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Corrupting Our Morals

Published on May 16, 2012 in corruption, General T&T, Integrity Commission, Law, People's Partnership and Politics. 10 Comments Tags: Crime in T&T, Politics, Selwyn R. Cudjoe, T&T Govt.

By Dr. Selwyn R. Cudjoe
May 16, 2012

Corruption takes various forms. Sometimes it is as deliberate as paying someone to give a view that is favorable to one’s position; sometimes it involves simply stealing another man’s purse through devious means; sometimes it entails padding the payroll so that someone gets more money than he or she worked for. Sometimes it even involves using one’s talent, be it mental or physical, and placing it at the behest of the highest bidder. Sometimes it is as blatant as the acts of Calder Hart or Bernie Madoff.
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Stealing from the Public Purse

Published on May 2, 2012 in Finance, General T&T, Integrity Commission, Law, People's Partnership and Politics. 19 Comments Tags: Abuse, Kamla Persad-Bissessar, Politics, Selwyn R. Cudjoe, T&T Govt, Vidwatie Newton.

By Dr. Selwyn R. Cudjoe
May 02, 2012

The news flooded the airways and inundated the newspapers: “Vidwatie Newton, the sister of Prime Minister Kamla Persad Bissessar, traveled first class when she accompanied the PM on her recent trip to India…The total cost of Newton’s travel to India was $233,600″ (Express, April 27).
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PNM SCANDALS

Published on October 18, 2011 in Complaints, corruption, Court, Crime in T&T, Culture, Finance, General T&T, Indian, Integrity Commission, Law, Media, Opposition Party, People's Partnership, PNM, Politics, Racism Watch and UNC. 14 Comments Tags: Abuse, Anand Ramlogan, Attorney General, Calder Hart, Equal Opportunities Commission, Jack Warner, Kamla Persad-Bissessar, Keith Rowley, Malcolm Jones, Patrick Manning, Politics, Prof Ken Julien, T&T Govt, UDeCOTT, UTT.

Budget presentation in Parliament at the Waterfront Complex, Port of Spain - October 10, 2011

By Clint Chan Tack
October 18 2011 – newsday.co.tt

PRIME MINISTER Kamla Persad-Bissessar yesterday dropped several bombshells in the House of Representatives, exposing what she described as major corruption scandals which took place under the former People’s National Movement (PNM) government.
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Time for the President to change the Integrity Commission

Published on May 20, 2011 in General T&T, Integrity Commission, Law, People's Partnership, PNM and Politics. 4 Comments Tags: Eric St Cyr, Integrity Commission, Jack Warner, Kamla Persad-Bissessar, Keith Rowley, Patrick Manning, T&T Govt.

THE EDITOR: The Chairman of the Integrity Commission Eric St Cyr has been quoted as saying that the controversy surrounding the award of the $40 million contract to Gopaul and Company Ltd could have been avoided if the Prime Minister had stayed at a hotel.

The alacrity in which the Commission’s Chairman responded is similar to the pace of response when the Opposition questioned the appointment of Jack Warner as a Minister whilst at the same time holding an Executive FIFA office.
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PM admits staying in house owned by NP favoured contractor

Published on May 18, 2011 in corruption, General T&T, Integrity Commission, Law, Media, Parliament, People's Partnership, PNM and Politics. 8 Comments Tags: Kamla Persad-Bissessar, Keith Rowley, Politics, T&T Govt.

GOPAUL ARE MY FRIENDS

By Darcel Choy
May 18, 2011 – newsday.co.tt

Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar yesterday said the owners of the house she stayed at on Maraj Street in Pasea, Tunapuna, during and after last year’s general election, were her friends.

“We are not blood relatives, we are not related by blood, not by blood or marriage, they were friends,” she said.

Speaking to members of the media after the opening of the Bon Air West Early Childhood Care and Education Centre, Persad-Bissessar confirmed she stayed at the home of Ralph and Maureen Gopaul.
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Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar Fires Mary King

Published on May 11, 2011 in COP, corruption, Crime in T&T, General T&T, Integrity Commission, Media, People's Partnership, Politics and UNC. 19 Comments Tags: Abuse, Jack Warner, Kamla Persad-Bissessar, Mary King, Politics, T&T Govt.

Minister Mary King The appointment of Minister and Senator Mrs. Mary King was revoked, today, 10th May, 2010 by the President, His Excellency George Maxwell Richards on advice of the Prime Minister. Mrs. King held the portfolio of Senator and Minister of Planning, Economic and Social Restructuring and Gender Affairs from May 28th, 2010.
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Where are they now?

Published on August 28, 2010 in Complaints, corruption, Election 2010, General T&T, Integrity Commission, Law, Media, People's Partnership, PNM, Politics and UDeCOTT. 9 Comments Tags: Amery Browne, Dana Seetahal, Emily Gaynor Dick-Forde, Karen Nunez-Tesheira, Neil Parsanlal, Patrick Manning, Paula Gopie-Scoon, Politics, Property Tax, UDeCOTT.

Karen Nunez-Tesheira and PM Patrick Manning

By Dana Seetahal
August 27, 2010 – trinidadexpress.com

It is now three months since the People’s Partnership won the general election and, understandably, the focus has been on how it is performing and whether it is capable of keeping its election promises. My take is still that it is too early to make any real assessment as the Government is still settling in; six months might be a more reasonable time. Meanwhile, I believe this is a good time to look back and assess why the last Government lost power. There might be lessons there that could prove useful to not only the current Government but anyone in politics.
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Team Up and Tone Down

Published on July 11, 2010 in General T&T, Integrity Commission, Media, People's Partnership, Politics and UNC. 1 Comment Tags: Attorney General, Martin Daly, Politics, T&T Govt.

Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar with Govt Ministers

PM Kamla Persad-Bissessar with Govt Ministers

By Martin Daly
July 11, 2010 – trinidadexpress.com

“Accordingly, to those who wish to know how I felt about the Attorney General’s attacks on Philbert and Mr St Cyr and the members of the Integrity Commission (whose Warner transgression I analysed three weeks ago) I say ‘guilty with a cause’. A reprimand and discharge is the appropriate sentence this time; but it does not end there.
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Ministers Must Show Decorum

Published on July 4, 2010 in Complaints, General T&T, Integrity Commission, Passed on, People's Partnership, PNM, Politics, UDeCOTT and UNC. 25 Comments Tags: Abuse, Anand Ramlogan, Attorney General, Guanapo church, James Philbert, John Sandy, Kamla Persad-Bissessar, Looting, Patrick Manning, Politics, T&T Govt, UDeCOTT.

By Raffique Shah
July 04, 2010

BREAK, as a boxing referee would say. Last week I sought to re-open some old wounds that have returned to haunt us—to wit, the tragedy and gross injustice of the Bhopal disaster of 1984. Oftentimes we become so absorbed with our immediate problems, we ignore the plight of people less fortunate than we. In their trauma lie many lessons for us, not the least of which is a sense of justice.
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‘Only CoP and God Knows Why’

Published on June 29, 2010 in Complaints, Crime in T&T, Integrity Commission, People's Partnership, Politics, Security and UNC. 32 Comments Tags: Anand Ramlogan, Attorney General, Calder Hart, Devant Maharaj, IndoTrinbagonian Equality Council, Integrity Commission.

Lighthouse of the Lord Jesus Christ Church

By Andre Bagoo
Friday, July 2 2010 – newsday.co.tt

WITH AN estimated $5 million in materials and equipment now removed from the site of the controversial church project at the Heights of Guanapo, Attorney General Anand Ramlogan yesterday said he was “mad, upset and vex” in the wake of what he described as the “wanton looting” of the building which led to its collapse on Wednesday.
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