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Trinidad and Tobago, W.I.
- 24 December, 2024
Politics
EXTORTIONS ON THE RISE
Demanding money by menace is now commonplace throughout the country, especially in outlying business districts like Chaguanas, Couva, Sangre Grande, Penal, Fyzabad, San Juan, and Princes Town.
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.
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.
BADREE TO FIGHT MORUGA FOR PNM
CRICKETER-turn-broadcast commentator Samuel Badree is heavily favoured to contest the Moruga-Tableland constituency for the People’s National Movement in the upcoming general election.
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.
ERLA – POSTER CHILD OF NATIONAL FAILURE
Erla Harewood-Christopher, the woefully ill-equipped Police Commissioner, whose pathetic track record is coupled with her overt satisfaction over her non-performance.
Having failed to meet all 11 crime reduction targets, Harewood-Christopher recently expressed fulfillment, even amid the spree of lawlessness and nine per cent criminal detection rate.
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.
OWTU IN THIRD BID FOR PETROTRIN
OILFIELDS Workers’ Trade Union (OWTU) is working on a third bid to operate the mothballed Petrotrin refinery.
OWTU is currently negotiating with financial and technical partners to submit a proposal within the next few weeks.
MORE AND MORE LIKE HAITI…
DELMAS is an inner city community off Port-au-Prince, Haiti, just like Harpe Place, Port of Spain, but much larger.
There is much creativity, although nothing like Renegades, our 13-time Panorama winner.