
Doctors protest at POSGH
January 20th 2012 1:11 PM16 resign, four more to go DOCTORS at the Port of Spain General Hospital claim they are working under stress. They are complaining about victimisation, poor accommodation facilities, chronic staff shortage, new working rules and the management style of new Chief of Staff Dr. Colin Furlonge. The ongoing problem has read more…

Karen’s CLICO conflicts
January 20th 2012 1:05 PMTHERE has been much focus on corporate governance arrangements at CL Financial through the ongoing Commission of Inquiry into the collapse of that institution. There has not, however, been any significant attention to the governance arrangements at the Ministry of Finance and how this may have contributed to the eventual read more…

Media Movements
January 20th 2012 12:57 PMIn the on-going reshuffling taking place in the media industry, it is not only journalists who are moving around but Government’s communications personnel are also making transitions. Media Watch had noted previously the move of Alicia Carter-Fisher from the Ministry of Energy to the Ministry of Justice, but she is read more…

Reporters missing in action
January 20th 2012 12:53 PMMedia Watch finds it strange that after praising the reporting pool which was accompanying her to India, Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar’s visit was covered mainly through reports from the India media which were repeated in the local press. Things got so bad that in order to communicate what was happening read more…

Dookeran shows them how
January 20th 2012 12:46 PMMedia Watch must also congratulate Finance Minister Winston Dookeran for his prompt response following our report last week on some functionary at the Ministry of Finance who took it upon himself to cancel the Ministry’s subscription to the Mirror newspapers. On the very day that the report appeared the Mirror read more…

Kudos to MATT
January 20th 2012 12:40 PMMedia Watch was pleasantly surprised when the Media Association of Trinidad and Tobago hosted a luncheon two weeks ago which featured Police Commissioner Dwayne Gibbs as the feature speaker, followed by a question and answer session with reporters. Such gatherings used to be a monthly feature up to two decades read more…



