{"id":5401,"date":"2011-06-14T04:47:59","date_gmt":"2011-06-14T08:47:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.trinidadandtobagonews.com\/blog\/?p=5401"},"modified":"2011-06-14T04:47:59","modified_gmt":"2011-06-14T08:47:59","slug":"im-pm-of-trinidad-and-tobago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.trinidadandtobagonews.com\/blog\/?p=5401","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;I&#8217;m PM of Trinidad AND Tobago&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img src='http:\/\/www.trinidadandtobagonews.com\/blogimg\/kamlasm.jpg' width='150' height='100' border='0' class='alignleft' class='alignleft' title='Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar' alt='Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar' \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.newsday.co.tt\/news\/0,142206.html\">&#8216;I&#8217;m PM of Trinidad AND Tobago&#8217;<\/a><br \/>\nPRIME MINISTER Kamla Persad-Bissessar yesterday def-ended her decision to &#8220;fully operationalise&#8221; the Office of the Prime Minister in Tobago, insisting this will not cause a rift between the PNM-controlled Tobago House of Assembly (THA) and the People&#8217;s Partnership controlled-Central Government.<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.tt\/news\/2011\/06\/14\/kamla-tobago-issue-law-my-side\">Kamla on Tobago issue: The law is on my side<\/a><br \/>\nPrime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar says she&#8217;s &#8220;fully within the law&#8221; in her intent to re-operationalise a Prime Minister&#8217;s Office in Tobago.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.newsday.co.tt\/politics\/0,142229.html\">Kamla, THA to be neighbours<\/a><br \/>\nPRIME MINISTER Kamla Persad-Bissessar will restore the old Office of the Prime Minister located at Jerningham Street in Scarborough, Tobago, in a building which currently houses offices of the Tobago House of Assembly (THA).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.trinidadexpress.com\/news\/Rowley__Shocking__behaviour_by_some_Tobago_politicians-123791549.html\">Rowley: Shocking behaviour by some Tobago politicians<\/a><br \/>\nIt is shocking that people in Tobago who should know better are encouraging the Prime Minister &#8220;for political expediency and their own personal advancement&#8221; in undermining the authority of the Tobago House of Assembly (THA), Opposition Leader Dr Keith Rowley said yesterday. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.trinidadexpress.com\/news\/Kamla__PM_duties_different-123791544.html\">Kamla: PM duties different<\/a><br \/>\nPrime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar yesterday defended the need for a fully operational Office of the Prime Minister in Tobago which she says will function in a way the Tobago House of Assembly (THA) cannot. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.tt\/news\/2011\/06\/14\/london-tha-wants-more-budget-money\">London: THA wants more budget money<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.trinidadexpress.com\/news\/Hochoy__An_attempt_to_colonise_the_island-123791534.html\">Hochoy: An attempt to colonise the island<\/a><br \/>\nThis is how former THA chairman Hochoy Charles views the current moves by the Government in Tobago. 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