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T&T doing better than United States
Posted: Wednesday, November 25, 2009
T&T's doing better than United States
If Prime Minister Patrick Manning's data for T&T is correct, it means the country is doing much better than the United States, at least in the area of jobs, Nobel Economics Prize winner, Professor Joseph Stiglitz, has said.
CHOGM gold watch for Manning
PRIME MINISTER Patrick Manning was yesterday given a special Cimier Swiss wrist watch which was created specially for the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) which takes place at the Hyatt Regency Hotel and Conference Centre in Port-of-Spain from Friday to Sunday.
T&T open for business
Trinidad and Tobago is open for business, Prime Minister Patrick Manning said yesterday, making a strong marketing pitch on behalf of T&T to an international audience.
PM: Lower taxes for investors
PRIME MINISTER Patrick Manning yesterday declared that Government was prepared to lower corporation tax to encourage more foreign investors to do business in Trinidad and Tobago.
India sends security help
The Government of India has provided Trinidad and Tobago with assistance in the area of security for the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, Gold Commander Stephen Williams said yesterday.
PM: Decision on rapid rail by April 2010
TTUTA: 8,000 teachers stayed away
More than 8,000 teachers stayed away from work yesterday, in support of the call by the People's Democracy organisation for a two-day shutdown of the country.
Dumas: Bid to embarrass country failed
LABOUR Minister, Rennie Dumas, yesterday commended citizens for not heeding the call to shut down the country for two days.
Now fire officers threaten to stay away from duties
WITH JUST two days remaining for the start of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Port-of-Spain, fire officers are threatening to stay away from duties.
Disclose govt to govt loans
GOVERNMENTS should release the accounting details of government to government loans in order to ensure a better culture of transparency, the director of an anti-corruption think tank in the Netherlands Professor Victor van Kommer urged yesterday.
Judge rules in favour of Panday
Former Prime Minister Basdeo Panday got his way yesterday after High Court Judge, Justice Judith Jones, in a judicial review, ruled that he was "entitled to the declarations sought, and an order of prohibition preventing the Magistrate (Ejenny Espinet)," from hearing his retrial.
...Court orders Espinet to step down
...Espinet ordered to step down due to 'apparent bias'
Panday in election race come January 24
For over 40 years, Opposition Leader Basdeo Panday has devoted his life to politics and, with a fighting spirit and a tone set for battle, he roared on Monday that he is not going anywhere.
Warner, Gypsy back Kamla for UNC leadership
Chaguanas West MP Jack Warner has charged that Opposition Leader Basdeo Panday's will to hold on to the UNC's leadership is a ploy to keep Prime Minister Patrick Manning in power.
Narace vaccinated
HEALTH MINISTER Jerry Narace and acting Commissioner of Police James Philbert were among several public officials who yesterday received their Influenza A/H1N1 vaccination.
...Narace fine after H1N1 vaccination
TT$45M to fight HIV
THE GERMAN Government has signed an agreement worth approximately TT$45.7 million to support the fight against HIV/AIDS within the Caribbean Community (Caricom).
New strategies to stem school violence
ON a regular school day, close to 20,000 pupils are thrown onto the East/West corridor to look for transport. This takes place in a one-hour time-frame-between 2 p.m. and 3 p.m-and within a one mile radius.
A disturbing turn
Monday's stabbing death of a schoolboy, reportedly by another, coming so close after the fatal stabbing of a student on Friday and the violent clash between students of the El Dorado West and East Secondary Schools a week ago represent a disturbing turn in the manner in which some teenaged schoolchildren appear prepared to resolve disputes.
Bloodletting among our young
Decades of gun violence
There are youths born between 1985 and 2009 who only know violence and the gun culture in Trinidad and Tobago.
Headless body identified
THE headless, burnt corpse found at the back of the old Sea Lots fish market on Monday, has been identified as 34-year-old Petit Valley resident Omar Pollidore.
Ship with arms and ammo - captain gets bail
An Australian boat captain, who was charged with possession of two high-powered rifles and 2,240 rounds of ammunition, was released from custody yesterday on $140,000 bail with a surety by a Port-of-Spain magistrate.
Ganja charges for crash victims
Granddad on drug-trafficking charge
A 66-YEAR-OLD grandfather was released on $75,000 bail with a surety after appearing before a Port-of-Spain Magistrate, charged for drug trafficking.
Cop arrested after drugs, bribe sting
Rich connu monus by Courtenay Bartholomew
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