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PM owing State $.5m
Posted: Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Enill apologises for property tax $$ error
Energy Minister Conrad Enill yesterday apologised for an error he made when he said last Friday that the anticipated revenue from property taxes was $72 million. Enill also stated then that the tax was more of a revenue-reducing measure than a revenue-raising measure.
'Don't violate citizens' rights'
GOVERNMENT was yesterday cautioned about implementing property tax legislation which could infringe upon the constitutional rights of the people of Trinidad and Tobago.
Govt paid $55m for rapid rail project
Government has paid some $55 million to Trinitrain Consortium for the first phase of the billion-dollar rapid rail project, Works Minister Colm Imbert said in the Senate yesterday.
Emily: No stopping Uff Inquiry
THE Uff Commission of Inquiry will complete its work and legal action taken by Udecott against the inquiry will not affect the Commission from completing its job or the legislation which will be laid in Parliament later this week to validate its proceedings.
Annisette's company subject of Uff probe
THE NATIONAL Union of Government and Federated Workers (NUGFW) Construction Company Limited, of which Independent Senator Michael Annisette is director and virtual shareholder, is at the centre of a Udecott land transaction queried by Diego Martin West MP Dr Keith Rowley in the Uff Commission of Inquiry.
Jeremie admits to outsourcing of legal work
A practice has developed "over the last couple years" where some ministries have "outsourced" drafting of their legislation to private legal firms, before it is redrafted by the Chief Parliamentary Counsel, Attorney General John Jeremie confirmed yesterday.
Practise what you preach
PRIME Minister Patrick Manning made several remarks that require closer scrutiny, in his speech during the General Debate at the 64th Session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York on Saturday.
Mark 'embarrassed' by Manning's UN address
Browne defends alcohol and tobacco hikes
Government's move to increase to cost of alcohol and tobacco will help save lives, says Minister in the Ministry of Finance Mariano Browne.
Lee Sing pushes for compulsory national service...
THE current funding for the Unemployment Relief Programme (URP) should instead be used for a compulsory national service programme, executive chairman of media corporation Citadel Ltd, Louis Lee Sing, said yesterday.
Sat hits Citadel Ltd
Secretary general of the Sanatan Dharma Maha Sabha Satnarayan Maharaj yesterday claimed that Citadel Limited, organisers of the Compulsory National Service programme, may not have wanted to include East Indians in the proposed initiative.
Daaga: Compulsory service can temper race relations
Political leader of the National Joint Action Committee (NJAC) Makaandal Daaga believes that Citadel Limited's proposed Compulsory Service has the potential to temper race relations in the country.
...System can work, say Seetahal and Philbert
PM Manning owes $.5M
ATTORNEY GENERAL John Jeremie was unsure if Prime Minister Patrick Manning would pay the outstanding half of a $1,153,811 legal debt incurred in 2002, when as Opposition Leader, he lost his High Court bid to stop the defection of Opposition MPs Dr Rupert Griffith and Dr Vincent Lasse to the then UNC Government.
...Jeremie: PM owing State $.5m: Failed court matter
Govt mulls policy to waive costs owed to State
Half of the historic $1.1million awarded to the State in 1997 for payment by then Opposition Leader Patrick Manning—now Prime Minister—has been paid, according to figures from Attorney General John Jeremie yesterday. And the PNM Government will be adopting policy and may consider proposals by former UNC attorney general Ramesh Maharaj to waive costs awarded to the State in certain issues, Jeremie said.
Health surcharge a drop in the bucket
Government has collected a total of $649.8 million in health surcharge from the period 2006 to May 31, 2009
$135,000 damages for 2 children after a night in cell
THE State has been ordered to pay two children $135,000 for being locked in a police cell for a night.
Panday application denied in 'bias' case
Court orders list of PNM membership for Panday
Policeman shot
...'Smiling' cop shot: Helicopter hunt for escaped bandits
A VERY WELL liked Police Constable, known by most as "Smiley", was shot yesterday afternoon when he tried to prevent a robbery at a Curepe pharmacy.
2,500 young lives taken
Acting Police Commissioner James Philbert says about 2,500 young men have lost their lives to violence and gang warfare during the past four years.
Body count at 403 and rising
Policewoman's son killed in Diego Martin
Beating from fellow prisoners
A man charged with robbery was beaten by prisoners while waiting to make his court appearance, then beaten again in full view of a magistrate in court yesterday.
Detained shoplifter kills himself
AN UNIDENTIFIED man who was caught shoplifting at the Arima Branch of Hi-Lo Food Stores was found dead with his wrists slit yesterday.
2 fishermen missing, feared dead
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