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Proud Moment: Professor Selwyn Ryan greets Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissesar at the launch of Rhona Baptiste's book, Kamla: Ascent of a Woman, in November 2010

Professor gets $1M to write a report THE five-member Committee appointed by Cabinet to “enquire into the root causes of the problems identified and shown by crime statistics, particularly as it affects Trinidadian males, and to suggest solutions to problems they identify” has hit a snag over money. The delivery  read more…

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Devant Talk: Transport Minister Devant Maharaj and Caribbean Airline’s chairman George Nicholas (left) during the welcome ceremony for the airline’s newest addition to the fleet, the ATR 9Y-TTA at Piarco, on Monday

Grounded!

May 13th 2012 11:56 AM

CAL unable to pay for planes THE financial crisis facing Caribbean Airlines Ltd (CAL) has forced the company to put on hold the delivery of seven ATR72-600 aircraft as efforts are being made to secure a US$l00 million (TT$630 million) loan to pay off the French manufacturer. In wake of  read more…

Caribbean Airlines

Heading for a crash

May 11th 2012 7:15 PM

WE have noted on several occasions in this space, the dangerous approach adopted by the People’s Partnership administration in the management of the billion dollar investment that is Caribbean Airlines Limited. In sounding a warning on August 11 last year, we pointed out that although a new company had been  read more…

Minister Devant Maharaj presents Dr. Vincent Lasse with his Presidential letter of appointment

Devant attempts to break IBN

May 4th 2012 12:03 PM

Media Watch has been warning for some time about the threat being posed to the media by an administration which does not seem to appreciate dissenting opinion and is now threatening anyone who does not toe the PP line. We had reported earlier on the attempt to shut down Inshan  read more…

Minister of Transport, Senator the Honourable Devant Maharaj as he takes the Oath of Office at the Swearing In Ceremony at Knowsley, June 27, 2011

Devant vs Ishmael

April 29th 2012 11:56 AM

THE stopping of the Islamic Broadcasting Network (IBN) television Breaking Barriers programme marks the escalation of a bitter battle between Sat Maharaj and his protégé, Transport Minister Devant Maharaj, against the foreign-used car dealer Inshan Ishmael. The alleged attack on Maharaj by Ishmael, political activist and a strong supporter of  read more…

CAL’s new CEO: Transport Minister, DEVANT MAHARAJ (left) presents businessman RABINDRA MOONAN with his instrument of appointment as chairman of the state-owned Caribbean Airlines (CAL) at a function at the Ministry last Friday. Photo by CLIF JOGIE

Common nonsense

April 27th 2012 12:12 PM

DR. KARL CASE, a dear friend and one of the most eminent economists in the United States, has always pointed out to me that part of the greatness of the United States lies in innovative scientific research that takes place at its MITs (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) and its California  read more…

PARTY Man: New Caribbean Airlines chairman, Rabindra Moonan, speaks at a People’s Partnership rally in San Fernando. Questions have been raised over Moonan’s business experience and qualifications for the CAL job.

CALamity

April 13th 2012 12:00 PM

No CEO at national airline, new chairman is CEPEP contractor RABINDRA MOONAN, the man appointed last weekend as the chairman of Caribbean Airlines, overseeing a billion-dollar budget, is a CEPEP contractor with no significant executive management experience, whose biggest operation has been the contract awarded since the PP came to  read more…

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