“WHERE $60,000,000 of public funds was misappropriated and the movement of those monies was facilitated even unknowingly by a particular politically connected financial banking institution, there are questions to be publicly raised and satisfactorily answered… “Shockingly but not surprisingly, what is being presented to citizens at this time is an …
Read More »TTTI urges Imbert to obey court order and release CLICO info
The Trinidad and Tobago Transparency Institute (TTTI) is urging Finance Minister Colm Imbert to adapt a different stance to his predecessor, Larry Howai, and immediately release information relating to CL Financial’s financial statements and creditors, as ordered by Justice Ronnie Boodoosingh since 22 July 2015. The Transparency Institute reiterated its …
Read More »The Lone Ranger rides out as PM shuffles her jokers
First, the good news: Kamla Persad-Bissessar has stepped down as Minister of the People—a possible concession that she has no idea what the people of Trinidad and Tobago want anymore. And the bad news? She is still Prime Minister. Something like cricketer Daren Ganga in his latter days when he …
Read More »Riding West: Shooting soca stars, perverse AG and troubled PM
Former Sport Minister Anil Roberts made a surprise return to the public eye today at the memorial service for beloved television host Marcia Henville. No doubt it was not the funeral Roberts had hoped to attend. Roberts was accompanied by his beautiful young wife and, by all accounts, they were …
Read More »Larry Houdini, Machel the false profit and a corporation in retreat
There is no sugar coating this. When your Finance Minister is afraid to answer questions on financial transparency and conflicts of interest from, of all people, Jack Warner, you know that you’re in way too deep. If Larry Howai thinks his reputation—or what remained of it after his $10 million …
Read More »Oh Maicon: Why Howai’s budget gets the red card
On Monday, a controversial, despotic leader of a corrupt, discredited regime went on war footing through the announcement of gifts to a suspicious public. But enough of Sepp Blatter’s intention to remain FIFA president; what about Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar’s election budget as she prepares for her final year in …
Read More »Adolph’s loot: Life Sport beneficiary vows to hold on to $34 million
The Life Sport fete is over. After a series of investigative pieces in the Trinidad Express and an equally damning report from the Central Audit Committee, Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar stopped the music and allowed the frolickers to come blinking into the light and call a taxi. Everyone except Adolphus …
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