Month: July 2013
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The UNC’s options in Chaguanas West
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – In their concession speeches on Monday night, both the defeated United National Congress candidate Khadijah Ameen and her leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar promised to continue the “work” in Chaguanas West. This being politics, however, the services provided by the Government to that rebel constituency will most likely be determined by whichever strategy the ruling UNC decides…
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After Warner’s triumph
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – JACK WARNER’S convincing victory in Monday’s by-election for the Chaguanas West constituency can be subjected to varying political interpretations. These will undoubtedly be coming in the days ahead from political scientists and other media commentators. We may, however, have to wait for the local government elections, likely to occur by October, to know if Mr…
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FALLOUT
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Jack Warner’s victory in Chaguanas West has laid bare some uncertainties within the People’s Partnership coalition. The People’s Partnership, which won 29 seats in May 2010, started out with a 21/6/2 equation—21 United National Congress (UNC) members, six from the Congress of the People (COP) and two from the Tobago Organisation of the People (TOP).…
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‘By-election won’t affect investors’
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – It is still too early to determine what sort of impact Jack Warner’s victory in Monday’s Chaguanas West by-election will have on investor confidence in Trinidad and Tobago, president of the American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham) Hugh Howard said yesterday. In a brief telephone interview, Howard said businessmen and investors were not going to be…
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Warner’s ILP will decide on membership in People’s Partnership gov
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Interim leader of the Independent Liberal Party (ILP), Austin Jack” Warner Tuesday said it would be “premature” to say whether or not his party would seek membership of the People’s Partnership government following his convincing victory in the Chaguanas West by-election here on Monday night. Speaking on a television programme, Warner, who trounced the…
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Volney resigns from ruling United National Congress
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Former justice minister Herbert Volney Tuesday resigned from the ruling United National Congress (UNC), less than a day after the party suffered a humiliating defeat in its stronghold of Chaguanas West in southern Trinidad. In a letter sent to the party’s general secretary, Dave Tancoo, the former High Court judge said a statement made…
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Caribbean countries seeking reparation for slavery
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Ralph Gonsalves, the prime minister of St. Vincent and the Grenadines does not hide his passion for wanting reparation for slavery, which he describes as a “brutal, exploitative and dehumanising system”. He insists that Caribbean countries do “have a very strong case to put to an appropriate tribunal” and has welcomed the decision of…
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EU clueless on Haiti ban of Dominican products, urges talks
Santo Domingo.- European Union ambassador Irene Horejs on Tuesday said Haiti and the Dominican Republic should hold “technical” talks to resolve bilateral trade disputes stoked by Port-au-Prince’s ban on several Dominican products. Although she urged both countries to live in harmony on the island they share, she noted however that “there are always ups and downs” in any dialogue toward…
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CARICOM SG says global crisis impacting heavily on the region
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretary General Irwin La Rocque Tuesday said that the global economic crisis is having a severe impact on the region resulting in stagnation or declining growth rates. Addressing representatives from international development partners (IDP), who are meeting here for the Third Forum on Donor Coordination involving CARICOM, La Rocque said the fallout from…
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