December 22, 2008
Builders Warned
…Imbert knocks unscrupulous developers after Diego floods
Imbert suggests relocation
Works and Transport Minister Colm Imbert says the ultimate solution to the flooding that has been experienced by those who live close to river banks in flood prone areas may be to have them relocated.
Imbert: $30m to fix Diego Martin River
Even as he praised the Highways Division of his ministry for plugging a gaping hole of about 200 cubic metres on the Diego Martin Highway within 36 hours, Works and Transport Minister Colm Imbert said yesterday that about $30 million.
Hundreds trapped as hillside caves into road
Heavy rains brought a deluge of mud and slush into properties at Lachoos Road, Penal, on Saturday night, after a hillside, which was being excavated, caved in, blocking the entire roadway.
Landslides block roads in North
Motorists are being advised against using the Lady Young and Saddle Roads and parts of the North Coast Road which are being cleared of landslide debris, in the wake of recent heavy rains.
Slush, mud wreak havoc
Penal residents voice distress…
December 21, 2008
Diego Regional Corporation doesn’t have resources
to deal with flooding, landslides…
‘Save our homes’
Diego Martin resident Lisa Maraj is calling on Works and Transport Minister Colm Imbert, Diego Martin Regional Corporation chairman Lindon George and any other relevant authority to help her save her home and those of eight of her neighbours from collapsing into the Diego Martin River
Bad weather hits Santa Cruz
While residents of Diego Martin and Maraval breathed a sigh of relief yesterday, residents of Santa Cruz held their heads in frustration.
Minister of nothing works
Questions arising about the integrity and reliability of civil engineering projects carried out during Mr Imbert’s tenure include failures as internationally humiliating as that of the Piarco runway repaving.
December 20, 2008
Muddy Xmas
6 children saved from raging flood waters in Tobago
Maraval left wet and muddy
FLOOD WATERS rose as high as five feet in some homes along Saddle Road in Maraval, as heavy rains throughout Thursday afternoon and night caused the Maraval River to burst its banks on two occasions.
Diego highway caves in
Torrential rainfall wreaked havoc in north west Trinidad on Thursday night, exactly one month after the deadly floods that devastated the same communities, but this time the extensive damage includes the cave-in of a section of the new multi-million dollar Diego Martin Highway.
41 landslides in North
BETWEEN Thursday and yesterday, at least 41 landslides were recorded in various parts of North Trinidad as heavy rainfall and subsequent flooding transformed solid earth into mudslides.
Clean-up crews out in full force as…
Heavy rains create havoc in North-West
Works Ministry crews were out early yesterday working on sections of the Diego Martin Highway which collapsed, as well as numerous landslides, debris and other problems washed down by Thursday night’s continuous 12-hour rainfall, Works Minister Colm Imbert has said.
Widespread disruption of water supply
WASA plants go down
The Water and Sewerage Authority (WASA) hopes to restore the water supply today to several communities in north Trinidad after overnight rainfall on Thursday caused mechanical failures at several of its plants.
Disruption in Wasa service
Water production at several WASA surface water treatment in North Trinidad has been adversely affected as a result of torrential rainfall in the East-West Corridor over the past 24 hours, according to the authority.
Brace for more rain
Brace for more heavy rainfall and flash flooding this weekend, the Meteorological Office (Met Office) is advising in the aftermath of severe showers on Thursday night which caused havoc in North Trinidad.
Just Imagine! This Government has enough money to build stadium after stadium, Calder Hart has enough money to pay his inlaws millions in contract and no one ever heard of them, hotel after hotel, 200 posh cars for outsiders and no money to save the locals from the torrential rains that is devestating their lives! Go Manning Go, Go Manning Go…and while you’re at it, See what you can do for Ruel Daniels and Ms.L.Edwards, they have your back!
I have examined the above contribution and formed the opinion that its author should be charged for wasting valuable space. As with previous submissions, nothing sensible offered to stay within the framework of trying to inform or educate. Critcism is healthy, must contain facts and should not come across as childlike chatter.
What is the agenda of this person “dasy 100′? Is it to have the site declared anti-government,or its operators careless upholders of false and misleading outpourings? To prove my point as to to the wastage by some of good space and opportunity, I pose these questions to Mr/Ms.dasy100:
How many stadia did this government build?
Where is the evidence re the Hart in-laws allegation?
Where are these hotels after hotels being built?
How would the “money save the locals from torrential rains”?
I leave the 200 posh cars for now since the government is still uncertain about the use they will be put to after the summit. Some say auction, some say absorb into public service. Auction will be a sensible thing as a portion of the cost spent could be recovered and re injected into our system.
Ms Daniels and Edwards can take care of themselves, I am sure.
I would not even reply to your childish whimpering! Obviously you’re too busy caught up in your own life and a Trinbagonian when you get time! Had you been reading and keeping abreast of the goings on of the country you would know exactly what my points are addressing. Finally, I guess the WASTED money the PM is using for his private jet et al couldn’t be possibly used to enhance the infrastructue as in proper drainage so people could preserve their spot they have to rest their heads. No! I guess it’s a wiser government move to IMPRESS other government heads as opposed to helping distressed locals! Try reading and educating youself a bit more before coming to your ‘GOD’S’ (MANNING) DEFENCE!
Well, once free advice is given one should take it and examine it for it may be beneficial at some point in one’s life. I took the advice of this erudite person and started reading voraciously. Everything I could put my hands on or lay my eyes on. Trying to find the answers to the questions raised in response to his earlier contribution. I tried the Freedom of Information Act and went in to the Minsistry of Sport.
Q. Can youn tell me how many stadia This government built?
A. None since the National Stadium. Where did this talk of stadium after stadium come from?
Then I spoke to an Attorney-at-law who advised me re the Hart’s family allegations:
One should await the outcome of the Commission of Enquiry into the Construction industry to see whether said allegations would be ventilated or not. Such persons as have made them may choose without the protection of Parliament to not broach the subject for fear of losing houses,lands etc. A good lesson to those who choose to revel in sensationalism / defamation of character.
Next stop: Ministry of Planning and Environment.
Q. Why didn’t the Ministry take the money the PM is wasting on private jets and enhance the infrastructure?
A. Yes, we need to better monitor the development of sites in the mountains and hilly areas but then that alone will not give protection from flooding. What about the people who deliberately build houses on the river banks? The squatters? What good would money do them? The people who use the waterways to discard their fridges, stoves, mattressess and endless plastic bottles?
To the Ministry of Education:
Q.What should I do to better eduacte myself? What should I be reading etc.?
A. To achieve the level of education as the person criticising you, you just have to enroll in the Barackpore High School and all would be well. There you would learn warped logic, sensationalism, and regurgitating snippets from a failed and dishonorable ex political leader. And then when a graduate student attack your inteeligence or accuse you of a lack of it, just smile and simply advise ” Go look in the mirror”!
Congrats to Richard Stevens for rescuing this space from pointless childish ventillation. DASY100 might have noticed that I have removed myself from the generally idiotic noise that this outlet has descended into. I send my pieces to other papers now. You at least,sir, know how to do research. I am proud of one trini who tries to get to the truth. May others choke on their apoplectic gutterings. L.E.Edwards 12.24.08
Congrats indeed Richard Stevens your presentation based on research would seemingly idicate that your level of Education if based on your research did indeed eminate from the Barackpore school. The fact that your research proved that no stadium was built after the National Stadium is erroneous and misleading to say the least.
Fact: National stadium was built in 1982, now called the Hasely Crawford Stadium.
Fact: The Larry Gomes stadium was built in 2001 in Malabar.
Ato Booden stadium was built in 2001 in Couva
Manny Ramjohn stadium was built in 2001 in Marabella.
Dwight Yorke Satadium was built in 2001 in Bacolet, Tobago
Finally, The Brian Lara Stadium is currently being built in South Trinidad.
So much for your research, don’t look so hard next time. Perhaps being in a hurry to prove me wrong blind-sided you.
There’s also a few more, but I highlighted these just for you.
Finally, If your justification of YOUR PM, Manning spending profusely on a Self Gratifying private Jet is that the squatters have no business on the banks of the river and the disposing of ol’ fridge and stove in the river, it proves my point that the nationals of the country is worthless to the government and it’s leaders; and their only purpose is to support the PM and his cohorts live a lavish life-styly and suffice with the bone thrown at them from time to time.
Please note: I have a wealth of resources available for research should you ever need.
http://www.worldstadiums.com/middle_america/countries/trinidad_tobago.shtml
That link should provide some valuable information to you all, spcially those who can’t find proper material to research….Try it too L.E.
It takes a special person to sleep sound at night after causing so much pain to so many people; Manning is a special PERSON indeed! It also takes special people to appoint such a special person to lead them even though the pain and suffering is so immense that it sometimes lead them to commit suicide; but yet they dip their finger in the ink for him anyways. This is what makes Trinbagonians so special.
They will blame the cops when their sons, fathers, uncles, nephews and friends get shot; blame the Doctors and nurses when their children are neglected and dies; they will blame the taxi driver when fares go up and blame the doubles vendor for raising his prices but NEVER BLAME the person responsible at the top.
They will pray hard for health and strength for the opressor and wish the opressed dies. These are all special people that could only live in Trinidad and Tobago.
People have lost their way in our country and the ol’ cliche has come to life – ” when the neighbour house on fire, wet yours.” Neighbours are no longer interested in the welfare of their neighbours any more. It appears every man is for themselves and to hell with the rest; as long as he/she is good to go anything could happen. When their neighbours are getting robbed, raped, murdered they lock up tight and come out when the police arrive and “they didn’t see nothing.”
The current administration thrives on the fear of the people because it keep them in line. being a criminal in this country is very lucrative because the cops lack the resources to effectively apprehend them. No cars at the station, telephone out of order, not enough officers on duty etc.etc.
Everyday is a special day for everyone just to make it to the next day. I often hear people say “boy trinis eh bet dey have belly nah.” That is the furthest from the truth, they are gutless bunch. It takes a special people to rise up and say “stop, enough is enough” and do something about.
Tell them “bring de rum, in a bucket in a gallon, just bring the rum, jus bring the rum.” When the people can realize that Rum, caura river and Manzan” won’t provide a future for their younger ones then and only then will they ralize what has taken place; hopefully, it won’t be too late, but for now it will only get worse.
Sometimes I recoil in shock or horror when I hear someone say to prove a point that they “read it or got it from the internet”. Most publishers would take the time to advise that persons should take the time to further verify the accuracy of information contained therein. It is a known and accepted fact by intelligent people that the internet is not the be all and end all of information.Human beings with all their frailities and biases contribute to the world wide web and many times information posted can shock the daylights out of the well informed.
Case in point: Dasy 100, erudite, intelligent, educator that he is continue to spew misinformation and still has the temerity to advise persons here to visit his source of information. Whew!! His post was and I quote to refresh his memory: “This Government has enough money to build stadium after stadium”… My question was where are they, since I know as every other breathing T&T citizens, that THIS Government had not built any stadium since the Nat
My apologies for the break. I continue:
This government had not built any stadium since the National Stadium, now renamed Halsey Crawford. Jack Warner and FIFA would be displeased with your knowledge of the achievements of the UNC. You used the right tense this time with reference to the Brian Lara Stadium ie ” currently being built” but it is not sufficient for me to change my assessment that you lack credibility. You also wrote about hotels after hotels, and again propaganda, which sounds to be like a rehash of a Panday speech on some platform in Tableland.
The government’s involvement in the hotel industry involves a 51% -49% partnership with the Hilton Hotel international . Then when the Tobago Hitlon began experiencing problems, to save the jobs of workers and to try to encourage and promote tourism in Tobago,the government purchased the Hotel outright. Similarly, the government bought Farrel House Hotel in Claxton Bay, again to save the jobs of workers at the behest of the Trade Union Movement, primamrily, the OWTU. That property has since being sold to private investors. The Hyatt Regency Hotel, built via the design, finance, manage method gives the Hyatt people favourable tax and other concessions to operate the hotel for 5 years after which it will be owned by the people of T&T. “Hotel after Hotel”?
Ms. Edwards I thank you for your correct assessment of this good person. I too have however wasted good time trying to put him right. My only reason for so doing is that I am generally disturbed when I see falsehoods or inventive writing in any media. In my earlier time I have had serious debates with my children only to find out after that the misinformation or wrong points they were dying to defend were obtained from the media, internet included.
There are some good contributors on here and I read them and still learn from them. I don’t think that a medium as this should be used lightly but should inform, educate and encourage various degrees of growth among its users whether it be in grammar, vocabulary or analytical thinking. Earlier I read where Mr. Neal has had to pull this person square and expose his stupidity and puerile contributions / agenda, thus my reference to Barackpore High School. My apologies if there is such a school.
Dasy 100 please keep your wealth of resources and especially, keep it away from the children.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to everyone!