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UFF probe stalled
Posted: Saturday, October 3, 2009
UFF probe stalled
UDeCOTT defies AG: Commission of Enquiry stalls
Matter set for February
A temporary order halting the continuation of the Commission of Enquiry into the Urban Development Corporation and the construction sector, as well as the preparation of any report which may be presented to President George Maxwell Richards, took effect yesterday morning, following a ruling by High Court Judge Mira Dean-Armorer.
AG: Hart doesn't report to me
ATTORNEY General John Jeremie yesterday said Udecott executive chairman Calder Hart does not report to him and is not under his control, as he reacted to news that lawyers for Udecott and the Uff Commission of Inquiry yesterday by consent agreed to virtually freeze the inquiry.
UDeCOTT got exactly what it wanted
Uff Bill is not dead
DESPITE yesterday's ruling by the High Court ordering a freeze on the Uff Commission of Inquiry, the Validation and Immunity of Proceedings Bill 2009 is not dead and will still be debated by the House of Representatives.
Drayton: Udecott's board must go
THE ENTIRE board of directors of the Urban Development Corporation of Trinidad and Tobago (Udecott) should resign immediately if they have the country's best interests at heart.
Mark hits Hart
OPPOSITION Senator Wade Mark pulled no punches in calling for the head of Udecott executive chairman, Calder Hart, as the Senate on Thursday debated a Bill to validate the Commission of Inquiry into Udecott.
Annisette: No abuse of state funds by Udecott
Rowley: Annisette tells 'naked lie'
Neal & Massy fires 36
Car sales decline...
Line Ministers left in dark
MINISTER of Trade and Industry Mariano Browne yesterday said line Ministers responsible for TSTT (Mustapha Abdul Hamid) and the PTSC (Colm Imbert) had no prior notice of moves to de-certify the Communications Workers Union (CWU) and Transport and Industrial Workers Union (TIWU).
Victory over TSTT, PTSC
THE trade union movement yesterday declared victory over the management of state owned companies Telecommunications Services of TT (TSTT) and the Public Transportation Service Corporation (PTSC), as they marched en masse outside City Gate and the Industrial Court (IC).
ECA sympathises with TSTT, PTSC
Employers Consultative Association (ECA) chairman, Ruben Mc Sween, yesterday said the association understood moves by TSTT and the PTSC to de-certify the unions representing their employees.
Cops kill 3 men
Three suspected car thieves were shot dead and a fourth man seriously wounded during an exchange of gunfire between police officers and the four in the vicinity of Juman's compound in Morvant shortly after 11 pm on Thursday.
...Cops kill three after Morvant car chase
Former inmate awarded $243,848 for prison beating
The conduct of a group of Prisons' Officers involved in the beating of a prison inmate, will be reviewed by the Commissioner of Prisons and the Director of Public Prosecutions, following the award of $243,848 for the beating.
...Ex-prisoner awarded $300,000 for licks
Dr. Feleti V Sevele - from Tongan commoner to Prime Minister
The Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting begins in Port-of-Spain on November 27 and continues for three days. Fifty-one heads or their representatives will assemble at The Hyatt for the talks.
Bank robber gets six months' jail
A 21-year-old man who pleaded guilty to robbing a bank at gunpoint was jailed for six months yesterday.
Cops unhappy with 6-month sentence for bank robber
Arima man gunned down outside home
Escaped inmates on bail; 'I was held for nothing'
Mr Manning's options
As we are so often reminded our Constitution gives powers to the executive through section 75 (1) which states, "There shall be a Cabinet for Trinidad and Tobago which shall have the general direction and control of the Government of Trinidad and Tobago and shall be collectively responsible therefore to Parliament".
What is going on?
Jack Warner says that the Prime Minister is the leader of contradictions. If he is, the recent behaviour of some of his flock, ministerial and other, suggests they are treading slavishly in his footprints. Contradictions aplenty, and I would add faux pas. Let's look at some examples.
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