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Public officers losing their cool says Daly
Posted: Friday, September 25, 2009
Public officials losing their cool
"My first impression drawn from the reports I have read is that those in responsible public office are losing their cool in the face of reasoned comment which they do not like," Daly said in a statement to media houses.
...Public officers losing their cool says Daly
AG blanking real issues
OPPOSITION Senator Lyndira Oudit accused Attorney General John Jeremie of ignoring the truly pressing concerns over his portfolio in his address to the Senate earlier yesterday. Oudit used her Budget contribution in the Upper House to criticise Jeremie whose earlier statement was limited to criticising Law Association president, Martin Daly.
AG blames ex-DPP: Billion-dollar error
Former director of public prosecutions, now High Court Judge Geoffrey Henderson could be the only individual to whom Attorney General John Jeremie referred, when he spoke of a chief legal officer who disregarded an opinion from a Queen's Counsel, advising on the laying of charges against certain prominent persons.
Groups march against taxes
"No taxation before consultation." This was the chant of several civil society groups who gathered in the heart of Port of Spain yesterday evening, to protest the current state of the economy.
Property tax will haunt Tobago
Government Senator June Melville warned of great apprehension as to whether or not the hikes in property tax proposed by the Budget could actually be effected in her native Tobago.
Chaguanas blanks talks on CHOGM
In 12 hours, 5 men killed
In a space of time just over 12 hours, five men, including an employee of Colonial Life Insurance Company (Clico), were brutally murdered bringing the murder toll to 395.
No backing down: New property tax stays despite protests
Merhair wants to meet OWTU on property tax
Death to property tax
Felicity residents set on fire a makeshift coffin as a symbolic gesture to get Government to scrap the property tax. Close to 100 homeowners marched through the district's streets chanting "No to property tax" as they headed to the Lakhan Kariah cremation site to burn the coffin with the words "Property tax" written on it.
Caroni residents resolve to fight property tax hike
Budget without base
As the 2010 Budget debate drones on towards its conclusion and passage in the Senate this week, we are forced to wonder upon what foundation it is based.
Tobago on fire with crime
Independent Senator Tobagonian Annette Nicholson-Alfred on Wednesday night warned Minister of National Security Martin Joseph to not make any promises that he could not keep to stem the rising tide of crime in Tobago.
Blackouts hit Tobago
TOBAGO residents have been frustrated by load-shedding by the Trinidad and Tobago Electricity Commisison (TTEC) over the past few days, leaving some areas in darkness for hours.
T&TEC promises relief for Tobago by weekend
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Don't say I and others haven't been telling you to resist the document that the Prime Minister has been peddling as a superb draft constitution for Trinidad and Tobago.
Two gunned down in PoS
One day after gangs sign 'peace treaty'...
2 dead, 1 critical after shootings
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