{"id":2938,"date":"2010-04-20T03:52:35","date_gmt":"2010-04-20T07:52:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.trinidadandtobagonews.com\/blog\/?p=2938"},"modified":"2010-05-30T04:19:38","modified_gmt":"2010-05-30T08:19:38","slug":"kamla-no-property-tax","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.trinidadandtobagonews.com\/blog\/?p=2938","title":{"rendered":"Kamla: No property tax"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Kamla: No property tax<\/a>
\nUNC political leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar last night promised to repeal Property Tax legislation introduced by the PNM government as she pledged a UNC\/COP government would not levy such a tax.<\/p>\n[audio:crazymanningmustgo.mp3]\n

Exits and entrances<\/a>
\nHearing my voice, the long-time Laventille resident (about 40, I’d think) leaned over my wall of a fence and sang after Crazy, the calypsonian: ‘Manning must go, must go…’
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\nIt’s just a promise<\/a>
\nBUSINESSMEN yesterday said that Prime Minister Patrick Manning’s plan to reduce corporation tax from 25 percent to 20 percent as just another election promise.<\/p>\n

Harts can vote<\/a><\/p>\n

Give us update on Hart probes<\/a>
\nInevitably, the spectre of Calder Hart will haunt the current election campaign. At a meeting in Rio Claro last Wednesday evening, speakers for the United National Congress (UNC) read out the flight details of the man who had boarded an aircraft earlier that day for Miami, after being back “home” for a few days.<\/p>\n

McLeod: Kamla is my leader<\/a>
\nErrol McLeod, at one time the most powerful labour leader in the country, last night acknowledged Kamla Persad-Bissessar as his leader as he moves closer to contesting the May 24 general election. <\/p>\n

McLeod tipped for Sando East or West<\/a>
\nTALKS are still continuing as to who the two Movement for Social Justice (MSJ) candidates would be and which seats they will be contesting in the May 24 general elections on a joint opposition platform.<\/p>\n

PM picks St Ann’s East candidate<\/a><\/p>\n

PM gets his way: Roberts out in St Ann’s East<\/a>
\nHuman Resource manager Joanne Thomas will be the face of the People’s National Movement (PNM) in the St Ann’s East constituency for the upcoming general election, the party’s screening committee decided yesterday. <\/p>\n

Voters rush to register<\/a>
\nLong lines were noticed at many of the Elections and Boundaries Commission offices throughout Trinidad yesterday.<\/p>\n

PM Manning warns against coalition govt<\/a>
\nPRIME MINISTER Patrick Manning last night continued his mantra that political coalition parties do not work, telling a crowd of PNM supporters at Plum Mitan junction in the Cumuto\/Manzanilla constituency, that the UNC\/COP coalition was doomed to fail. <\/p>\n

London admits possible fallout in PNM ranks<\/a>
\nDeputy Political Leader of the People’s National Movement (PNM) Orville London has admitted that the withdrawal of former Tobago East representative, Rennie Dumas, would lead to a fall out in the PNM ranks. However, he remained confident this would not be for too long. <\/p>\n

‘Road paving not linked to election’<\/a>
\nThe Ministry of Local Government yesterday denied that the $60 million road-paving project across Trinidad is linked to the upcoming general election.<\/p>\n

PM pours scorn on ‘has-beens’<\/a><\/p>\n

Former diplomat warns of ‘gutter’ fight<\/a>
\nThis 2010 general election could be the most bitterly fought the country has ever seen, former diplomat and head of the Public Service, Reginald Dumas, has said. <\/p>\n

Former principal eyes Princes Town<\/a>
\nThe United National Congress (UNC) is putting its hopes of winning the Princes Town South\/ Tableland seat in former school principal Clifton de Coteau.<\/p>\n

Bas happy with unity…the only way to go<\/a>
\nUNITED National Congress (UNC) founder Basdeo Panday has given his blessing to the recent unity deal struck by the country’s opposition forces.<\/p>\n

Roget: I’m not into politics<\/a><\/p>\n

Contractor joins the PM race<\/a><\/p>\n

Regional trend not good for ruling parties<\/a>
\nThe outcome of general elections in the Caribbean over the last three years is hardly an indication as to how the electorate here will make a determination about the choice of party to govern for the next five years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Trinidad and Tobago News Blog Kamla: No property tax UNC political leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar last night promised to repeal Property Tax legislation introduced by the PNM government as she pledged a UNC\/COP government would not levy such a tax. [audio:crazymanningmustgo.mp3] Exits and entrances Hearing my voice, the long-time Laventille resident (about 40, I’d think) leaned … Continue reading Kamla: No property tax<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[141,310,29,1,396,30,7,142],"tags":[70,144,82,1015,189,49],"class_list":["post-2938","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cop","category-elections-general-tt","category-finance","category-general-tt","category-peoples-partnership","category-pnm","category-politics","category-unc","tag-calypso","tag-kamla-persad-bissessar","tag-patrick-manning","tag-politics","tag-property-tax","tag-tt-govt"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.trinidadandtobagonews.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2938","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.trinidadandtobagonews.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.trinidadandtobagonews.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.trinidadandtobagonews.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.trinidadandtobagonews.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2938"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.trinidadandtobagonews.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2938\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3580,"href":"https:\/\/www.trinidadandtobagonews.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2938\/revisions\/3580"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.trinidadandtobagonews.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2938"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.trinidadandtobagonews.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2938"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.trinidadandtobagonews.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2938"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}