Partnership in parlous state

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - Any forecast the Chaguanas West by-election campaign outcome will show both the People’s Partnership and the spin-off Independent Liberal Party (ILP) to have been brought low in the course of the exercise. Former MP Jack Warner was moved to renew the unsurpassed elect...
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PM wants former national security minister investigated

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC - Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar Monday night called for an investigation into her former national security minister Austin “Jack” Warner after a newspaper reported that he had solicited millions of dollars from businesses using his ministerial office....
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State-owned bank launches billion dollar IPO

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – The state-owned bank, First Citizens Bank (FCB) will launch its initial public offering (IPO) of more than 48 million ordinary shares on Monday in a move the bank says will be one of the largest single IPO offering in the history of the Trinidad and Tobago Stock ...
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T&T needs good neighbour policy

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - Venezuela, now in international headlines as a likely asylum home for US espionage fugitive Edward Snowden, is also worthy of heightened attention in bilateral relations with Trinidad and Tobago. As he registered his presence in T&T during this month’s CARICOM tal...
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Transparency’s barometer: Caribbean under pressure?

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - Corruption: it’s the big story in the Caribbean. Only here? In one view, it’s a universal problem; we should pay up quietly, tolerate a world of overpriced contracts, runaway crime and substandard services. In another, it’s controllable. Sweden is cleaner ...
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WI players weak in mind games

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - On yet another occasion, the mental brittleness of West Indian cricketers, the batsmen in particular, has been demonstrated as the major weakness in the team performing consistently at a high level. After winning (even though they tried desperately to lose their first game ...
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Kamla: No interference

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar said yesterday her government stands by press freedom and she was not aware of political interference of any kind which may have led employees of the Guardian newspaper resigning their jobs. Persad-Bissessar expressed surprise when que...
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MATT condemns situation at Trinidad Guardian newspapers

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – The Media Association of Trinidad and Tobago (MATT) Wednesday said it is monitoring “with serious concern developments over the last 24 hours at the Trinidad Guardian newsroom that appears to be a major threat to press freedom”. Journalists at the ne...
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Trinidad tops obesity list in the Caribbean

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad, Wednesday, 2013 – Trinidad and Tobago has emerged as the top Caribbean country whose adult population is obese, according to a report released by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). The report found that Trinidad and Tobago is ranked sixth amon...
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