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PM defends Udecott PRIME MINISTER Patrick Manning yesterday stoutly defended the activities of special purpose state enterprises (SPECs) saying they are needed to avoid "the bureaucracy" of the public sector, as pressure mounted on his administration to investigate the affairs of the Urban Development Corporation of Trinidad and Tobago (Udecott).
Calder Hart has 'hacking cough' UDECOTT chairman Calder Hart has been unable to address the heated controversy surrounding the operation of the billion-dollar special purpose state enterprise because he has been suffering from a "hacking cough" due to a virus he is recovering from.
Anger over CAPE FORM SIX students from several schools yesterday expressed outrage and disappointment yesterday over plans to have all Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examinations (CAPE) exams carded between May to June 13, rescheduled.
PM: Those in authority need plenty leeway As the Government attempts to put arrangements in place to change the established order in the construction sector, it is faced with "resistance," according to PM Patrick Manning...
Calder Hart speaks...finally Nobody is exempt from regulatory oversight, says chairman of the Urban Development Corporation of T&T (Udecott) Calder Hart...
...Hart waits on press conference UDeCOTT Chairman Calder Hart said yesterday that as a "two-time cancer survivor", he had learnt to develop "a kind of internal fortitude" in dealing with a lot of things.
Jet purchase on the back burner, for now In the midst of rising food prices, construction costs and other financial challenges facing the country, efforts by the State-owned Caribbean Airlines Ltd to acquire a private jet for a long range executive service have been brought to a halt for the moment, Minister in the Ministry of Finance, Mariano Browne, said yesterday.
Warner stranded in China after earthquake FIFA Vice President and Chaguanas West MP Jack Warner was left stranded in China yesterday, following the earthquake disaster which claimed the lives of thousands.
Plant the land or lose it Former workers of Caroni (1975) Limited who fail to cultivate the two-acre plots distributed by Government as part of their Voluntary Separation of Employment Programme (VSEP), will lose the land.
Cops 'wrong' to charge woman with rape The police were wrong to charge Reshmi Dipnarine with the rape of a teenaged boy, because there is no such charge in existence in the laws books of Trinidad and Tobago.
Woman, 20, in court for child abandonment The woman who delivered her baby in the bushes and stuffed the newborn in a discarded washing machine last week, will leave hospital in police custody.
Ferriera: PM dropped bomb on party Foundation People's National Movement (PNM) member Ferdie Ferriera has criticised Prime Minister Patrick Manning's justification for the firing of Trade and Industry Minister Dr Keith Rowley.
Flow breaks TSTT's fixed line monopoly COLUMBUS Communications' brand Flow yesterday announced the launch of its new land line telephone service, breaking TSTT's almost 50-year-old monolopy on fixed line services and making it the first company to offer triple play - cable television, broadband and landline voice services on its digital network.
Government's $25 billion road plan THE LARGEST infrastructural project this country has ever seen was yesterday unveiled by Works and Transport Minister Colm Imbert when he announced a $25 billion, eight-year road network construction programme to be partially financed by Government.
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