Tag Archives: People’s Partnership

Few would be stunned by news that COP politician Anil Roberts has been privately nurturing a green thumb. The part-time swim coach and full-time court jester treats political parties as flings and not lifetime partners; although Mr Live Wire cannot vouch that he knows the difference between the two types …

Sixty-nine percent of Chaguanas West yesterday decided that disgraced football administrator, foremost anti-transparency advocate and truth-challenged politician Jack Warner was more trustworthy than Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar and her cardboard cut-out candidate Khadijah Ameen. The Chaguanas West by-election ended a surreal three month period for the constituency …

Housing Minister Dr Roodal Moonilal demonstrated his earthiness and grasp of the issues relevant to Chaguanas West voters yesterday by suggesting that former MP Jack Warner wants constituents to give up their Range Rovers and return to “bull-carts.” “I driving the same vehicle for two years, a Rover SUV and …

Disgraced FIFA vice-president and former United National Congress (UNC) chairman Jack Warner is desperate win a seat in the Trinidad and Tobago parliament, hoping it will give him immunity from extradition to the USA to stand trial for fraud, money laundering and tax evasion. On March 27, the Reuters news …

Chaguanas West candidate Jack Warner has criticised the Government for its alleged interference into the editorial policy at the Trinidad Guardian newspaper in the wake of a walkout from editor-in-chief Judy Raymond, public affairs editor Dr Sheila Rampersad and investigative reporters Denyse Renne and Anika Gumbs-Sandiford. Warner is no stranger …

It turns out that the sacking of Manohar Ramsaran, who got his marching orders for  jumping up in the wrong band during the UNC’s Chaguanas West screenings, will not go down as the most bizarre political expulsion for 2013. Trinidad Guardian editor-in-chief Judy Raymond did not even realise she was …

Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar assured citizens on Monday night that she remains “committed to cooperating with the Police” in its investigation of alleged emails that suggest misbehaviour in office, at best, by herself and several senior Government ministers. She also suggested that the Police was susceptible to …

The PNM has put its colt in the Chaguanas West by-election race in the form of 24-year-old farmer Avanish Singh. Former MP Jack Warner was kind enough to write Singh’s campaign slogan for him. In response to the furore about spending $6.5 million in taxpayers’ money to tow a firetruck, …

Scene: International Rescue Committee headquarters in New York. Phone rings. IRC Chairman George Rupp answers George Rupp: “Hello. George Rupp speaking…” Ex-Minister of National Security, ex-Minister of Work and Infrastructure, ex-UNC Chairman, ex-Chaguanas West MP, ex-FIFA Vice-President, ex-CONCACAF President, ex-Caribbean Football Union President, ex-Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation Special Advisor, …

The Tobago Organisation of the People’s (TOP) fourth annual conference ended in chaos yesterday as heated exchanges and the threat of legal action over the party’s voting process prematurely aborted the exercise without a single vote being cast. But TOP leader and Tobago’s most famous pumpkin and cucumber farmer, Ashworth …

Health Minister Dr Fuad Khan slammed gullible citizens for putting their faith in a bunch of quacks who, through false advertising, promise to fix all wrongs without offering a shred of proof to support their claims. But enough about the electorate’s political naivety; Khan is pretty mad at herbalists too. …

The People’s Partnership’s gift list to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) according to today’s Trinidad Express: Court room and office space: $7.7 million. Information and Communications Technology: $3.97 million. Court transcriptionsists: $700,000. Secure courier service: $1.8 million. Sophisticated laser spying device in the conference room: Unspecified costs Budget for …