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Unions picket PM's residence over
Posted: Saturday, November 30, 2024
Unions picket PM's residence over 'self-serving' salary hike; calls for election
Under heavy downpour, scores of angry workers marched outside the Prime Minister's residence last evening, demanding he call the general election and put an end to what they believe is a 'self-serving' salary hike.
Kamla: Rowley deserves pay cut
ACCUSING him of being out of touch with the reality of the majority of average citizens, an incensed Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar said rather than accepting a salary increase, the Prime Minister actually deserves a pay cut.
Opposition Leader: PM should have taken a pay cut, not an increase
NTA: State heads should reject SRC report, take a pay cut
The statement noted however that the suggestion was "not cheap political rhetoric, as this is exactly what Griffith did on his appointment as Commissioner of Police, when he refused to take a salary of over $140,000, which he was entitled to as a non-rank-and-file TTPS officer on contract, just like Dwayne Gibbs, who was paid such."
JTUM calls on citizens to protest outside Whitehall
The Joint Trade Union Movement (JTUM) has called on citizens to gather outside Whitehall on Saturday, December 7, at 9 a.m. to protest the government's acceptance of the Salaries Review Commission's (SRC) recommendations.
PM heads to Barbados to meet 'high-ranking US Government officials'
Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley will travel to Barbados, today where he will meet with high-ranking US Government officials.
Young acts as PM as Dr Rowley meets US officials in Barbados
TPP opens nominations for general election
THE Tobago People's Party (TPP), headed by THA Chief Secretary Farley Augustine, is getting in gear for the general election.
T&T Council for Urban and Regional Planners appointed
Regional forecasters warn of another year of climate extremes
Caribbean countries are being told that 2025 is likely to be another year of climate extremes, with regional forecasters noting that 2024 has been a year of extremes, in keeping with their forecast earlier in the year.
Timo taken to school before last rites
Timothy's final farewell began with scores of schoolmates and staff members of Naparima College bidding a solemn goodbye to him on the school's compound on Lute Drive in San Fernando. His classmates of Form Five N bowed their heads in reverence and walked alongside the hearse bearing Timothy's body as it drove into the compound, led by students holding the flags of the school and the inter-school house.
Court: Police must provide accurate criminal records for bail applicants
THE High Court has issued a critical ruling to address procedural deficiencies in managing and disclosing criminal records in bail applications.
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