There was a $700 million loss in the settlement of the Offshore Patrol Vessels (OPVs) negotiations between Government and British Aerospace Engineering (BAE), according to Opposition MP Colm Imbert’s calculations. Imbert together with Opposition Leader Dr Keith Rowley held a news conference at the Opposition’s Port of Spain office yesterday to question what victory was [...]
Former national security minister Brigadier John Sandy brought a note to Cabinet recommending that the Offshore Patrol Vessels (OPVs) be accepted. This claim was made yesterday by Opposition Leader Dr Keith Rowley, who questioned who then overrode Sandy’s recommendation and moved instead to cancel the billion-dollar contract with British Aerospace Engineering (BAE) Systems. At a [...]
The Express yesterday examined the cost of cancellation of a £155 million contract between the Trinidad and Tobago Government and the United Kingdom firm British Aerospace Engineering (BAE) Systems for three offshore patrol vessels (OPVs). The sum lost is over $1 billion. The People’s Partnership’s decision to cancel the vessels was based on BAE’s failure [...]
A silent protest outside the Prime Minister’s office turned ugly yesterday when leader of the Highway Re-Route Movement, Dr Wayne Kublalsingh, hurled obscenities at Health Minister Dr Fuad Khan. Khan, the only Government official to meet with the group since Kublalsingh began his hunger strike six days ago, was told to “get to f— out [...]
Although Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar is concerned about the health of environmentalist Dr Wayne Kublalsingh she will be setting a dangerous precedent if she were to accede to his demands. This is according to senior Government ministers in response to questions from the Express on Kublalsingh’s hunger strike. Sources told the Express there was a [...]
Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar did not meet with Dr Wayne Kublalsingh yesterday but she issued a statement saying she shared a deep concern for his health and welfare. The statement read: “I share a deep concern for the health and welfare of Dr Kublalsingh. It is most unfortunate that he has chosen to pursue such [...]
Former consultant and director of Colonial Life Insurance Ltd (CLICO) Gene Dziadyk should be allowed to give evidence before the Commission of Enquiry into the collapse of CL Financial, according to the Clico Policyholders Group (CPG). Last week the Express exclusively reported that Dziadyk (pronounced zadic) was facing eviction from his home in Mississauga, Ontario, [...]
The brother of deceased People’s National Movement (PNM), Diego Martin Central MP Ken Valley has called on Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar to remember her promise to honour him. Speaking at the launch of the KCV (Kenneth Cyril Valley) Foundation at the Hilton Trinidad, St Ann’s yesterday, Dr Clinton Valley, president of the University of the [...]
THE Movement for Social Justice (MSJ) will be taking part in next year’s local government elections. The announcement was made by MSJ’s leader David Abdulah. Yesterday the party that was formed just over two years ago hosted its first annual party congress at the Oilfields Workers’ Trade Union (OWTU), Palms Club in San Fernando. In his [...]
THE Tobago House of Assembly (THA) election has implications not just for the THA and Tobago, but for Trinidad and Tobago and for the future of the People’s National Movement. So said THA Chief Secretary and PNM Deputy Political Leader Orville London as he addressed supporters in the courtyard of Balisier House, in Port of Spain, at the [...]
