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j.o.e wrote:Again..I really do not wish to derail thread. And the Jack Warner issue has been aired several times over and you yourself has said that JW has not allowed financial documents concerning the income from the 2006 WC to be publicized...but let's start here
http://www.transparencyinsport.org/Jack ... rner(page1).html
http://www.socawarriors.net/mens-senior ... -team.html
j.o.e wrote:^^^ Yall can't read a play at all...who really owed the Warriors the money and where did it go? ...I don't want to derail the thread but you asked for an answer. The Courts have already stated that Jack Warner stole the money....so the Gov't repaying the debt simply means now that JW stole OUR money!! Congrats!
desifemlove wrote:j.o.e wrote:^^^ Yall can't read a play at all...who really owed the Warriors the money and where did it go? ...I don't want to derail the thread but you asked for an answer. The Courts have already stated that Jack Warner stole the money....so the Gov't repaying the debt simply means now that JW stole OUR money!! Congrats!
So how come PNM did nutten? it's the national team...Manning in his "holiness" lol.. should ah done a ting..
UNC ent no better than PNM/Manning, but then this is one scoring point..
eliteauto wrote:desifemlove wrote:j.o.e wrote:^^^ Yall can't read a play at all...who really owed the Warriors the money and where did it go? ...I don't want to derail the thread but you asked for an answer. The Courts have already stated that Jack Warner stole the money....so the Gov't repaying the debt simply means now that JW stole OUR money!! Congrats!
So how come PNM did nutten? it's the national team...Manning in his "holiness" lol.. should ah done a ting..
UNC ent no better than PNM/Manning, but then this is one scoring point..
what you wanted the PNM to do regarding a private court matter?
eliteauto wrote:never happen, the same ones heaping praise now would have want to burn him for misuse of State funds
$187m in backpay for THA workers
Story Created: Jul 21, 2014 at 9:19 PM ECT
Story Updated: Jul 21, 2014 at 9:19 PM ECT
The Tobago House of Assembly (THA) will pay out $187 million in arrears of wages to some 9,000 daily-paid employees.
Parliament has approved the $187 million to pay the workers their arrears in wages and cost of living allowances for the period 2011 to 2013.
However, the Ministry of Finance and the Economy has not yet released the money for the payment to be made to the workers.
THA Chief Secretary Orville London said the Chief Administrator Raye Sandy has already issued instructions for the preparations of the necessary paperwork by accounting and auditing staff of each of the divisions of the Assembly.
The Chief Secretary also made it clear that all arrears must be audited and will take some time.
In a related matter, Secretary of Finance and Enterprise Development Joel Jack told Wednesday’s post-Executive Council media briefing that the Assembly has been receiving its parliamentary allocations late since 2010 and this was in breach of the Act.
However, the allocation was received from the Ministry of Tobago Development on Wednesday, although the THA Act states quite clearly that the money appropriated by Parliament must be paid en bloc and in advance at the beginning of each quarter.
“This is not just an inconvenience but results in the loss of interest income and at times has even led to increased cost as a result of overdraft expenses,” Jack said.
http://www.trinidadexpress.com/news/187 ... 31561.html
e-TecK chairman: Tobago’s Magdalena Grand increases revenue by 52%
Published:
Thursday, July 17, 2014
Nadaleen Singh
An increase in revenue by 52 per cent for the Tobago-based Magdalena Grand Beach and Golf Resort is the achievement which Anand Ragbir, chairman, Evolving Tecknologies and Enterprise Development Company Ltd (e-TecK), is reporting after more than a year as chairman.
On August 1, 2011, Efm Hospitality became the official operator for then Vanguard Hotel Ltd, which was formerly Hilton Tobago and now called Magdalena Grand Beach and Golf Resort. Then Trade and Industry Minister Stephen Cadiz had said the hotel was important to Tobago’s tourism sector. Cadiz had said the Government was fully committed to the tourism industry and had secured funding approval US$25 million for the hotel’s upgrade.
On April 1, 2013, Ragbir received his instrument of appointment. He was appointed through a Cabinet committee overseeing State board appointments. Ragbir spoke to the Business Guardian about his accomplishments on July 2 at Hilton Trinidad and Conference Centre, St Ann’s.
http://www.guardian.co.tt/business-guar ... revenue-52
PM Kamla Persad-Bissessar has advised that from Saturday July 26th to Friday 1st August there will be a 20% discount on Ibis All Purpose Flour, Hibiscus All Purpose Flour, Lotus All Purpose Flour, Whole Wheat, Bakers and Cake Flour (2 kgs and 10 kgs), Good and Natural whole wheat flour, Lotus soya bean oil (all sizes), Lotus rice (all sizes), Cuisine All Purpose Flour (2kg), Club Select Flour (10 kgs). NFM to facilitate initiative on behalf of Govt.
HRM Highway appeal dismissed
By JADA LOUTOO Saturday, August 9 2014
ENVIRONMENT lobbyist, Dr Wayne Kublalsingh, and the Highway Reroute Movement (HRM) have suffered yet another defeat in their challenge of the Debe to Mon Desir segment of the Point Fortin highway, as two appellate judges have ruled that a High Court judge was correct, when he refused to grant a conservatory order to stop works at the contentious site.
Kublalsingh and the HRM may now take their fight to the Privy Council in London. The group is expected to meet with their lawyers on the weekend, before deciding on whether to challenge the appeal court’s dismissal of their appeal of Justice James Aboud’s ruling in May.
Justices of Appeal Rajendra Narine and Prakash Moosai ruled against Kublalsingh and the HRM in a majority ruling, while Gregory Smith dissented.
In the majority ruling, Justice of Appeal Narine, who wrote the judgment, held that the trial judge could not be faulted in deciding not to grant the conservatory order.
“By its very nature, the grant of a conservatory order involves the exercise of a judicial discretion. The exercise of the court’s discretion in matters of this kind cannot be arbitrary or capricious,” Narine said, as he added that Aboud correctly applied principles laid down by the UK’s House of Lords, for the grant of interlocutory injunctions.
“He took into account the scale of the financial loss to the State, the tremendous burden to the taxpayers, the burden of offensive traffic faced by thousands of motorists, the rights of third party contractors and the absence of an undertaking in damages,” Narine said.
Noting that the appellants viewed damages as not an adequate remedy for the loss of a home and interference of family and private life, Narine said this was the contrary.
“Of course, damages may adequately compensate a litigant for loss of property rights. In this case, there has been no challenge to the acquisition notices. The inadequacies of damages may be related to interference with family and private life, which does not appear to be one of the stronger aspects of the appellants’ case,” he noted.
Justices of Appeal Narine and Moosai also found that Aboud could not be faulted for finding that there was unreasonable delay by Kublalsingh and the HRM in bringing the application for a conservatory order.
In adjudicating on the cross appeal filed by the State, the two appellate judges held that it was not permissible for Aboud to make, or appear to arrive at final findings of fact or law.
Narine said the court was concerned that some of Aboud’s “apparent final findings” that the representations made by Government and the Prime Minister were sufficient to create a legitimate expectation of a review, and in relation to the independent Dr James Armstrong report a consideration.
“He is required to make a preliminary or provisional assessment of the evidence, and the relevant law and to determine whether there are serious issues to be tried. Not having embarked on a full hearing of the substantive issues in the case, it is quite wrong for a trial judge to make final findings at the interlocutory stage,” Narine said.
Aboud’s findings were set aside and the appeal court judges expressed hope that he would revisit his findings “with an open mind at the hearing of the substantive issue.”
Narine and Moosai also held that Aboud was entitled to take into account the conduct of Kublalsingh and the HRM in deciding whether to grant the conservatory order.
The alleged unlawful acts complained about by the State, included damage to equipment, threats to employees of the contractor, blocking access to work sites, and physically preventing tractors from operating.
“While we expressly make no finding of criminal culpability on the part of the appellants, we are of the view that the judge was entitled to take into account the conduct of the appellants in deciding whether to grant discretionary relief. The courts must always be vigilant in its protection of the rule of law, and must be uncompromising in its insistence that the rule of law must be observed,” Narine said.
“While the courts will always protect the citizen’s right to engage in lawful protest in defence of his constitutional or private rights, where the protest crosses the line into unlawful activity, the court must be careful not to condone such conduct. This is particularly important in the prevailing social climate where there has been a noticeable erosion of respect for and observance of the rule of law,” he added.
“What troubles the court even more, is the fact that the unlawful acts outlined took place after the constitutional motion had been filed and the matter was placed before the court,” Narine said.
In his dissenting judgment, Justice of Appeal Smith held that the trial judge appeared not to have factored in adequately, or at all, a proper consideration of the need to preserve the status quo.
“In the result the exercise of his discretion was in my view, plainly wrong. Having considered the preservation of the status quo, I am of the view that an interim conservatory order should have been granted in this case.”
Having lost its appeal, Kublalsingh and the HRM were ordered to pay the State’s costs of defending the appeal for two senior counsel and one junior counsel.
Senior Counsel Russell Martineau and Deborah Peake led Kelvin Ramkissoon, Gerald Ramdeen, Shastri Roberts for the Attorney General while Senior Counsel Fyard Hosein and Ramesh Lawrence Maharaj led Rishi Dass and Anil Maraj for Kublalsingh and the HRM.
http://www.newsday.co.tt/news/0,198825.html
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Diego Highway expansion done
Published:
Wednesday, August 13, 2014
Anna-Lisa Paul
Two months after the loop behind Acton Court in Diego Martin was temporarily closed to facilitate the highway expansion project, officials of the Ministry of Works and Infrastructure say they are now ready for the commissioning ceremony. In a telephone interview on Monday, director of the Highways Division Roger Ganesh confirmed the completion of road works in the area and said they were now awaiting the ministry’s decision on when the road would be reopened.
The next phase of the expansion project, to construct a flyover from Powder Magazine to Columbus Circle in Westmoorings, is set to start shortly, Ganesh said, adding a design consultant was expected to be selected by the end of this month. Anticipating that it will take approximately three months to complete the design and a further three months to complete the tendering process, Ganesh said he was hopeful that construction on this phase will begin by January.
Asked about the budget for this phase of the project, Ganesh said while the final figure would be affected by the design, the estimated cost is $100 million. Ganesh expects the flyover will be a quicker commute for drivers going to and from the western peninsula and become a crucial link for people in Diego Martin, Petit Valley, Powder Magazine, Carenage, Westmoorings and Chaguaramas.
Claiming the temporary changes to the traffic routes in Diego Martin had been working “great and things were going good,” Ganesh said he was concerned about drivers exceeding the speed limit and the reckless driving that had been witnessed since the expansion project was completed. “Apart from those two things, we have had a great response from everyone,” he said.
Also on the ministry’s agenda is a plan to bring a consultant on board in December to begin work on extending the Diego Martin Highway from Diamond Vale to Bagatelle. This has already received Cabinet approval, Ganesh said. He admitted, however, that this phase would require more time, as a feasibility study needed to be carried out and property acquisition talks held with those affected, including home and business owners.
http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/2014-08- ... nsion-done
pugboy wrote:New walkover by nagar look like was wrong design,lol
Arched bridge not designed for handrails to prevent suicide jumpers at end points
pugboy wrote:New walkover by nagar look like was wrong design,lol
Arched bridge not designed for handrails to prevent suicide jumpers at end points
desifemlove wrote:huh? yuh could die from jumping from dat? lol... maybe a broken bone, but die?
eliteauto wrote:^^try it and see
PM at opening of Diego highway: Opposition gaining from State projects
Published:
Thursday, August 14, 2014
Dereck Achong
Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar has dismissed allegations of her Government’s neglect and discrimination towards Opposition constituencies. Persad-Bissessar made the statement at the launch of the $82 million Diego Martin Highway expansion project at playpark, Victoria Gardens, Diego Martin, yesterday.
“I refer to claims by some who say development works only take place in South and Central. I consider statements like those not only untrue but they also have the intention of creating false impressions of discrimination and resource management,” she said. As she sought to prove her claim, Persad-Bissessar itemised several ongoing infrastructural development projects in PNM consistencies along the East/West Corridor, including the Valencia Bypass Road and the widening of the Churchill-Roosevelt Highway, Trincity.
She also noted her government had already commenced major development works in Chaguaramas and had recently signed a contract for a $20 million modern fishing facility in Carenage, the constituency of Opposition Leader Dr Keith Rowley. “So not only we have ensured development programmes are more fairly distributed, which is a big departure, but these programmes are carried out with greater precision, discipline and recognition of the value of your tax dollars.”
She also paid special attention to the project being launched yesterday which she said was completed on time and within budget. The project adds two north-bound lanes to the Diego Martin Highway and allows two-way traffic on the Diego Martin Main Road, between Victoria Gardens and Acton Court. Besides easing gridlock traffic experienced by residents of Diego Martin during peak hours, Persad-Bissessar said the project would also provide relief to businesses, whose operations were also hampered.
Benefits of election law
As she sought to promote controversial Constitutional (Amendment) Bill 2014, which was passed in the Lower House following a marathon sitting of Parliament on Monday, Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar claimed the changes to the electoral process would give citizens the power to decide on major development projects in their communities.
“Through the power that the Constitution now gives you, you can dictate the pace, the level and the quality of development in our own communities. You have the power to demand even more accountability, transparency and open governance,” Persad-Bissessar said.
The Prime Minister again rejected criticism of the much maligned runoff provision in the legislation as she claimed the proposal was misunderstood.
She noted that the further debate of the bill, which would be laid in the Senate next Tuesday, would be delayed to August 26 to allow for additional consultation and analysis. She said the bills were just one aspect of the Government’s plans for constitutional reform, which included the further debate of procurement legislation and the referal of the issue of election campaign financing to a Joint Select Committee of Parliament.
http://www.ttonline.org/2014/08/13/pm-a ... -projects/
desifemlove wrote:Ok....so only roads is good ting UNC done?
can anybody anyting positive bar roads, box drain, road re-surfacing, water pipes, or any other physical infrastructure?
Casper23 wrote:desifemlove wrote:Ok....so only roads is good ting UNC done?
can anybody anyting positive bar roads, box drain, road re-surfacing, water pipes, or any other
It so funny these ppl had power for 5 yrs and why is only now they deciding to give the highway frm arima to POS a well needed face lift......u knw when its election season when things happening and roads paving
Casper23 wrote:desifemlove wrote:Ok....so only roads is good ting UNC done?
can anybody anyting positive bar roads, box drain, road re-surfacing, water pipes, or any other
It so funny these ppl had power for 5 yrs and why is only now they deciding to give the highway frm arima to POS a well needed face lift......u knw when its election season when things happening and roads paving
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