Thursday, July 10, 2025

Back to court: PNM files new legal action for fired CEPEP contractor

CEPEP Senior Operations Manager Shivanand Balkaran speaks to protesting workers demanding answers about their dismissals last Wednesday.

CEPEP Senior Operations Manager Shivanand Balkaran speaks to protesting workers demanding answers about their dismissals last Wednesday.

RISHI RAGOONATH

The Peo­ple’s Na­tion­al Move­ment (PNM) has made good on its pledge to re­sus­ci­tate its le­gal ac­tion over the Gov­ern­ment’s ter­mi­na­tion of over 300 Com­mu­ni­ty-based En­vi­ron­men­tal Pro­tec­tion and En­hance­ment Pro­gramme (CEPEP) con­trac­tors.

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Opposition Chief Whip and PNM chairman Marvin Gonzales holds a promotional flyer about the WASA transformational plan at yesterday’s media conference.

Opposition Chief Whip and PNM chairman Marvin Gonzales holds a promotional flyer about the WASA transformational plan at yesterday’s media conference.

ROGER JACOB

Gonzales says he apologised to fired WASA CEO

For­mer Pub­lic Util­i­ties min­is­ter Mar­vin Gon­za­les has de­liv­ered a scathing cri­tique of the Gov­ern­ment’s man­age­ment of the Wa­ter and Sew­er­age Au­thor­i­ty (WASA), warn­ing that re­cent ex­ec­u­tive ap­point­ments sig­nal a re­turn to failed lead­er­ship and ques­tion­able de­ci­sion-mak­ing.

President Christine Kangaloo

President Christine Kangaloo

UNC officials, ministers tell President: We’re not picking on you

That’s the re­but­tal from Unit­ed Na­tion­al Con­gress (UNC) deputy lead­ers, of­fi­cials and Gov­ern­ment min­is­ters who yes­ter­day rub­bished Pres­i­dent Chris­tine Kan­ga­loo’s push-back against crit­ics of the im­par­tial­i­ty of her Sen­ate ap­point­ments and her po­lit­i­cal past.

Political scientist Dr Bishnu Ragoonath

Political scientist Dr Bishnu Ragoonath

'Criticism of President nothing to do with being a woman'

A po­lit­i­cal sci­en­tist says while Pres­i­dent Chris­tine Kan­ga­loo is en­ti­tled to her feel­ings, re­cent crit­i­cism about her has noth­ing to do with her be­ing a woman.

Leader of Opposition Business, Senator Dr Amery Browne, gives remarks during the media conference at the Office of the Leader of Opposition on Charles Street in Port-of-Spain yesterday.

Leader of Opposition Business, Senator Dr Amery Browne, gives remarks during the media conference at the Office of the Leader of Opposition on Charles Street in Port-of-Spain yesterday.

ROGER JACOB

Opposition says it will ‘fight Govt for attacks’ on Independent bench

Leader of the Op­po­si­tion bench in the Sen­ate, Dr Amery Browne, says he’s dis­gust­ed by what he called Gov­ern­ment’s re­lent­less at­tacks and at­tempts to in­tim­i­date In­de­pen­dent sen­a­tors.

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CEPEP Senior Operations Manager Shivanand Balkaran speaks to protesting workers demanding answers about their dismissals last Wednesday.

CEPEP Senior Operations Manager Shivanand Balkaran speaks to protesting workers demanding answers about their dismissals last Wednesday.

RISHI RAGOONATH

Back to court: PNM files new legal action for fired CEPEP contractor

The Peo­ple’s Na­tion­al Move­ment (PNM) has made good on its pledge to re­sus­ci­tate its le­gal ac­tion over the Gov­ern­ment’s ter­mi­na­tion of over 300 Com­mu­ni­ty-based En­vi­ron­men­tal Pro­tec­tion and En­hance­ment Pro­gramme (CEPEP) con­trac­tors.

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CEPEP Senior Operations Manager Shivanand Balkaran speaks to protesting workers demanding answers about their dismissals last Wednesday.

CEPEP Senior Operations Manager Shivanand Balkaran speaks to protesting workers demanding answers about their dismissals last Wednesday.

RISHI RAGOONATH

Back to court: PNM files new legal action for fired CEPEP contractor

The Peo­ple’s Na­tion­al Move­ment (PNM) has made good on its pledge to re­sus­ci­tate its le­gal ac­tion over the Gov­ern­ment’s ter­mi­na­tion of over 300 Com­mu­ni­ty-based En­vi­ron­men­tal Pro­tec­tion and En­hance­ment Pro­gramme (CEPEP) con­trac­tors.

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