Trinidad and Tobago
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‘Govts committed to CAL/Air Jamaica union’
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – The government of Trinidad and Tobago and the government of Jamaica are committed to making the Caribbean Airlines/Air Jamaica arrangement work. Therefore, both countries have set up committees to look at some of the problems affecting the CAL/Air Jamaica arrangement, Minister in the Ministry of Finance Vasant Bharath said yesterday. “The teams would look at…
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Khan: Integrity Commission head will resign
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Prospective members of the Integrity Commission may not want to serve under the leadership of chairman Ken Gordon, attorney Israel Khan, SC, said yesterday. Khan was commenting on the implications of a meeting between Opposition Leader Dr Keith Rowley and Gordon, which took place at Gordon’s Glencoe home days before Rowley presented his no-confidence motion…
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‘SIDESHOWS’
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Lead investigator in the “emailgate” case, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Mervyn Richardson yesterday called for an end to what he described as the “sideshows” by various paid computer experts, making pronouncements on the same e-mails he is investigating. While Richardson said the parallel, privately funded findings were not interfering with his own investigation, he…
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Opposition Leader responds to allegation of conspiracy to remove government
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Opposition Leader Dr. Keith Rowley says Prime Minister Kamla Persad Bissessar and members of her coalition People’s Partnership government were engaged in “self defence” as the controversy over the “emailgate” scandal continues here unabated. Rowley, addressing a public meeting of the ain opposition People’s National Movement (PNM) in the capital on Tuesday night, said…
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Unions criticise coalition government, plan massive demonstrations
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Labour leaders Wednesday criticised the coalition People’s Partnership government of Prime Minister Kamla Persad Bissessar describing it as a “spiteful and ruthless” administration that has trampled the rights of workers. They gave Persad Bissessar, who in 2010 participated in Labour Day march here, a failing grade, adding that after three years of being in…
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Late, but needed
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Although it is a case of closing the barn door after the horse has bolted, the Insurance Bill 2013 is a welcome piece of legislation which we hope will eliminate the possibility of any future recurrence along the lines of the CL Financial disaster. The unanimous parliamentary support for the bill reflects the widespread view…
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Tale behind Khan’s e-mail comment
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – In the opinion of Jon Berryhill, the IT expert contracted by lawyer Israel Khan to review the package of e-mail documents read in Parliament by Opposition Leader Dr Keith Rowley, “There is nothing that is believable in any of it.” His verdict on the documents read into Hansard by Dr Rowley in May mirrored the…
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PNM defends Rowley visit to Gordon’s home
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – The People’s National Movement (PNM) yesterday defended leader Dr Keith Rowley for meeting with Integrity Commission chairman Kenneth Gordon just days before he piloted a motion of no confidence against the Prime Minister and the government last month. In a statement yesterday, the party argued that Rowley’s meeting at Gordon’s home was no different from…
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I DID THE RIGHT THING
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – In the face of a raging controversy over his meeting with Opposition Leader Dr Keith Rowley at his personal residence, Integrity Commission chairman Ken Gordon is certain he did the right thing. In an interview with the Express yesterday, Gordon was asked whether he had made any decision of any kind as a result of…
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