- 3 April, 2025
WHAT A KAMALA PRESIDENCY COULD MEAN FOR THE CARIBBEAN
KAMALA Harris is President Joe Biden’s point person for the Caribbean. Ms. Harris, the daughter of a Jamaican-born father, spearheads the high-powered US-Caribbean Partnership. That
CARIBBEAN, US EYE VENEZUELA’S POLL
THE authorities in the United States are keeping close tabs on Saturday’s presidential election in Venezuela.“The Biden administration is particularly concerned that the Maduro government
VENE POLL COULD SEE RETURN OF MIGRANTS
THE upcoming Venezuelan presidential election could lead to refugees who fled to Trinidad and Tobago and other countries returning to their homeland.
ORTT’S PARASRAM AT CENTRE OF DENGUE CRISIS
CHIEF Medical Officer (CMO) Dr. Roshan Parasram, who was given Trinidad and Tobago’s highest honour two years ago, is at the centre of the current deadly dengue crisis.
PM PLAYS POLITICS WITH SECURITY
MIXING national security with partisan politics makes a dangerous and toxic brew.
But that’s what Prime Minister Dr. Keith Rowley did when he commandeered Parliament for 45 minutes last week for what he pronounced as a serious and urgent state of affairs.
THE MAN WHO WHIPPED AN AG
IN 1995, Razack Ali beat Attorney General Keith Sobion in the then-Ortoire-Mayaro constituency.
Ali, who was involved in the agricultural and lumber sectors, polled 8,944 votes, to Sobion’s 8,201.
LOOK WHO IS TALKING INVESTMENTS
IN 2022, the most recent year for which official statistics are available, net investments to the value of almost US $1 billion fled Trinidad and Tobago.
Finance Minister Colm Imbert has revealed that it takes three and a half years to enforce contracts and two and a half years to resolve insolvencies.
$30 M SECONDARY ROADS BOBOL
Informed workers exposed the corruption to prominent national officials, including Procurement Regulator Beverly Khan, the Ministry of Works and Transport, and the Police Service’s White Collar Crime Unit.
JUST LIKE CARONI, NO LANDS FOR EX-PETROTRIN WORKERS
This has been confirmed by the Land Settlement Agency (LSA), the State organisation assigned to distribute lands for home construction to ex-workers of the mothballed Pointe-a-Pierre operations.
Why doesn’t President speak out on national crises?
PRESIDENT Christine Kangaloo’s attempt to play down painful national crises is typical of high office holders insulated from the reality of ordinary citizens. Kangaloo suggests