- 4 June, 2025
ROWLEY’S GHANA FUNCTIONS ALREADY GONE
PRIME Minister Dr. Keith Rowley says he will attend major celebrations in Ghana – but those activities have already occurred.
The primary functions to observe the 25th anniversary of the ascension of the King of Ashanti occurred between April 22 and 26.
OUTRAGE OVER ROWLEY’S PETROTRIN PLANS
THREE bidders for Petrotrin are outraged at plans to offer the operations to a giant corporation from India.
The bidders include a company owned by the family of a longstanding PNM-friendly industrialist.
THE EVIDENCE: CHILDCARE EQUIPMENT MOVED FROM COUVA TO MT. HOPE
HEALTH Minister Terrence Deyalsingh has denied that childcare medical equipment was moved from the Couva Children’s hospital to Mt. Hope facility.
Here is the formal authorisation for the transfer.
CORRUPT CHIEF MAGISTRATE AND THE PRIVY COUNCIL
“HOPELESSLY compromised” the Privy Council once described then-Trinidad and Tobago Chief Magistrate Sherman McNicholls.
The British law lords said McNicholls was guilty of “reprehensible conduct” and that “his mind must have been in turmoil” for a 2008 fraud case against senior operatives of a previous Basdeo Panday-led Government.
US FURIOUS OVER AMERY’S RELEASE OF DIPLOMATIC NOTE
Minister of Foreign Affairs Dr. Amery Browne last week gave details of the confidential diplomatic dialogue and letter.
“This is unprecedented in Trinidad and Tobago and possibly in the democratic world,” a diplomatic source said.
GOVT REAPPOINTS TSTT CHAIR WHO DEMANDED CONFIDENTIAL INFO
THE Rowley Government has reappointed a company chairman who demanded confidential files following a major cyberattack.
Sean Roach is to continue as Chair of Telecommunications Services of Trinidad and Tobago (TSTT) even after he was the butt of stinging criticisms from previous CEO Lisa Agard.
ROWLEY’S VACATION FROM CRIME
THE sight of a Prime Minister heading off on a vacation is rare in Trinidad and Tobago’s political history.
IS BIG BROTHER WATCHING US?
FOR the second time in a decade and a half, an intelligence-gathering State agency has been exposed as spying on law-abiding nationals.
THE YOUNG AND THE ARROGANT
RONALD Harford and Reginald Dumas are two of the most distinguished citizens of this generation.
In contrast, Stuart Young is, at best, a wet-behind-the-ears politician, rescued from a life of obscurity by Dr. Keith Rowley, in whose service he previously did backroom legal work.
ROWLEY MOVES TO WEAKEN CUMMINGS
PRIME Minister Dr. Keith Rowley is moving to strengthen his authority within the ruling People’s National Movement (PNM).
In doing so, Rowley is aiming to weaken the influence of General Secretary Foster Cummings, who is also a future aspirant for leadership of the party.
