{"id":2776,"date":"2010-03-28T07:42:36","date_gmt":"2010-03-28T11:42:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.trinidadandtobagonews.com\/blog\/?p=2776"},"modified":"2010-03-28T07:42:36","modified_gmt":"2010-03-28T11:42:36","slug":"manning-puts-tt-in-election-mode","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.trinidadandtobagonews.com\/blog\/?p=2776","title":{"rendered":"Manning puts T&T in election mode"},"content":{"rendered":"

PNM<\/a>Manning puts T&T in election mode<\/a>
\nPrime Minister Patrick Manning put the country in election mode yesterday, when he announced that April 7 would be the start of screening of 41 new candidates.<\/p>\n

Manning sets the election ball rolling…<\/a>
\nWhile the country was expecting the long-overdue Local Government election date, Prime Minister Patrick Manning yesterday went for the whole hog, and called for nominations for candidates for a general election.
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\nPM: Get Ready For Elections<\/a>
\nPRIME Minister Patrick Manning yesterday strongly hinted at a snap general election, which legally isn’t due until 2012…<\/p>\n

…Many caught by surprise<\/a><\/p>\n

…PNM fears losing local polls<\/a><\/p>\n

…Analyst: It’s an admission of failure<\/a><\/p>\n

Manning bluffing<\/a>
\nIt’s a distraction! That’s the cry from three Opposition backbenchers, responding to Prime Minister Patrick Manning’s announcement, yesterday, of an immediate screening of candidates for the next general election.<\/p>\n

Manning to hold ‘World Business Forum, not summit’<\/a><\/p>\n

Kamla: Bring it on<\/a>
\nOpposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar was in an exultant mood yesterday at the 20,000-plus Voice of the People rally in Saith Park, Chaguanas, as she baited Prime Minister Patrick Manning to bring the next general election.<\/p>\n

Kamla: I’m ready for any election<\/a>
\nManning’s days are numbered, she tells Voice of the People rally<\/p>\n

…Warner: Keep one love alive<\/a><\/p>\n

UNC claims HDC voter-padding in Opposition strongholds, marginals<\/a><\/p>\n

Fed-up ‘army’ behind Opposition<\/a>
\nAn army of frustrated and fed-up people are ready to stand behind Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar to battle the People’s National Movement (PNM) government in a general election.<\/p>\n

COP dancing to unity drums<\/a><\/p>\n

Opposition parties welcome unity<\/a><\/p>\n

Tremors of UNC unity and disunity<\/a>
\nWith local government election due this year, the opposition party, United National Congress (UNC) and its non-elected counterpart, Congress of the People (COP), are drifting toward the kind of political engagement that their respective constituencies have been hoping for since the last general election.<\/p>\n

Crowd of 20,000 in ‘united show of force’ against Govt<\/a>
\nTHEY came out in their numbers in a united show of force against the ruling Patrick Manning government. Political parties, labour leaders, business and non-governmental organisations all expressed support for the movement towards a unified front, led by Opposition Leader and United National Congress (UNC) Political Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar. <\/p>\n

Maraj talks about Williams’ legacy<\/a>
\nFormer minister Ralph Maraj captured the mood, the spirit and the moment at yesterday’s convention with a speech for the ages.<\/p>\n

Ralph Maraj \u2013 PNM has endured because of Eric Williams<\/a><\/p>\n

Resolve issues with Manning<\/a>
\nIf the standoff in the PNM involving Diego Martin West MP Keith Rowley is not resolved constituents might have to ask the PNM leadership for a new candidate next election, PNM Diego Martin West activist James Thomas has said.<\/p>\n

PSA calls for public solidarity against TTRA<\/a><\/p>\n

Same-sex schools or not<\/a>
\nWE look forward to an enlightened debate on the issue of single-sex schools, which since mooted a week ago by Education Minister Esther Legendre seems to have generated more heat than light.<\/p>\n

Urgent need for NAPA consultation<\/a><\/p>\n

Black Power revisited<\/a><\/p>\n

…The making of a mutiny<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Manning puts T&T in election mode Prime Minister Patrick Manning put the country in election mode yesterday, when he announced that April 7 would be the start of screening of 41 new candidates. Manning sets the election ball rolling… While the country was expecting the long-overdue Local Government election date, Prime Minister Patrick Manning yesterday … Continue reading Manning puts T&T in election mode<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[141,178,30,7,142],"tags":[1052,147,144,82,1015,311,49,1037],"class_list":["post-2776","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cop","category-media","category-pnm","category-politics","category-unc","tag-elections-general-tt","tag-jack-warner","tag-kamla-persad-bissessar","tag-patrick-manning","tag-politics","tag-ralph-maraj","tag-tt-govt","tag-unc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.trinidadandtobagonews.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2776","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.trinidadandtobagonews.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.trinidadandtobagonews.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.trinidadandtobagonews.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.trinidadandtobagonews.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2776"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.trinidadandtobagonews.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2776\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2777,"href":"http:\/\/www.trinidadandtobagonews.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2776\/revisions\/2777"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.trinidadandtobagonews.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2776"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.trinidadandtobagonews.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2776"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.trinidadandtobagonews.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2776"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}