Author: Clint Chan Tack

ENERGY Minister Stuart Young has said the National Energy Corporation is making good progress with initiatives it is pursuing in Guyana and Suriname. That progress is demonstrated by $36.3 million in revenue National Energy received as a result of these initiatives over the last five years. Young, who is currently acting prime minister, was answering […]

SENATE President Nigel de Freitas has told Opposition Senator Wade Mark not to use the Senate as a platform to campaign from the next general election. He gave Mark this advice as the Senate held its final sitting for the current parliamentary term on the morning of September 9. As Mark posed separate questions to […]

THE Works and Transport Ministry says it is addressing infrastructural concerns with respect to the Bridal Road Bridge, Cunupia and the Perseverance Road Bridge, Chaguanas. The ministry gave this assurance in a statement issued on September 2. In that statement, the ministry expressed concern that statements made by Chaguanas Mayor Faaiq Mohammed about both bridges […]

THE Opposition UNC has offered condolences for former Commonwealth secretary general Sir Shridath Ramphal, 95, who died on August 30. In a statement issued on the party’s behalf, UNC PRO Dr Kirk Meighoo said, “It is with deep sadness that we mourn the loss of Sir Shridath Ramphal, a most prominent figure in recent Caribbean […]

ENERGY Minister Stuart Young has been appointed to act as prime minister for a second time. The announcement was made in a statement issued on September 1 by the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM). The OPM said the Prime Minister was leaving for the US later in the day to undergo medical tests. Dr […]

FORMER Central Bank deputy governor Dr Terrence Farrell says the removal of exchange controls when the Trinidad and Tobago dollar was floated has made it a challenge to find out where exactly do flows of foreign exchange (forex) go. Farrell also said there is no evidence to suggest that approximately $25 billion in forex has […]

FORMER Commonwealth secretary general and former Guyana foreign affairs minister Sir Shridath “Sonny” Ramphal, 95, has died. A statement issued by his son-in-law Sir Ronald Sanders, the Antigua and Barbuda ambassador to the US and the Organization of American States (OAS) on August 31, said Ramphal died peacefully at home surrounded by family members on […]

DISCUSSIONS between three parties – the National Transformation Alliance (NTA), Congress of the People (COP) and HOPE (Honesty, Opportunity, Performance, Empowerment) – on an alliance for next year’s general election are continuing. HOPE political leader Timothy Hamel-Smith and interim COP political leader Kirt Sinnette disclosed this on August 28. The first hint of a potential […]

UNC political leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar has told party supporters they will never, ever have a leader like her. She also warned they could be their own worst enemies if they allow the PNM to win the next general election. Persad-Bissessar was addressing a UNC cottage meeting in Chaguanas on August 26. She said, “You have […]

ATTORNEY General Reginald Armour has held a retreat in St Joseph with different people and groups, in preparation for Trinidad and Tobago’s next evaluation of its anti-money laundering and anti-terrorist financing measures, later this year. A statement issued on August 8 by the Office of the Attorney General and Legal Affairs (OAGLA) said the retreat […]