PNM expected to lose ground in today’s Local Govt polls
In 2003, a mere 38 per cent of the electorate bothered to vote. Today, many families are in North America and elsewhere on vacation.
Early reports indicate that this hastily called Local Government has attracted a large turnout in some polling stations, particularly in the Prime Minister’s Siparia constituency, but voting was slow elsewhere.
Just [...]
Goodbye, Patrick Manning
Keith Rowley, as he warned during the election campaign, will not be placing Manning on court martial. Instead, he wants him honoured for his contribution to Trinidad and Tobago
One week ago, as he addressed the party faithful at the PNM rally at Eddie Hart Grounds, Tacarigua, Patrick Manning repeated his stock cardinal points boast about [...]
May 24 is Election Day
The announcement was made via a press release today. Five weeks to ramajay on the campaign trail.
It’s out of his back pocket: Monday May 24 is the date for the General Elections.
Prime Minister Patrick Manning announced the election date via a press release this afternoon ending one week of speculation in the country. [...]
Mr Philbert says no!
In 1971, when the PNM Government introduce legislation to control public demonstrations, it hardly believed that it would have been negatively impacted by the law. The Acting Commissioner of Police has rejected applications by both the PNM and FITUN to march in Port of Spain tomorrow.
The unthinkable has happened and the legislation [...]
Tobago PNM ready-Orville London
by Cordell McClure, Tobago News
The announcement also brought into question the preparedness of the Tobago Council of the
PNM….Read more….
The announcement also brought into question the preparedness
of the Tobago Council of the PNM and the Tobago Organisation
of the People for this election, which could come two years
before its mandatory date.
Tobago News spoke with Chief Secretary Orville [...]
Bird eyes power in Antigua crisis
St John’s Antigua, CMC.
Opposition Leader Lester Bird on Sunday cast his eyes firmly on the seat of power….Read
more….
Opposition Leader Lester Bird on
Sunday cast his eyes firmly on the seat of power and said he
would be taking steps to ensure that there is a change in
government in the coming weeks.
Bird, the leader of the Antigua Labour [...]
Gunplay by MP outside Barbados Parliament
by Tntinsider Barbados correspondent
Heated argument between two MPs outside the Parliament chamber and one pulls out his firearm.Police claim they have no authority to arrest anyone.
Barbados prides itself with being a civil society. But now that reputation is in danger of being tarnished.
It all has to do with an incident involving two members of the [...]
Williams built PNM to last says Ralph Maraj
by Kimberly Mackhan, Sunday Guardian
Trinidad and Tobago’s political dustbin is overflowing with names and symbols of local political parties….Read more….
Trinidad and Tobago’s political dustbin is overflowing with discarded names and
symbols of local political parties that failed to oppose the People’s National
Movement (PNM), a long-standing member has said. According to former PNM MP,
Ralph Maraj, no other [...]
Is Manning bluffing?
The PNM Political leader caught the Chaguaramas party faithful by surprise with his announcement yesterday. Is he really serious?
Don’t “back back” on calling an elections!
That was Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar’s reaction when she heard about Prime Minister Patrick Manning’s announcement that a general elections was imminent.
The Tntinsider reported yesterday that Mr Manning had put the [...]
UNC, COP on road to unity
by Gail Alexander,
Trinidad Guardian
UNC leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar and COP leader Winston Dookeran yesterday agreed in principle
that their parties will work towards unification….Read more….
UNC leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar and COP leader Winston Dookeran yesterday
agreed in principle that their parties will work towards unification and contest
any election, including local government polls, together against the ruling PNM.
Both leaders made [...]