PM makes case in Senate today
Richard LordWith protest action expected outside, Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar will attempt to persuade all nine Independent Senators of the need to support the controversial Constitution...
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$25,000 bail for cop in hit-and-run
Jensen La VendePolice Constable Marvin Burke, left, accompanied by his attorney Denyse Gouveia, leaves the Tunapuna Magistrates Court yesterday. The police officer charged with knocking down a...
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Priest honours Mark at funeral
Anna-Lisa PaulAnthony Watkins comforts Ainsley Mark’s wife, Clair, after yesterday’s funeral service at the Holy Trinity Cathedral. PHOTO: SHIRLEY BAHADUR Mourners who turned up at the Holy Trinity...
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Tewarie: $39m spent to boost East PoS
Kevon FelmineDr Bhoendradatt TewariePlanning and Sustainable Development Minister Dr Bhoendradatt Tewarie says more than $39 million was spent to uplift depressed communities in east Port-of-Spain over...
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Clashes between protesters, cops outside Parliament as senators begin debate...
Kalifa ClyneA protester against the Constitution (Amendment) Bill 2014 waves a flag and chants anti-government slogans outside Parliament, Tower D, Waterfront Complex, Wrightson Road, Port of Spain, on...
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PM challenges public if its against runoff bill: Vote us out in 2015
Yvonne BaboolalPrime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar yesterday said voting on the controversial Constitution (Amendment) Bill 2014 would not be delayed and she was prepared to commit political suicide...
View ArticleAl-Rawi: Independents under pressure
Opposition Senator Faris Al-Rawi says debate on the Constitution (Amendment) Bill 2014 has been reduced to all eyes being on the Independent Senators. Making his contribution during debate on the b
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I can’t support unfair system, says Drayton
Kalifa ClyneIndependent Senator Helen Drayton yesterday described Government’s runoff provision in the Constitution (Amendment) Bill 2014 as a “Trojan horse” which was unwieldy, disruptive and...
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Pastor at funeral of 3 killed by police: Let our young men grow old
Jensen La VendeIf society and the police do not stop the ideology of fighting fire with fire then there would be more funerals, according to Rev Kirby Jackson who delivered the homily at the funeral...
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Alert systems ramped up to block Ebola
Anna-Lisa PaulThe 911 emergency hotline has been activated by local civil aviation authorities to deal with any suspected cases of the deadly Ebola virus arriving in this country. Licensing manager,...
View ArticleDana nominated for T&T’s highest award
Dereck AchongThe Powerful Ladies of T&T (PLOTT) has nominated its former member, Dana Seetahal, SC, for the nation’s highest award. The nomination for the Order of T&T (ORTT) for Seetahal’s...
View ArticleOsha inspection of San Fernando courthouse: Risky situation
Sascha WilsonPeople are at risk of being injured at the old San Fernando Magistrates Court due to the possibility sections of the roof, ceiling and guttering will collapse. This was one of several...
View ArticleTensions again in Sando council
Reshma RagoonathTensions between the San Fernando City Council and the City Engineer Department seem to be simmering once again. This as acting San Fernando mayor Junia Regrello criticised the...
View ArticleAnalyst on E-mailgate: Maybe Rowley was set up
Radica SookrajPolitical analyst Dr Winford James wants to know whether somebody was trying to “set up” Opposition leader Dr Keith Rowley by giving him a series of e-mails erroneously implicating...
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Integrity body, DPP get Google info
A lawyer for Attorney General Anand Ramlogan has written to the Integrity Commission (IC) and the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions urging the two bodies to act decisively on new inform
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Protesters jeer senators outside House as Runoff heat gets hotter
Kalifa ClyneIndependent Senator Ian Roach said yesterday he would not hesitate or have troubled thoughts over what would serve the public interest in the ongoing debate over the Constitution...
View ArticleNicholas: System was discussed in public forums
Kevon FelmineThe runoff system included in the Constitution (Amendment) Bill 2014 came from public consultations, Government Senator Garvin Nicholas said yesterday. He was responding in the Senate to...
View ArticleVoting not a legal right
Kalifa ClyneThere is no human right to vote in T&T’s Constitution, Attorney General Ramlogan says. He made the comment as he responded in the Senate to Opposition statements that the runoff system...
View ArticlePrakash hits back at Drayton: Runoff our best option
Radica SookrajA day after he was chastised by Independent Senator Helen Drayton for his “flip-flop” stance on the Constitutional (Amendment) Bill 2014, Congress of the People (COP) leader Prakash...
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