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Philbert: We will investigate Bakr affidavit
Posted: Sunday, September 13, 2009
Philbert: We will investigate Bakr affidavit
ACTING Commissioner of Police James Philbert yesterday assured that a controversial affidavit containing allegations made by the Jamaat al Muslimeen leader Abu Bakr involving Prime Minister Patrick Manning "will receive full attention" and be investigated by the police.
In CoP hands
"We got it (the affidavit) in May and sent it to the Acting CoP. I was aware of what the Privy Council said and forwarded the affidavit"
What the Privy Council said
Dookeran: I wrote PM 4 months ago
Political Leader of the Congress of the People (COP) Winston Dookeran has said he wrote a letter to Prime Minister Patrick Manning four months ago, calling on him to refute allegations contained in an affidavit of Jamaat-al-Muslimeen head Yasin Abu Bakr.
Panday wants independent enquiry
Jamaat debt crosses $40M
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Property tax to rake in $1B
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Valuation surveyor: Property seizure a last resort
The collection of new property taxes will begin in January 2010 and if you cannot pay them, your property will be seized by the State and auctioned, Mervyn Thompson, valuation surveyor of the Valuation Division at the Finance Ministry says.
PM promises 8,000 houses per year
PRIME MINISTER Patrick Manning on Friday night announced that the Government expects to return to meeting its target of constructing 8,000 houses annually, as he was forced to defend his administration's housing programme as well as the 2010 Budget's introduction of a new property tax regime.
Opposition: Budget deficit to skyrocket
Finance Minister Karen Tesheira faces a steep uphill climb in her quest to modernise the Public Service, achieve the budget's revenue projections and sell her new proposals to an increasingly skeptical public, says Opposition MP Kamla Persad-Bissessar.
Swaratsingh waves toilet paper at Gypsy
THE BUDGET debate took on a whole new dimension on Friday night when Public Administration Minister Kennedy Swaratsingh waved toilet paper at Mayaro MP Winston "Gypsy" Peters, after Peters lashed the Government's 2010 Budget.
Budget battle of the big guns
Riley: Lucky probe disgusting
Retired Court of Appeal judge Anthony Lucky has been assigned to probe what went wrong with the Uff Commission of Enquiry.
Pothole blamed for Siparia man's death
A gaping pothole along a main road in Fyzabad is what police said may have led to the car crash that killed a Siparia mechanic on Friday night.
'Govt not honest about gas reserves'
...expert knocks 'exploration potential' claims
Alutrint opposers: Govt in denial about gas reserves
Former independent senator and economist Mary King believes that the Government is in denial with regards to the state of the country's natural gas reserves.
Last-ditch effort to abandon smelter
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Prisoners stripped naked, beaten mercilessly
Prisons officers of the Maximum Security Prison (MSP) and the Golden Grove Remand Yard Section in Arouca are calling on Commissioner of Prisons, John Rougier, to come to the aid of them and prisoners.
Exclusive interview with Bernard Coard
Walks from prison after 26 years for killing Grenada's Prime Minister Maurice Bishop
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