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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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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

Ryan eats a food

May 13th 2012 12:00 PM

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…

Marlene Coudray

PP squabbles

May 6th 2012 12:10 PM

AT the San Fernando City Corporation, embattled Mayor Marlene Coudray has for weeks been at loggerheads with councillors of her erstwhile party, the Congress of the People (COP); her deputy Mayor Navi Muradali; as well as members of her current party, the United National Congress (UNC), in the person of  read more…

COP Leader Prakash Ramadhar

Fiery

May 6th 2012 12:00 PM

Jack puts heat on Prakash in Cabinet FAR from the “cordial” description attached to Wednesday’s marathon special/emergency Cabinet meeting by Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar, Cabinet sources told TnT Mirror that the meeting was at times quite fiery, with Works Minister and UNC Chairman Jack Warner at the behest of the  read more…

Majestic House: The Prime Minister's Phillipine residence is now home to her extended family, which includes her son, his wife and two children, Sophie and Kristiano and sister Vidwattie and her three sons, as well as other family members

Wattie moves out

April 27th 2012 12:00 PM

Mirror report forces PM’s sister out official residence PRIME MINISTER Kamla Persad-Bissessar’s sister, Vidwatie Newton, and her family have packed up and moved out of the official PM’s residence at St. Ann’s, Port of Spain. Newton and her sons are now staying at Persad-Bissessar’s Philippine private residence in South Trinidad.  read more…

Prime Minister KAMLA PERSAD-BISSESSAR being interviewed by reporters in Jamaica. The Inter-American Press Association has expressed concern at the Government’s attempt to manipulate the media by using its advertising dollars to reward and punish journalists. Photo courtesy GISL.

Diversification challenge

April 15th 2012 12:10 PM

In my previous column, I commented on the preoccupation of the UNC administration with the reform programmes devised by the multilateral lending institutions and the time and energy expended on them to the detriment of any focus on diversification of the economy. I was a significant party to this lapse.  read more…

From L-R: Works Minister Jack Warner, Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar and Housing Minister Roodal Moonilal

God is a Trini – a mindset

April 8th 2012 12:10 PM

The sentiment, or is it conviction, that God is a Trini seems to be pervasive throughout all strata of this society. It is assumed that God will bless us with luck, provide bountiful resources and come to our rescue in times of need. A corollary to this mode of thinking  read more…

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