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CARISA LEE Deputy Political Leader of the United National Congress (UNC), Dr. David Lee, says voter turnout in five districts for the Local Government Bye-elections has been slow. He made this comment after voting at the Crystal Stream Government Primary school, today, Monday 25 January 2021. “I’m in tune with what is happening, and the turnout so far has been very low; slow even here at this polling station,” Lee said. However, the Pointe-a-Pierre MP said he has received no reports of ir...

JTUM appeals: Put refinery in hands of those who laboured The Pointe-a-Pierre refinery. - IN a show of solidarity, individual members of the Joint Trade Union Movement (JTUM) have called on government to finalise the arrangement that would see the Guaracara refinery in the hands of the OWTUs Patriotic Energies and Technologies Co Ltd (Patriotic). Trevor Johnson, JTUM’s assistant general secretary and general secretary of the banking workers union, said they are not asking for any favours or ...

Kamla mourns De Coteau passing by rad­hi­ca.sookraj@guardian.co.tt   Con­do­lences are con­tin­u­ing to pour in for for­mer UNC min­is­ter, Clifton De Coteau, who died this morn­ing (Fri­day 22 Jan­u­ary 2021). De Coteau had just re­turned from buy­ing his morn­ing news­pa­pers when he col­lapsed. In a state­ment im­me­di­ate­ly af­ter his death, Op­po­si­tion Leader Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar de­scribed De Coteau as one of the na­tions "finest sons of the soil...

JSC to meet with Nidco Friday 22 January 2021 The new inter-island ferry APT James makes its way into the Port of Scarborough on its maiden voyage on Thursday. - Jeff Mayers THE Joint Select Committee (JSC) on State Enterprises will hold a virtual meeting with the National Infrastructure Development Company Ltd (Nidco) to discuss matters which fall under its remit. The meeting takes place on January 25 from 10 am. Nidco is overseeing the acquisition of the new fast ferries APT James and Buccoo ...

Patriotic given 15 days to prove it has $ for the refinery Patriotic chairman Ancel Roget. - PATRIOTIC Energies and Technologies Co Ltd has been given a second extension to prove its ability to purchase the Pointe-a-Pierre refinery. Government has acceded to a request from the company to rethink Monday’s Cabinet decision to seek another partner for the restart of the refinery. The company has been given until February 5 to do so. Pleased for another chance, Patriotic has vowed to do all it c...

January 18, 2021 The urgency with which this nation must address the issues that threaten to throw us back into the Stone Age cannot be over-emphasised. We were already in deep trouble when Covid-19 struck with pandemic force in early 2020, sending us reeling from blows to the body, the mind, even the spirit. The energy and petrochemicals sectors faced grim circumstances, the availability of natural gas, the key feedstock of the latter’s operations, being of grave concern, and the markets for...

Prayers, pounding for PM on energy sector ‘collapse’ Tuesday 12 January 2021 THE Prime Minister was lifted in prayers by Pointe-a-Pierre MP David Lee, who wished him a speedy recovery – but also pounded him for his failed leadership and the decimation of the energy sector. On a virtual platform on Monday night as the United National Congress (UNC) continued its by-election campaign, Lee said over the past five years, the People’s National Movement (PNM) government berated the Opposition...

Politicians wish for health, safety, security Thursday 24 December 2020 GOVERNMENT and Opposition MPs on Thursday wished health, safety and security for all citizens at Christmas. They also shared some of the Christmas traditions they take part in during this festive season. National Security Minister Stuart Young said, "I wish all citizens good health and a safe and better 2021." Young thanked "all of those who have worked tirelessly during our management of covid19." He praised members of the...

Naughty or nice? Tuesday 22 December 2020 MOVEMENT for Social Justice (MSJ) leader David Abdulah does not want the Prime Minister to be Scrooge. Instead, it seems he wants Dr Rowley to be Santa Claus. “I am saying to Dr Rowley just a few days away from Christmas Day, don’t be a Scrooge,” Abdulah said on Sunday. He asked the Prime Minister to give the trade union movement a rather large Christmas gift: ownership and control of the refinery and the port operations at Pointe-a-Pierre. T...

With Christmas just a few days away, executives of Patriotic Energies and Technologies Limited are waiting with bated breaths to see whether they will finally get acquisition of the Pointe-a-Pierre refinery and port. In an exclusive interview with Guardian Media, one of the company’s directors, Ozzi Warwick, said they had yet to hear from the government as to whether their acquisition bid was successful. Asked whether he believed the acquisition process could be closed before Christmas Day, W...