“All food vendors, be it in constructed establishments or road side vending, are asked to ensure that their customers awaiting take away deliveries must adhere to the mandatory distance from fellow customers of at least six feet. “It is the responsibility of the relevant food vendor to ensure that this …
Read More »Kambon: It is in T&T’s self-interest to help Venezuela, but don’t let USA find out
“[…] If the government sold oil directly or indirectly to Venezuela they did not breach any national law and, according to the Charter of the United Nations, they did not breach any international law… “Apart from our moral and humanitarian obligation to Venezuela, our own self-interest is involved…” The following …
Read More »AG: UNC not ‘vindicated’ in Cambridge scandal; UNC: Stop using gov’t resources for PNM propaganda
“[…] In the discharge of my responsibilities as the Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, in Trinidad and Tobago, I extend caution against any premature revelry at the pause in the criminal investigation into the matters involving and/or surrounding the Cambridge Analytica fiasco…” The following are press statements from …
Read More »MSJ: Trinidad and Tobago must not let Fifa treat country like a ‘banana republic’; back the TTFA
“[…] Trinidad and Tobago is not a banana republic and Fifa must respect our laws. When the FBI recently investigated Fifa, it had to run for cover—so FIFA does not hold the moral high ground here…” The following press statement on Fifa’s decision to implement a normalisation committee in Trinidad …
Read More »St Christopher’s doubles gets green light, Griffith apologises for police intervention
The following press statement on police action against ‘The Original Fat Boy Doubles’ sold at the St Christopher’s Service Station and Massy Stores lunches was issued today by the Corporate Communications Unit of the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS): Commissioner of Police, Gary Griffith, has offered an apology on …
Read More »MSJ: ‘Backward and opportunistic!’ Kamla’s UNC is acting like T&T’s ‘fifth column’
“[…] It is the view of the MSJ that the UNC’s position makes them unfit for being the government of Trinidad and Tobago since they will turn us into a semi-client state of the US. We need not state the obvious—we pass the stage when we had a governor, long …
Read More »Moonilal: We’re not with PM on Venezuela gasoline drama; FITUN: Opposition MP is ‘cowardly and desperate’
MP Dr Roodal Moonilal: “[…] I was of the view that, if true, this assistance rendered [by Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley] to the regime of Nicolas Maduro… was an affront to the community of free nations and further posed a risk that Trinidad and Tobago could be met with …
Read More »Baldeosingh: Black Power’s gains were overstated
“[…] Another key claim that NJAC always makes is that, because of Black Power, banks were forced into hiring non-white persons. It is true that, after the 1970 protests, banks did diversify their hiring practices. But […] this was just an acceleration of a process that had already started…” In …
Read More »An ‘exceptionally difficult’ year! Imbert on salary grants, public aid and ‘recalibrated’ budget
“[…] Trinidad and Tobago is not only impacted by the economic consequences of Covid-19; but as an oil-and-gas exporting country, the economic, financial and social consequences have been further compounded by the dramatic drop in oil and gas prices. The worldwide demand for crude oil has crashed in the context …
Read More »‘Unscientific, xenophobic and asinine’! Anil slams Conte’s cheat slurs at Bolt and Jamaica athletes
“[Usain] Bolt was subjected to the exact same stringent testing measures by WADA, IOC and JADO as other international athletes. “It is idiotic, small-minded, myopic and racist to even attempt to suggest that somehow an immigration officer in Jamaica has a greater proclivity and ability to assist an athlete in …
Read More »Griffith: 1970 mutineers were a ‘disgrace’ and T&T must stop celebrating them
“In some countries when similar acts take place, such persons are put before a firing squad, hung or tried and sentenced to death. “Yet amazingly, some were given the opportunity to become members of parliament and then later permitted to communicate to the country through daily newspapers—which gave them the …
Read More »LATT: Police are ‘enforcing law which does not exist’—secret and public exchanges on roadblocks
“[…] All of these are instances of police officers enforcing a law which does not exist. There is no law which says you cannot be on the road after 8pm, no law which says you can only go to the grocery if absolutely necessary, no law which empowers the police …
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