Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley today announced the resumption of in-house dining at restaurants and cinemas (within certain guidelines), lengthened church services to 90 minutes, and permitted a return to team sport for international outfits. Restaurants must not exceed 50 percent capacity with no more than 10 persons per group, …
Read More »Dr Rowley congratulates US president-elect Biden and VP Harris
“[…] Warmest welcome and congratulations to United States president-elect Joe Biden [and] extend a special accolade to vice president-elect Kamala Harris as we acknowledge her Caribbean roots…” The following is a press statement from Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley on the election of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris to the positions …
Read More »Can the Rowley/Imbert partnership turn looming defeat into victory?
“[…] we must get the new digital economy going. Although liquidity is overflowing at the Central Bank, private sector credit is sluggish; unemployment and underemployment are growing and results thus far from the government-sponsored stimulus loans packages to banks and credit unions have been disappointing. […]” The following is the …
Read More »Dr Gloudon: TTFA-Fifa: an inconvenient truth that won’t be deciphered with one-dimensional thinking
“[…] The TTFA has undoubtedly been in a mess for a long time; and so has Fifa. Indeed, we may have learned how to be corrupt in football from Fifa. No one in a local or regional body can carry on sustained defrauding of Fifa without the assistance of someone …
Read More »Budget observations; we may be on track, but we’re not there yet
“[…] While they are yet to put it squarely to the population, for those who have eyes to see and ears to hear, it is clear that, quietly but consistently, the finance minister has been weaning the population off the comfortable, subsidised standard of living we have steadily come to …
Read More »Noble: A week of misinformation; how Chamber, UK MP and anonymous tweets added to ‘noise’
There appears to be broad agreement that the economic challenges, in the wake of Covid-19, are enormous. Facing a precipitous export earnings decline of 41% (roughly $10B in the last year), we should all be thinking about how to navigate the future: how to make the most of what we …
Read More »Dr Rowley opens beaches, relaxes restrictions on churches, gyms, casinos and cinemas
Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley announced the re-opening of beaches and ‘coastal areas’ and promised a report on the reopening of the borders to citizens by 2 November, as multiple Covid-19 restrictions were relaxed today. From Monday, changes in the public health ordinance will permit the entire public sector to …
Read More »NJAC: Budget shows Dr Rowley has abdicated responsibility for citizens to ‘rich elites’
“[…] Lacking in creative ideas or solutions, the government has decided to accelerate the process of privatisation and free itself of responsibility for the people’s welfare, wherever it can. “In NJAC’s estimation, what needs to be understood is that with privatisation, there are certain core concepts such as trimming the …
Read More »Noble: Understanding the now; facing the future—T&T needs data to advance
What do Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley’s rebuke of the civil servants and the closure of Chaguanas’ MovieTowne have in common? Are these connected to the car tax exemptions furore? Why is there chatter about the foreign exchange rate and fear of liquidity and solvency for businesses and our government …
Read More »Dear Editor: Dr Rowley must not put Fifa above our laws—even if it is foreign, white, powerful and rich
“[…] I note that in response to Mr [William] Wallace’s indication that Parliament can change our law if it wants, the prime minister responded by saying that he is willing to help wherever he can. “I trust that that help will not include an official, parliamentary setting aside of our …
Read More »Rowley ready to help! Wallace meets PM and sets EGM date, as TTFA targets Fifa deadline
Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) president William Wallace will convene an extraordinary general meeting on Sunday 25 October with member delegates of the local football body. And the agenda will deal specifically with ‘the way forward’ for the TTFA and the current Fifa suspension. Wallace confirmed the date and …
Read More »What Wallace won—why the prime minister is shortsighted on TTFA-Fifa tussle
The correlation between intelligence and education is a fascinating subject, although one I don’t feel well positioned to explore at present. Perhaps Earl Best, a lifelong educator and highly competent editor, would accept that challenge. However, I do believe I am on strong ground when I say that being able …
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