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JENNIFER Johnson, former Minister of Youth, Sport, Culture and the Creative Arts, and one of the government ministers who was held hostage in the July 27, 1990 coup attempt, has died. Johnson, who would have celebrated her 77th birthday on February 17, died at her home after a short period of illness on Wednesday, a
THE EDITOR: I am bewildered by the fact that pan has not been officially proclaimed via parliamentary procedure as being TT’s national musical instrument, thereby elevating its national and international status to that of all our national symbols and emblems, eg the flag, the coat of arms, the flower, the birds, etc. My concern relates
The matter of intra-regional air transportation has been talked about for decades by regional governments and yet there are no tangible plans to positively address this matter that seriously impacts social and economic development, particularly in the eastern Caribbean. There have been numerous studies done on air connectivity in the Caribbean region containing recommendations that have fallen on deaf ears.
FORMER People's Partnership energy minister Kevin Ramnarine has congratulated the Prime Minister in staying the course on the Dragon gas deal between TT and Venezuela and estimates that the first gas will be pumped within three to four years.
THE EDITOR: The PNM has always been an anti-democratic force in TT. From the beginning, it has stood for the centralisation of power, in the office and person of the prime minister, who it would like to have the absolute power of the old governor, if not the old king of England himself. The PNM's