By Anna Ramdass May 19, 2015 – trinidadexpress.com Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar last night declared victory following the Integrity Commission’s termination of its investigation into emailgate. She added this vindication was proof Opposition Leader Dr Keith Rowley was unfit to lead Trinidad and Tobago.
PM, AG on Emailgate counter-attack By Yvonne Webb May 19, 2015 – guardian.co.tt Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar last night called on Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions Joan Honore-Paul to step aside in the Emailgate matter over a statement she made on the issue last week. Her comments came hours after Attorney General Garvin Nicholas expressed … Continue reading Joan out of line
By Richard Lord May 15, 2015 – guardian.co.tt Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar yesterday admitted to becoming stressed out after reading the reports of Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions Joan Honore-Paul criticism of her over the Emailgate probe. She made the admission during a Mother’s Day function at the Diplomatic Centre in St Ann’s. The PM … Continue reading PM responds to Deputy DPP’s Emailgate statement: I am stressed
BY THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC PROSECUTIONS RE: INVESTIGATIONS INTO THE EMAIL DISCLOSURES IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES BETWEEN MAY 20, 2013 AND MAY 24, 2013 Through various reports in the electronic and print media, it has become obvious that certain correspondence from the United States Department of Justice, sent to the Police Investigative team … Continue reading Deputy DPP Press Release on ‘Emailgate’
By Irving Ward May 14, 2015 – guardian.co.tt Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions Joan Honore-Paul last night slammed Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar for her suggestion that she and her colleagues should be cleared in the Emailgate probe, saying the police were far from done with their investigations and the case was still wide open. She … Continue reading Deputy DPP slams PM for Emailgate claims: No One Cleared
Express Editorial May 11, 2015 – trinidadexpress.com It is not enough for Finance Minister Larry Howai to say that he expects all of the $60 million stolen from the National Energy Corporation’s account at First Citizens to be recovered. What is needed is prosecution of those who stole the money and full accountability from officials … Continue reading Questions about that $60m theft
By Michael Harris May 11, 2015 – trinidadexpress.com The suspension from Parliament of the Leader of the Opposition by the UNC-led Government last week is a total abuse of power, a denigration of our Parliament and a threat to our democracy. It is a total abuse of power because in the absence of any final … Continue reading A clear and present danger
Express Editorial March 30, 2015 – trinidadexpress.com We join the call for a full investigation into the payment of legal fees by the Office of the Attorney General during the tenure of Anand Ramlogan. A thorough forensic audit would be the best way to explain the phenomenal 300 per cent-plus increase in payments to private … Continue reading Probe ex-AG’s spending
By Julien Neaves February 22, 2015 – newsday.co.tt WITH Caribbean neighbour Jamaica making moves to decriminalise marijuana University of the West Indies (UWI) Professor Emeritus Kenneth Ramchand is renewing his calls for marijuana to be decriminalised in Trinidad and Tobago for medicinal purposes. In January this year the Jamaican Government tabled the Dangerous Drugs (Amendment) … Continue reading Decriminalise it
By Raffique Shah February 01, 2015 For all its bountiful blessings—natural resources that allow us to live reasonably well, a mixture of races that dwell in relative harmony, a people that laugh more easily than they cry—this is a cussed country that moves with consummate ease from one political scandal to another, a society that … Continue reading A wild ride to elections