‘SIDESHOWS’

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - Lead investigator in the “emailgate” case, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Mervyn Richardson yesterday called for an end to what he described as the “sideshows” by various paid computer experts, making pronouncements on the same e-mails he is inv...
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Khan: Integrity Commission head will resign

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - Prospective members of the Integrity Commission may not want to serve under the leadership of chairman Ken Gordon, attorney Israel Khan, SC, said yesterday. Khan was commenting on the implications of a meeting between Opposition Leader Dr Keith Rowley and Gordon, which took...
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I DID THE RIGHT THING

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - In the face of a raging controversy over his meeting with Opposition Leader Dr Keith Rowley at his personal residence, Integrity Commission chairman Ken Gordon is certain he did the right thing. In an interview with the Express yesterday, Gordon was asked whether he had ma...
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Tale behind Khan’s e-mail comment

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - In the opinion of Jon Berryhill, the IT expert contracted by lawyer Israel Khan to review the package of e-mail documents read in Parliament by Opposition Leader Dr Keith Rowley, “There is nothing that is believable in any of it.” His verdict on the documents re...
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Antigua’s opposition alert

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - THE parliamentary opposition Antigua and Barbuda Labour Party (ABLP) has alerted the secretariats of both the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and the Organisation of American States (OAS) to what it views as a serious threat to constitutional, democratic governance in that tw...
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PNM defends Rowley visit to Gordon’s home

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - The People’s National Movement (PNM) yesterday defended leader Dr Keith Rowley for meeting with Integrity Commission chairman Kenneth Gordon just days before he piloted a motion of no confidence against the Prime Minister and the government last month. In a statement...
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Parliament gives green light to dangerous dog bill

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Jun 18, CMC – The Trinidad and Tobago parliament has approved legislation resulting in owners of dangerous dogs, such as pitbulls, facing a 10-year jail term and significant fine if the dog kills a person. Attorney General Anand Ramlogan, who piloted the Dog Control B...
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Frank talks to end T&T-Jamaica trade grouses

 PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - Maybe it is time for the Caricom secretary general to arrange a one-and-one encounter between heads of the Trinidad and Tobago Manufacturers’ Association (TTMA) and its Jamaican counterpart, the Jamaican Manufacturers’ Association (JMA). Clearly these two ...
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Trade, transparency, tax at today’s G8

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - BRITISH Prime Minister, David Cameron, is today hosting the annual G8 Summit, with the Heads of State and Government of the United States of America, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Russia and Japan. With these countries still comprising half of global GDP, the bold steps w...
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