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PM says Jack Warner was a distraction to government

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad,  CMC – Prime Minister Kamla Persad Bissessar said she accepted the resignation of her embattled national security minister Austin “Jack” Warner because he had become a major distraction to the work of her coalition People’s Partnership government.
“Mr Warner’s resignation from the Cabinet comes with a degree of regret as he was a highly industrious and productive member of the government, having served with distinction in the Ministries of Works and National Security,” she said.

Haiti to host ACS Summit

Port of Spain, Trinidad, CMC – Several Caribbean Community (CARICOM) member states will be represented at the 5th Summit of the Heads of State and/or Government of The Association of Caribbean States (ACS), to be held in Haiti this week.
Sustainable tourism, trade, air and maritime transport and disaster risk reduction are some of the issues to be discussed at the Summit, themed: “Revitalizing the Vision of the Association of Caribbean States for a Stronger and More United Greater Caribbean.”

Leaders urged to put tourism on front burner

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - Dr Rufus Ewing, Premier of the Turks and Caicos, has echoed a call by T&T’s Tourism Minister Stephen Cadiz for regional leaders to put tourism high on the agenda. Premier Dr Ewing, speaking at the final press briefing on the last day of the 14th Annual Sustainable Tourism Conference (STC-14) on Thursday at the Hyatt Regency, said “tourism has to be led in front by leaders.” He was agreeing with Cadiz who said support from leadership is critical. 

The power of the Caribbean Sea

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - Has the time come to give greater consideration to the opportunity presented by what might be described as the space in between: the millions of square miles of ocean and sea bed that lie between the islands and countries of the Caribbean? Largely unmapped, scarcely considered and vastly greater in promise than what, for the most part is possible onshore, it offers a new frontier.

Warner did best thing, says PNM

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - “He’s done the best thing he could have done in T&T’s interest.” That was PNM deputy leader Marlene McDonald’s response yesterday to news the Prime Minister had accepted Jack Warner’s resignation. MSJ leader David Abdulah said: “Given the evidence, there was little option but to resign. But although he’s no longer in Cabinet, he’s not the only one who’s manifested bad governance and therefore the issues continue.”

Kamla: Partnership members free to talk

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar said while all parties within the coalition People’s Partnership Government were “free to practise freedom of speech”, she was confident they would all “abide” by her decision on National Security Minister Jack Warner. This statement came on Saturday in regard to the coalition partner, Congress of the People, and that party’s call for Warner to step aside from his Government position following damning allegations contained in the Concacaf Integrity Committee report.

Warner resigns as chairman of ruling party

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Less than 24 hours after he submitted his resignation as Minister of National Security, Austin “Jack” Warner has resigned as chairman of the ruling United National Congress (UNC).
Media reports said Warner had submitted his resignation hours after being removed from the cabinet.

‘Warner has full Cabinet support’

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - National Security Minister Jack Warner has the “full support of every single member of the Cabinet”, Communications Minister Jamal Mohammed said yesterday.
Mohammed was responding to questions on whether the Cabinet had discussed the various controversies associated with Warner and the fact that he continues to be the focus of negative attention.
Members of the Cabinet include Congress of the People (COP) leader Prakash Ramadhar and chairman Carolyn Seepersad-Bachan, as well as other COP members (including Mohammed).

Duprey, Monteil summoned again

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - The lone commissioner in the enquiry into the collapse of CL Financial Limited, Sir Anthony Colman, QC, yesterday ruled that Clico business magnate Lawrence Duprey and former group financial director of CL Financial, Andre Monteil, must present themselves to testify at the ongoing enquiry.

T&T, Jamaica in toilet paper row

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - A trade quarrel over toilet paper between Trinidad and Tobago and Jamaica is heading to CARICOM for a solution. Speaking to the Express yesterday, Trade Desk Officer of the T&T-Jamaica Trade Facilitation Desk at the Trinidad and Tobago Manufacturers’ Association(TTMA), Naika Pichi-Ayers, said TTL, one of their members, had contacted them in early March to resolve their concerns that Jamaican authorities were not allowing their products entry into the market.

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