From across the seas in Geneva, where he is attending the 102nd International Labour Conference, Labour Minister Errol McLeod was able to join his comrades at Labour Day in Fyzabad in observing a minute’s silence for late trade union veteran, Thelma...
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As trade unionists laid wreaths on the grave of labour hero Tubal Uriah Buzz Butler yesterday, president general of the Bankers and General Workers Trade Union (BIGWU), Vincent Cabrera, accused some of his colleagues of losing sight of Butler’s...
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Former Chaguanas West MP Jack Warner has dismissed PNM candidate Avinash Singh’s boast that he will win the seat because of a split in votes between Warner and the UNC. “He, like many in the public, must have been advised that the UNC has chosen...
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Pressure groups are silent on the secret meeting between Opposition Leader Dr Keith Rowley and Integrity Commission chairman Ken Gordon because they are waiting.
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Transport Minister Chandresh Sharma says he will accept a letter of resignation from deputy chairman of the Airports Authority Kurt Ajodha if it is found that he misrepresented his qualifications on his curriculum vitae.
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The Inter-American Development Bank’s executive director in the Caribbean, Trinidadian Kurt Kisto, has been accused by director of Finance and Economic Affairs in Barbados, Grantly Smith, of “mismanagement of the Caribbean's constituency office.
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“The time for action is now,” Oilfield Workers’ Trade Union (OWTU) president general Ancel Roget declared, as he called on the working class to march to the office of Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar next fortnight to demand implementation of...
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Opposition Leader Dr Keith Rowley is taking full responsibility for the May 15 meeting with chairman of the Integrity Commission Ken Gordon at his home in Glencoe. Rowley said he accepted responsibility because it was he who had asked for the...
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Prospective members of the Integrity Commission may not want to serve under the leadership of chairman Ken Gordon, attorney Israel Khan, SC, said yesterday.
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At least one government official has handed over his electronic devices to police investigating the Section 34 e-mail issue. Gary Griffith, who is national security adviser to the Prime Minister, said yesterday he handed over his mobile phone and...
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