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Duke: PDP assemblymen will meet with PM Watson Duke - Progressive Democratic Patriots (PDP) leader Watson Duke said the party's six assemblymen will attend a March 3 meeting called by the Prime Minister. The meeting was announced in a statement by the Office of the Prime Minister on Sunday, noting Dr Rowley's intention to meet the 12 recently-elected assemblymen. Duke was speaking at a press conference on Monday at the Public Services Association (PSA) headquarters on Abercromby Street, Port of Spain. During the press conference, which was streamed live, Duke received a phone call from Minis...

Duke: PDP assemblymen will meet PM Monday 22 February 2021 PDP political leader Watson Duke speaks to the media at a press conference on Monday at PSA headquarters, Abercromby Street, Port of Spain. PHOTO BY AYANNA KINSALE - Progressive Democratic Patriots (PDP) leader Watson Duke said the party's six assemblymen will attend a March 3 meeting called by the Prime Minister. The meeting was announced in a statement by the Office of the Prime Minister on Sunday, noting Dr Rowley's intention to meet the 12 recently-elected assemblymen. Duke was speaking at a press conference on Monday at the Pub...

Demming: Don’t blame public servants for everything; leadership is taking responsibility It is easy to blame public servants’ ‘mistakes’ for an eight-month delay in appointing the Board of the Trinidad and Tobago Securities and Exchange Commission (TTSEC) as reported in a recent newspaper article.  Public servants have become the most recent whipping horse of a government whose inaction contributes to the poor quality performance of the public service. Between 2015 and today, there is no discernible improvement in service delivery at our government offices. Photo: Minister of Finance...

Dr Farrell: No Sacred Cows revisited; understanding the PNM’s assault on Central Bank “[…] The PNM administration seems allergic to institutions which are independent within the executive and run by unelected persons.  “It is clearly one of the reasons for the pre-emptive assault on the Office of the Procurement Regulator rendering it a eunuch, so that the hands of elected ministers will not be ‘tied’ by unelected officials…” The following column on the PNM government’s relationship with independent institutions in general and the Central Bank in particular was submitted to...