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Cut CAL to the bone

Published on May 19, 2013 in Business, Caribbean, Finance, General T&T, Media, People's Partnership and Politics. 4 Comments Tags: , , , .

By Raffique Shah
May 18, 2013

Raffique ShahIF ANYONE can produce proof that there was a time when this country’s state-owned national airline, in whatever incarnation, made a real profit over a sustained period, meaning at least one year, I would surrender my sanity and vote in the next election. I feel safely insulated from having to do something so unpalatable because I know that in the post-Independence history of BWIA, now CAL, taxpayers who may have never travelled on an aircraft have paid dearly to keep the airline afloat. In the process, they have funded generations of joy riders who are stricken with a stratospheric strain of “gas brains”, and affliction I call “plane brains”.
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Sir Anthony knocks DPP

Published on December 6, 2012 in Complaints, corruption, Court, Crime in T&T, Finance, General T&T, Law, People's Partnership and Politics. 9 Comments Tags: , , , , , , , .

By Andre Bagoo
December 06, 2012 – newsday.co.tt

Director of Public Prosecutions Roger GaspardSIR ANTHONY Colman, chairman of the Commission of Inquiry into the collapse of Clico has described Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Roger Gaspard’s application to halt the inquiry or make it private as being “misconceived”, but said it is ultimately up to the Government to decide whether the inquiry should continue in light of a purported start of a police probe.
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$58B Budget, TT’s Largest Ever

Published on October 2, 2012 in Business, Crime in T&T, Finance, General T&T, Labour, Law, Media, Parliament, People's Partnership, Politics and Security. 5 Comments Tags: , , , , , , , .

Finance and Economy Minister Larry Howai
Finance and Economy Minister Larry Howai

By Clint Chan Tack
October 02, 2012 – newsday.co.tt

Finance Minister Larry Howai on the front page of NewsdayPEOPLE who drive vehicles fueled by premium gasolene will pay higher prices at the pump from today. A wide range of hefty tax increases was imposed on the local gaming industry as of yesterday and land and building taxes will return.

However orphans, retirees, special reserve police officers and persons involved in home construction are just some groups in society who will benefit from the country’s largest ever budget which Finance and Economy Minister Larry Howai presented in the House of Representatives yesterday.
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Tell me something good

Published on September 30, 2012 in Caribbean, Finance, General T&T, Media, Opposition Party, People's Partnership and Politics. 8 Comments Tags: , , , , , , .

By Raffique Shah
September 29, 2012

Raffique ShahI WAS privileged to have known and spent some invaluable time with one of this country’s great thinkers, CLR James. He was in his winter years, mostly lying in bed, but his mind remained razor-sharp. A conversation with “Nello”, as he was fondly called, was worth several high-level lectures at any university, so I extracted the most I could from him during what would be his final sojourn in the land of his birth. Today, I remember him more for his wit than his wisdom.
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ISH, STEVE ‘CUT DOWN’

Published on September 14, 2012 in Business, corruption, Court, Crime in T&T, Finance, General T&T, International, Law, Media, Money Laundering, Opposition Party, Parliament, People's Partnership, PNM, Politics, UNC and USA. 10 Comments Tags: , , , , , , , , , , .

By Andre Bagoo
September 13, 2012 – newsday.co.tt

Ishwar Galbaransingh and Steve FergusonPRIME Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar issued directions to Attorney General Anand Ramlogan to table last-minute amendments to bolster legislation designed to shield the State from the legal fallout of its decision to abruptly repeal Section 34 of the Administration of Justice Act, it was revealed yesterday.
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SCANDALOUS

Published on September 12, 2012 in Business, corruption, Court, Crime in T&T, Editorial, Finance, General T&T, International, Law, Media, Opposition Party, People's Partnership, PNM, Politics and USA. 8 Comments Tags: , , , , , , , , , , .

By Andre Bagoo
September 12, 2012 – newsday.co.tt

Ishwar Galbaransingh and Steve FergusonTHE PARLIAMENT sits today to urgently pass legislation to repeal a section of a new law, after the Government’s decision to proclaim the law opened the door to a wave of applications to the Supreme Court which could see businessmen Ishwar Galbaransingh and Steve Ferguson, as well as several others accused in the Piarco corruption inquiries, walk free without trial.
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Blind man claims discrimination by San Fernando bank

Published on August 10, 2012 in Finance, General T&T and Protest. 3 Comments Tags: , , , , , .

By Radhica Sookraj
August 10, 2012 – guardian.co.tt

David La Caille, of PleasantvilleA blind worker is calling for an investigation into alleged discrimination at T&T’s state-owned First Citizens Bank (FCB) claiming he was denied a bank card because of his disability. David La Caille, of Pleasantville, said he was amazed at the discourteous service meted out to him when he went to FCB’s High Street, San Fernando Branch to open a savings account on Tuesday.
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When Race Trumps Reason

Published on July 18, 2012 in Finance, General T&T, Indian, People's Partnership, Politics and Racism Watch. 20 Comments Tags: , , , , .

By Dr. Selwyn R. Cudjoe
July 18, 2012

Dr. Selwyn R. CudjoeYou work at an institution for ten years; you begin to like that institution. You grow to admire the intellectual caliber of the men and women who work there and you embalm those precious memories. Ultimately, you reverence that institution as a place where standards matter and excellence is the order of the day. You read Terrence Farrell’s Central Banking in a Developing Economy: A Study of Trinidad and Tobago, 1964 to 1989, you appreciate the origin of central banking in the nation, pre and post-independence. You realize the stature of the men who served this nation as governors (sadly there are no women) and you feel a sense of pride in your nation’s achievement. You realize that no matter what its limitations are, it tries to reward excellence signaling to the nation’s young men and women that achievement matters.
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Countries, Citizens, Identity

Published on July 11, 2012 in England, Finance, General T&T and International. 4 Comments Tags: , .

By Dr. Selwyn R. Cudjoe
July 11, 2012

Dr. Selwyn R. CudjoeI have been in London for the past few days and will be here for several weeks. I am not here for the Olympics even though one can’t help getting caught up in the hype. I have taken a B&B within walking distance of the National Archives and will camp out here to get some work done on the biography of an important Trini.
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Cabinet Reshuffle: New Ministers

Published on June 26, 2012 in Finance, General T&T, Media, People's Partnership, Politics, THA and Tobago. 1 Comment Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , .

Swearing-In of Cabinet Ministers and Government Senators
Swearing-In of Cabinet Ministers and Government Senators

New Cabinet to strengthen Government
Government’s parliamentary team has been strengthened with the appointment of veteran politician Ganga Singh as Senate leader, replacing Emmanuel George.
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