Mr Panday must step aside now Sunday night’s victory by Kamla Persad-Bissessar, placing her as the new political leader of the opposition United National Congress (UNC), is tantamount to a political earthquake in T&T. And while the political shake-up may not leave anyone dead, there are likely to be many careers that end up being … Continue reading Defeated Basdeo Panday Holds On
KAMLA IS UNC BOSS newsday.co.tt Siparia MP Kamla Persad-Bissessar last night won by a landslide to be elected the new UNC political leader, while Chaguanas West MP Jack Warner is the party’s new chairman, displacing Basdeo Panday, who founded the party 20 years ago. Panday was the party’s leader and chairman. Kamla crushes Bas guardian.co.tt … Continue reading Kamla is new UNC boss
D-Day for UNC Political mud-slinging. Nightly public meetings. Walkabouts. Picong. Intrigue. Election Day By midnight tonight, T&T will know whether United National Congress loyalists, who have stood steadfastly by their leader, Basdeo Panday, through his travails over decades, will finally turn their backs on him, ushering in a sea of change in the political landscape … Continue reading UNC Election Day
By Stephen Kangal January 18, 2010 It appears to me that the most critically dominant and indeed the determining factor that will influence the outcome of the UNC’s January 24 internal elections would appear to and should be: which one of the three candidates vying for the UNC leadership presents the brightest and most convincing … Continue reading Political Accommodation and UNC Leadership Race
By Invera Arjoon January 07, 2010 – newsday.co.tt THE applications of 16,000 persons for membership to the United National Congress (UNC) will not be approved in time for the January 24 internal elections of the party, chairman of the party’s Membership Committee Kelvin Ramnath said yesterday.
By Tony Fraser December 16, 2009 Ramesh Maharaj is correct in saying that the outcome of the January internal elections of the United National Congress (UNC) will determine the future political prospects of the party. Indeed, to take that projection further along the road of rep-resentative politics, the out come will also determine the short-term … Continue reading Making the right choice for party and country
Trinidad and Tobago News Blog www.trinidadandtobagonews.com/blog PM, Bas locked in race to the bottom Several major findings emerge from this annual survey of public opinion as it relates to governance. Perhaps the most significant, though perhaps not the most surprising finding, was that both the People’s National Movement and the United National Congress are imploding, … Continue reading Manning and Panday Down in the Polls
By Andre Bagoo December 02, 2009 – newsday.co.tt PERSONS who are members of, or have links to the ruling People’s National Movement (PNM) are among the hundreds listed as recipients of scholarships from the Ministry of Community Development, Culture and Gender Affairs.
The Fifth Summit of the Americas in pictures What a Summit! PRIME Minister Patrick Manning has succeeded, perhaps beyond his wildest dreams, in his goals of giving regional leaders a safe and amiable forum to talk, and in showcasing Trinidad and Tobago on the world stage.
Dr. Kwame Nantambu January 02, 2009 The recent call by leaders of both the Congress of the People (COP) and UNC-A for a co-operative accommodation/dialogue with the ruling PNM government to tackle the thorny, intractable crime problem in TnT will always remain a classic exercise in futility. The fact of the matter is that since … Continue reading Politics of the colonized versus colonizer