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$60 million for school repairs
Radica SookrajPublished: Sunday, August 10, 2014Education Minister Dr Tim Gopeesingh has asked contractors to double up their shifts and finish all school repairs before the start of the new school...
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New policy to ‘gag’ lawyers at AG’s office
...Ramlogan to review former solicitor general’s draftRenuka SinghPublished: Sunday, August 10, 2014Former solicitor general Eleanor Donaldson-Honeywell has left behind a policy that, if implemented,...
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Prakash comfortable with runoff system
Charles Kong SooPublished: Sunday, August 10, 2014Congress of the People (COP) political leader and Legal Affairs Minister Prakash Ramadhar says he is comfortable with the runoff system being proposed...
View ArticleAG: PNM ‘scare tactics’ on Constitution bill
Published: Sunday, August 10, 2014Attorney General Anand Ramlogan yesterday described Opposition Leader Dr Keith Rowley’s late Friday night address on the proposed Constitution (Amendment) Bill 2014 as...
View ArticleFired Sportt board kept in the dark
Renuka SinghPublished: Sunday, August 10, 2014$2m wire transfer to eBeam...A new report, compiled by the disbanded board of directors at Sport Company of T&T, has revealed startling allegations...
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Small companies earn big $$ under Life Sport
Renuka SinghPublished: Sunday, August 10, 2014Missing documents from the Central Audit Unit (CAU) details an unchecked financial feeding frenzy under the now defunct Life Sport programme. One company,...
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Debate on the Constitution Amendment Bill 2014 today
ShowdownRadica SookrajPublished: Monday, August 11, 2014In anticipation of a showdown both inside and outside of Parliament, police have boosted land, sea and air patrols as government and opposition...
View ArticleTimeline of runoff provision
Published: Monday, August 11, 2014March 2, 2013- Cabinet appoints a National Commission on Constitutional Reform to engage in public consultation on constitutional reform. 12 June 2013 - Legal Affairs...
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COP seeks delay on vote
Yvonne BaboolalPublished: Monday, August 11, 2014The Congress of the People (COP) has taken a decision that voting on the Constitution (Amendment) Bill 2014 should be deferred for at least one month to...
View ArticleAG backtracks on Hodge
Published: Monday, August 11, 2014Attorney General Anand Ramlogan said yesterday that he never implied that former commissioner to the Constitution Reform Commission Dr Merle Hodge had been paid to...
View ArticleAbdulah calls on COP, TOP to withhold decision on bill
Radica SookrajPublished: Monday, August 11, 2014As debate begins today on the controversial Constitutional (Amendment Bill) 2014, the Movement for Social Justice (MSJ) is calling on Congress of the...
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Tighter border control over Ebola virus threat
Taureef MohammedPublished: Monday, August 11, 2014The Caribbean is “partially” prepared to deal with the deadly Ebola virus and countries in the region need to do more to be fully prepared, says Dr C...
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Pain still raw for Seetahal family
Jensen La VendePublished: Monday, August 11, 2014100 days since murder Dana Seetahal MurderTomorrow marks 100 days since gunmen snuffed out the life of Senior Counsel Dana Seetahal sending a chilling...
View ArticleTrain detectives before homicide transfer—Seales
Jensen La VendePublished: Monday, August 11, 2014A plan to boost the manpower of the Homicide Bureau by transfering detectives from other units has met the approval of the Police Second Division...
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First of the Deepak disciples
As told to BC PiresPublished: Monday, August 11, 2014TRINI TO D BONEMy name is Jacqueline Quesnel and I was trained in Deepak Chopra’s first class.Everyone calls me “Beanie” and I’m cool with that. My...
View ArticleHouse in marathon session
Published: Tuesday, August 12, 2014Up to 10 pm yesterday, several PP MPs and Attorney General Anand Ramlogan, along with PNM MP’s had spoken on the Constitutional (Amendment) Bill.Among COP MPs, only...
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Blows from Rowley for PP in reform debate
... Govt can’t be trustedGail AlexanderPublished: Tuesday, August 12, 2014If Congress of the People (COP) leader Prakash Ramadhar is the “turkey who’s prepared to vote for Thanksgiving”— the runoff...
View ArticleWe can’t stop reform train now—Prakash
Yvonne BaboolalPublished: Tuesday, August 12, 2014There is a serious effort by the People’s National Movement (PNM) to demonise the first effort at constitutional reform but it has taken root and...
View ArticleJack: Where was consultation on runoff?
Published: Tuesday, August 12, 2014Independent Liberal Party (ILP) chairman Jack Warner is charging that the controversial runoff ballot provision is contained in a secret document given privately to...
View ArticlePNM afraid of majority rule
Kalifa ClynePublished: Tuesday, August 12, 2014PNM afraid of majority ruleHousing Minister Dr Roodal Moonilal says Opposition Leader Dr Keith Rowley has underestimated the political maturity of the...
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