LOANS
TAXPAYERS still owe $4.4 billion for scandalous Petrotrin project cost overruns from the Patrick Manning era.
So far, the country has repaid $7.5 billion on a number of loans to finance several hugely expensive ventures at Pointe-a-Pierre.
