PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - A NATIONAL holiday in Barbados yesterday afforded me the opportunity to reflect on a few current political developments of relevance as T&T prepares for Carnival 2013 and loses no sweat over domestic party politicking; after all, it's the official season for fun and frolic. First, the understandable jubilation by Tobagonians over achieving a stunning, historic clean sweep of the 12 seats in the People's National Movement-controlled Tobago House of Assembly that the incumbent has dominated for a dozen years.
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PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Prime Minister Kamla Persad Bissessar says she has “no quarrel” with the Integrity Commission after it wrote President George Maxwell Richards seeking its support following open criticism from the head of the coalition government in Trinidad and Tobago.
In a statement, the Commission made reference to remarks by Prime Minister Persad Bissessar that it had “an appearance of bias” as she campaigned on behalf of the Tobago Organisation of the People (TOP) during the just concluded Tobago House of assembly (THA) elections.
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - Minister of Tourism Stephen Cadiz is in the Bahamas for the Caribbean Travel Marketplace and to convene with the Caribbean Tourism Organisation (CTO) Aviation Committee and discuss opportunities for increase of airlift to the region.
The minister, upon landing at the Lyndon Pindling International Airport, headed directly to a meeting of the Council of Tourism Ministers and Commissioners of the Caribbean Tourism Organisation at the Atlantis Paradise Island Resort.
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - Trinidad Cement Ltd (TCL) cannot just keep raising prices every year, ANSA McAL's chief operating officer Gerry Brooks has said.
Brooks told reporters on Friday at the ANSA Coatings Award ceremony, Hyatt Regency (Trinidad) hotel, Port of Spain that what the company needs is a restructuring plan with a clear business plan.
Brooks said the company needs to tackle two of its most pressing problems_ debt and material cost.
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – The Trinidad and Tobago government Monday described as “ironic” the inauguration of President Barack Obama on the day the United States observe a public holiday marking the birthday of slain civil rights leader, Martin Luther King.
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - Despite the economic difficulties in the Eurozone area, the European Union (EU) will continue to fund projects in the Caribbean, Christian Leffler, Director of Latin America Section in the European External Action Service said yesterday.
SCARBOROUGH, Tobago, CMC – The main opposition People’s National Movement (PNM) has won a landslide victory in the Tobago House of Assembly (THA), with preliminary results showing that the party has won all 12 seats.
Prime Minister Kamla Persad Bissessar, who, along with senior members of her coalition People’s Partnership government, had campaigned heavily in support of the Tobago Organisation of the People, (TOP), one of the four partners of the coalition, conceded defeat.
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - After a bruising campaign conducted under a canopy of allegations, counter-allegations and legal threats, Tobagonians go to the polls this morning to elect the leaders of the Tobago House of Assembly for the next term.
As brutal as this THA election campaign has been, the unfortunate reality is that it has been consistent in tone with other electoral campaigns in Trinidad and Tobago. Much has been said and done that would have caused hurt and regret.
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - As Tobagonians go to the polls today to vote for the party that will lead them for the next four years through the Tobago House of Assembly (THA), Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar has called for peace and a clean and fair election. The polls will open at 6 a.m. and close at 6 p.m. By 10 p.m. it is expected that a winner will be declared. "I hope that good sense and peace will prevail and all will be well in the democracy," Persad-Bissessar told the Express following a Tobago Organisation of the People (TOP) public meeting at Mason Hall on Saturday night.
SCARBOROUGH, Tobago, CMC – Voters have started casting their ballots for a new Tobago House of Assembly (THA) following a four week intensive campaign that included Prime Minister Kamla Persad Bissessar and senior members of her coalition People’s Partnership government.
The senior Cabinet ministers have been lending support to the Tobago Organisation of the People (TOP), one of the four partners in the coalition Trinidad and Tobago government, which is seeking to take control of the 12-member THA from the main opposition People’s National Movement (PNM).