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Central Bank figures point to recession
Posted: Wednesday, August 5, 2009

Surgery for Murium Today
Chopping victim Murium Greene felt strong enough to speak on the phone to her son in England yesterday, enduring the discomfort of a fractured jaw.

British citizens warned about T&T violence

THA contacts relatives of attacked on Britons in Tobago

Yes It's Here
Central Bank figures point to recession; negative growth recorded

Tight security for PM in Chaguanas
Prime Minister Patrick Manning returned from Jamaica Monday in time for that night's PNM public meeting in Chaguanas, and announced that Trinidad and Tobago's economy was the best performing in the Caribbean.

'UNC a political Frankenstein'
The creation of a "political Frankenstein" is how Chaguanas East MP Mustapha Abdul-Hamid referred to various opposition political parties, past and present, which merged with each other to "mash up" the ruling People's National Movement (PNM).

Navas vs Panday
CHAGUANAS Mayor Natasha Navas yesterday moved to block Opposition Leader Basdeo Panday from using borough offices to meet constituents from the Chaguanas West constituency, whose MP Jack Warner has been described as a dissident.

Nagessar vs Navas
Chaguanas deputy Mayor Orlando Nagessar yesterday challenged what he perceived as an attempt by newly appointed Mayor Natasha Navas to stop Opposition Leader Basdeo Panday from using his (Nagessar's) office to meet constituents of Chaguanas West tomorrow.

...'Keep party politics out borough offices'

Navas puts PNM on committee chairs
In a historic move, two PNM councillors were appointed to head subcommittees of the UNC-controlled Chaguanas Borough Corporation yesterday, as Chaguanas Mayor Natasha Navas took charge of the first council meeting.

Ramnath – the MP who is 'never seen'
Couva South constituents say they are waiting with "open arms" to welcome their "surrogate father" Ramesh Lawrence Maharaj to their constituency.

Warner 'to file counter-charges'
Chaguanas West MP Jack Warner says he intends to file counter-charges against members of the UNC executive, in the wake of disciplinary charges laid against him.

Trinis good for US economy
TRINIDAD and Tobago nationals who visit, study or work in the United States are good for the American economy, according to US State Department Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary (Bureau of Consular Affairs) Michael Kirby.

Govt calls in the Chinese
GOVERNMENT has called in the Chinese to complete construction on the Tranquility Government Primary School, after a local contractor overseeing the project was recently fired.

Greater unity needed says race expert

Govt strives to clear last traces of slavery
The Government is struggling to break the stereotypes left in the wake of slavery, says Information Minister Neil Parsanlal.

Daly mum on 'racist agenda'
Law Association president Martin Daly has declined comment on the assertion by National Association for the Empowerment of African People (NAEAP) president Selwyn Cudjoe that the Law Association was being used to promote a "racist agenda".

Protester turns herself in

Mom fined $1,000
FIVE DAYS after Crystal Henry bared her breasts in full view of the public including police officers in Mon Repos, in protest of the arrest of her epileptic husband, the young mother of two, was yesterday fined $1,000 or in default of payment, 30 days imprisonment, by a San Fernando Magistrate.

Tiwarie closer to escaping hangman
RONALD TIWARIE who was convicted five years ago for the 2001 Blue Basin murder of Polly Ramnarine, has moved a step closer to escaping the hangman's noose and instead faces being committed to the rest of his life in prison.

Legal Affairs registry goes online
A Penal resident can stay at home and access information on ANSA McAL Company Limited via Companies Registry Data Capture Project. He or she can also source information on about 45,000 companies and about 81,000 businesses from an electronic file.

Ethnic what? --Courtenay Bartholomew



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