ROWLEY RUNS FROM KAMLA

AFTER seventeen hours of non-stop debate over three successive days of Parliament sittings, when the time came for Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar to reply to the allegations made against her by Opposition Leader Dr Keith Rowley, Rowley and PNM MPs walked out on their own no-confidence motion, leaving Persad-Bissessar to brand him “a great de(...)

OPPOSITION Leader Dr Keith Rowley yesterday led his MPs in a walkout of the House of Representatives to protest Prime Minister (PM) Kamla Persad-Bissessar having the last word in Rowley’s no-confidence motion against the Government. As Rowley ended his wind-up speech, Speaker Wade Mark said the House rules or standing orders allow a Minister to joi(...)

SPEAKER Wade Mark last night ruled a case had been made out against Opposition and PNM Leader Dr Keith Rowley in relation to complaints that Rowley this week abused Parliament’s privileges by presenting documents purporting to be emails and implicating several MPs.

A WOMAN said to be a regular UNC supporter who was sitting in Parliament’s public gallery yesterday suffered what was described as a “cardiac episode” during Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar’s response to a no-confidence motion.

A TEAM of six police officers have been appointed to investigate purported emails, the contents of which, were read out in Parliament on Monday by Opposition Leader Dr Keith Rowley during his no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar and her Government.

Workers of the Port-of-Spain City Corporation and other Government organisations will have to wait longer for their backpay because wage settlement allocations will have to go before Parliament to be approved.

The Beetham Landfill is almost at maximum capacity and should be closed, Environmental Management Authority (EMA) Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Dr Joth Singh said yesterday.

Workers employed on the San Fernando to Point Fortin highway are expected to report for duties today, as a sign of good faith at the start of negotiations with the company for improved wages.

EIGHT hundred tickets have been distributed to citizens interested in attending the re-enactment of Indian Arrival on Nelson Island this coming weekend. For more than two weeks, the Ministry of National Diversity and Social Integration placed advertisements in the newspapers indicating where persons can get tickets.

THIRTY-TWO street dwellers were removed from the streets of Port-of-Spain between Tuesday night and yesterday.