PNM in Gov't (2020-2025)

[Rovin]

ah thought only uncs does air dey dutty laundry.

https://newsday.co.tt/2023/08/10/ex-finance-minister-karen-nunez-tesheira-resigns-from-pnm/

She said the PNM, under Rowley, should not get another term in government.

“I resigned because if they are being so brazen and emboldened to treat the citizenry in the manner in which they are treating them in the last few years, if they get another term, we will have ourselves to blame.” ...

Nunez-Tesheira, who made it clear she was “not supporting any other party in particular,” said, “What I am supporting is my country and I know that if this country does not get a chance to regroup, we are lost because all the signs are there.

“A woman who is battered and knows that she is being battered feels hopeless, helpless and after a while starts blaming herself and that is what has happened to TT under this current government. And it cannot continue.”

well ignoring all d other stuff wid she is what was posted in d article i was talking about, but yea she eh no saint ...

[paid_influencer]

she was a better minister of finance than the one present

u think colm could handle a clico. u really think he could

trinidad was a real paradise then compared to now

[sMASH]

she was a better minister of finance than the one present

u think colm could handle a clico. u really think he could

trinidad was a real paradise then compared to now

Sad, but tru... The corrupt one was better than the inept one

[sMASH]

Who exactly is Ravi Balgobin Maharaj? How is he able to afford Anand with all these cases? Does Anand do it pro Bono? Google search says he's a political analyst, I never knew that field was so lucrative.

Someone who understands the law more than all pnm barristers combined, apparently

Most if not all of them are cut from the same cloth. Rotten and interested only in the money and power.

Well, these cloth wiping the asses of this pnm iteration.

Corrupt or not, they making sure the law is upheld

[bluefete]

So I found this document on PNM corruption in the old days - written by one of their own.

I wonder if this is why he was murdered or did it have to do with cocaine in the airport?

Somebody tag Rhoda nah.

Selwyn call real names and numbers.

https://www.lindquistforensics.com/wp-c ... ardson.pdf

[Dizzy28]

Bu bu but the airport!!

So I found this document on PNM corruption in the old days - written by one of their own.

I wonder if this is why he was murdered or did it have to do with cocaine in the airport?

Somebody tag Rhoda nah.

Selwyn call real names and numbers.

https://www.lindquistforensics.com/wp-c ... ardson.pdf

[bluefete]

You have to be old like Zoom if you know about this! LOL.

Bu bu but the airport!!

So I found this document on PNM corruption in the old days - written by one of their own.

I wonder if this is why he was murdered or did it have to do with cocaine in the airport?

Somebody tag Rhoda nah.

Selwyn call real names and numbers.

https://www.lindquistforensics.com/wp-c ... ardson.pdf

[bluefete]

Guardian article from 13 years ago.

PNM and UNC Corruption like rain.

O'Halloran's ghost haunts PNM
by

20100313
Anika Gumbs-Sandiford

?The ghost of former People's National Movement (PNM) Industry Minister John "cockfighting" "Johnny" O'Halloran has come back to haunt the party almost 25 years after he has died. Just when the population thought the PNM got their house in order after what could be described as one of the biggest "money" scandals in the 70s to rock the party under Dr Eric Williams–financial impropriety involving O'Halloran, now deceased–the party has found itself in the centre of controversy surrounding another "John," this time John Calder Hart. Though not carrying a ministerial portfolio, the former executive chairman of the Urban Development Company of Trinidad and Tobago (Udecott), Hart was said to be wielding more power than a Cabinet minister in the Patrick Manning-led government. Ironically, both men shared the same first name and were both closely affiliated with the PNM administration before grabbing the attention of the public and all media headlines following allegations of corruption. Additionally, both men were also immortalised in song by two calypsonians.

In his popular Panama rendition, David Rudder sang O'Halloran's tune:

"I, I, I, I going to Panama. I got to go Panama mama. What it is they got over there making Trinis just don't care. Some say that gone with a thousand, some say that it's tens of thousands, I hear they mention one million, I hear they mention one billion." The popular Dr Hollis "Chalkdust" Liverpool won his eighth Calypso Monarch title with his My Hart And I, as he wade into Hart's indiscretions and the authorities staunch support for him.

"Don't touch my heart baby, Don't touch my heart." However, separating them is the bribery charges that was levelled against O'Halloran in 1983, a mere two years before he fled to Canada and died. High priest of bobol

O'Halloran was the owner of extensive citrus estates and manager of the Trinidad Lime Factory. It was under the National Alliance for Reconstruction that a quantity of money was recovered and a large building was seized in Canada following his death.

Hart, to date, has had no criminal charges brought against him, but has appeared before a Commission of Enquiry set up to investigate the operations into Udecott and the construction sector. Director of Public Prosecutions Roger Gaspard has since instructed Acting Commissioner of Police James Philbert to start investigations into allegations against Hart. Contrary to Hart's testimony under oath, documents obtained by the Congress of the People alleged he had family links to Sunway Construction, which was hired to construct the Ministry of Legal Affairs Tower in Port-of-Spain. Even politicians referring to Udecott cannot seem to utter their contributions without mentioning O'Halloran's name. It was during the debate on the Validation and Immunity from Proceedings Bill 2009, St Augustine MP Vasant Baharath referred to O'Halloran as the "the high priest of bobol in the PNM." O'Halloran's ghost seems to be stalking the land with the recent allegations of corruption surrounding Udecott and Hart.

'He never hesitated to help anybody'

Sunday Guardian visited the home town of O'Halloran on Flamboyant Avenue West, Diego Martin last week and spoke to some of his close friends. While many smiled when his name was mentioned and requested anonymity, others spoke of man who was open handed with money. The house he used to live in is now renovated and owned by retired nurse, Bernadette Horne. Referring to O'Halloran as "a good chap," Elder Francis Gonzales said, "Despite of everything that was said about him he was a good man. He loved his cockfighting and never hesitate to help anybody. Why he went Canada and built buildings similar to One Woodbrook Place, I do not know. Why he got caught up, I really cannot say..." Another resident, who requested anonymity,? said, "All I know he went Panama with our money; I do not know the amount, but he went Panama."

Another neighbour, who also requested his name not be used, said O'Halloran always assisted people. "I do not know much of his secret life. All I know, before noon every day people used to line up at the front of his house looking for help from Johnny and he never use to turn away anyone. "Johnny was a nice man and he use to help everybody who was deserving of help," the neigbour added. Residents in the Heights of Aripo, where O'Halloran owned his farm, also echoed similar sentiments. His longtime cockfighting friend, Sebastien Thompson said he was not surprised by the similarity between both men. "Trinidad is a stockpile for bobol. Johnny was a good man but he had a second life I did not know about. To me, he was a very good chap. Loved cockfighting and loved to hunt. "If I was to compare him to the present situation, what he fled with was a drop in the ice bucket. He dead and gone but this type of corruption has to stop. Government coming and government going and nobody doing anything to stop the corruption."

Gas station racket

Another major corruption scandal under the PNM was the infamous "Gas Station racket," which involved civil servant Jean Miles. Miles, who worked in the civil servant in the 1960s, implicated the Ministry of Petroleum, Mines, Industry and Commerce in wrongdoing in regard to the allocation of gasoline stations to businessmen who were leasing them from the Government. She caused a sensation by alleging corrupt practices by several high-ranking figures. And then another shake up for the PNM came when former PNM party chairman and Finance Minister Francis Prevatt was named as the person who directed Robert Baird, the MC Donnell-Douglas Corporation Official responsible for the sale of three DC-9 aircraft to now defunct British West Indies International Airways, to meet with O'Halloran who later requested 'a commission' of US$250,000 from an aircraft company. Several years later, PNM councillor Dhansam Dhansook raised allegations of bribery allegations against former Works and Transport Minister Franklin Khan who is before the court charged with six counts of corruption. Energy Minister Eric Williams, who was also charged with bribery, was later freed.

Piarco scandal under UNC

The United National Congress also saw themselves being voted out of office by the population with the Piarco Airport scandal, involving millions, hanging over their heads. This scandal saw former Prime minister Basdeo Panday, his wife Oma, ministers and businessmen being charged with alleged corruption. They are all still before the court.

Corruption charges

?Brian Kuei Tung

1. Former Government Minister Brian Kuei Tung is before the Port-of-Spain Magistrates' Court charged with 16 counts of corruption totalling to $1.6 billion.

2. The charged allegedly stemmed from the second phase of police investigations into the Piarco Airport development project.

3. He is jointly charged with his girlfriend and businesswoman Renee Pierre, former Airports Authority chairmen Tyrone Gopee and Ameer Edoo and former Nipdec chairman Edward Bayley.

Ishwar Galbaransingh

1. Fraudulently received US$318,000.

2. Fraudulently received US$2.1 million.

3. Galbaransingh is also jointly charged with businessmen Steve Ferguson and Amrith Maharaj for the alleged receipt of US$2.1 million by fraudulent means and conspiracy to obtain contracts valued $1.6 b

Carlos John

1. Dismisses allegations of a $52million bank account.

2. John is defeated by Tunapuna MP Eddie Hart in the October 2002 general elections.

Basdeo Panday

Panday and his wife Oma are charged with corruptly receiving 25,000 pounds Sterling. Galbaransingh and John were charged with corruptly giving the money to the Panday's as an inducement or reward.

https://www.guardian.co.tt/article-6.2. ... 421ed3ad94

[Dizzy28]

I have actually met Bob Lindquist my man

You have to be old like Zoom if you know about this! LOL.

Bu bu but the airport!!

So I found this document on PNM corruption in the old days - written by one of their own.

I wonder if this is why he was murdered or did it have to do with cocaine in the airport?

Somebody tag Rhoda nah.

Selwyn call real names and numbers.

https://www.lindquistforensics.com/wp-c ... ardson.pdf

[pugboy]

allyuh jump from ohalloran to ish
but like allyuh skip out the whole project pride which was the genesis of piarco

[zoom rader]

allyuh jump from ohalloran to ish
but like allyuh skip out the whole project pride which was the genesis of piarco

No answers were ever given for project Pride.

Some $ 450milion spent on an airport that was never built.

This was one of the largest con jobs in Trinidad history by the red government. Some universities do corruption studies on this.

Image Habit7 and Redman defended this as being an old case from the 1990s. Its like they accepted this but blasted Panday as Crook on building Piarco.

That 450million was shared up to red government consultants that never even provided a truck load of sand.

What hurt the red government was that Piarco was built on time and to this is the best airport in the region.

[Dizzy28]

Bruh..... there's a thread on Reddit where a man argues airport scandal was blatant thievery but Udecott billions misspent was merely manufactured outrage. All this for him to claim Manning was the most effective and progressive PM we ever had.

allyuh jump from ohalloran to ish
but like allyuh skip out the whole project pride which was the genesis of piarco

No answers were ever given for project Pride.

Some $ 450milion spent on an airport that was never built.

This was one of the largest con jobs in Trinidad history by the red government. Some universities do corruption studies on this.

Image Habit7 and Redman defended this as being an old case from the 1990s. Its like they accepted this but blasted Panday as Crook on building Piarco.

That 450million was shared up to red government consultants that never even provided a truck load of sand.

What hurt the red government was that Piarco was built on time and to this is the best airport in the region.

[Mmoney607]

Bruh..... there's a thread on Reddit where a man argues airport scandal was blatant thievery but Udecott billions misspent was merely manufactured outrage. All this for him to claim Manning was the most effective and progressive PM we ever had.

allyuh jump from ohalloran to ish
but like allyuh skip out the whole project pride which was the genesis of piarco

No answers were ever given for project Pride.

Some $ 450milion spent on an airport that was never built.

This was one of the largest con jobs in Trinidad history by the red government. Some universities do corruption studies on this.

Image Habit7 and Redman defended this as being an old case from the 1990s. Its like they accepted this but blasted Panday as Crook on building Piarco.

That 450million was shared up to red government consultants that never even provided a truck load of sand.

What hurt the red government was that Piarco was built on time and to this is the best airport in the region.

*manufactured by Rowley

[adnj]

allyuh jump from ohalloran to ish
but like allyuh skip out the whole project pride which was the genesis of piarco

No answers were ever given for project Pride.

Some $ 450milion spent on an airport that was never built.

This was one of the largest con jobs in Trinidad history by the red government. Some universities do corruption studies on this.

Image Habit7 and Redman defended this as being an old case from the 1990s. Its like they accepted this but blasted Panday as Crook on building Piarco.

That 450million was shared up to red government consultants that never even provided a truck load of sand.

What hurt the red government was that Piarco was built on time and to this is the best airport in the region.

Skytrax airport ratings don't have a great deal to do with the original construction of the terminal. They rely almost exclusively on how the airport is operated today.

Ratings are based on the front-line customer experience on the end-to-end journey through an airport. Final ratings are applied either when an Airport Audit is completed, or our audit team have gathered enough data to undertake a full airport rating.

Product ratings include the airport website, wayfinding, terminal design / décor, maintenance and cleanliness, passenger flows and efficiencies, and features such as seating, washrooms, family facilities, accessible travel, leisure and entertainment, WiFi, shopping and dining.

For assessment of front-line service standards, all airports are subject to the same quality expectations for staff attitude and courtesy, efficiency and service assistance, but within the evaluation, the measures are adapted per role (eg. immigration and customs staff are not required to deliver the same type of customer service as the information assistance counters).

Service ratings at an airport includes airport operated options (eg: help counters, service ambassadors), staff working in shops, restaurants, and cafes, and official staff such as immigration, police, security and customs. The service assessment looks at standards of efficiency, consistency of service, staff attitudes, hospitality / friendliness, and language skills.

[zoom rader]

Bruh..... there's a thread on Reddit where a man argues airport scandal was blatant thievery but Udecott billions misspent was merely manufactured outrage. All this for him to claim Manning was the most effective and progressive PM we ever had.

allyuh jump from ohalloran to ish
but like allyuh skip out the whole project pride which was the genesis of piarco

No answers were ever given for project Pride.

Some $ 450milion spent on an airport that was never built.

This was one of the largest con jobs in Trinidad history by the red government. Some universities do corruption studies on this.

Image Habit7 and Redman defended this as being an old case from the 1990s. Its like they accepted this but blasted Panday as Crook on building Piarco.

That 450million was shared up to red government consultants that never even provided a truck load of sand.

What hurt the red government was that Piarco was built on time and to this is the best airport in the region.

Reddit does not change the mind of the misinformed red government voter.

Project pride was hidden away and to this day not much people know where that 450million went.

[zoom rader]

allyuh jump from ohalloran to ish
but like allyuh skip out the whole project pride which was the genesis of piarco

No answers were ever given for project Pride.

Some $ 450milion spent on an airport that was never built.

This was one of the largest con jobs in Trinidad history by the red government. Some universities do corruption studies on this.

Image Habit7 and Redman defended this as being an old case from the 1990s. Its like they accepted this but blasted Panday as Crook on building Piarco.

That 450million was shared up to red government consultants that never even provided a truck load of sand.

What hurt the red government was that Piarco was built on time and to this is the best airport in the region.

Skytrax airport ratings don't have a great deal to do with the original construction of the terminal. They rely almost exclusively on how the airport is operated today.

Ratings are based on the front-line customer experience on the end-to-end journey through an airport. Final ratings are applied either when an Airport Audit is completed, or our audit team have gathered enough data to undertake a full airport rating.

Product ratings include the airport website, wayfinding, terminal design / décor, maintenance and cleanliness, passenger flows and efficiencies, and features such as seating, washrooms, family facilities, accessible travel, leisure and entertainment, WiFi, shopping and dining.

For assessment of front-line service standards, all airports are subject to the same quality expectations for staff attitude and courtesy, efficiency and service assistance, but within the evaluation, the measures are adapted per role (eg. immigration and customs staff are not required to deliver the same type of customer service as the information assistance counters).

Service ratings at an airport includes airport operated options (eg: help counters, service ambassadors), staff working in shops, restaurants, and cafes, and official staff such as immigration, police, security and customs. The service assessment looks at standards of efficiency, consistency of service, staff attitudes, hospitality / friendliness, and language skills.

Nice at least you don't have the old cow shed airport and the missing 450million airport that was never built by the red government.

[adnj]

Nice at least you don't have the old cow shed airport and the missing 450million airport that was never built by the red government.

It's rated 4/10 -- it's not nice at all.

It seems as if cow sheds and squatter's shacks is all ignorant Trinis know. Anything better is an excuse to beat the few chest hairs that they have and pretend to be Number One.

[zoom rader]

Nice at least you don't have the old cow shed airport and the missing 450million airport that was never built by the red government.

It's rated 4/10 -- it's not nice at all.

It seems as if cow sheds and squatter's shacks is all ignorant Trinis know. Anything better is an excuse to beat the few chest hairs that they have and pretend to be Number One.

It's a red government run airport so customer service represents the government behavior

[adnj]

Nice at least you don't have the old cow shed airport and the missing 450million airport that was never built by the red government.

It's rated 4/10 -- it's not nice at all.

It seems as if cow sheds and squatter's shacks is all ignorant Trinis know. Anything better is an excuse to beat the few chest hairs that they have and pretend to be Number One.

It's a red government run airport so customer service represents the government behavior

Exactly. And yet, you are giving it praise. *smh

[shake d livin wake d dead]

That cabinet reshuffle is rumor or truth? Seeing younglee gone back as nat sec minister

[pugboy]

uncut say is fake

[aaron17]

Not setting my hopes high for that

[Mmoney607]

I hear it's major dissatisfaction with Dr Rowley's leadership within the cabinet. Some ministers looking for support to stage a takeover

[rollingstock]

Fake.

[shake d livin wake d dead]

Is how marayam gets eeeeen....everything left to be seen

[pugboy]

they already put she on angostura board
so she big in d dance

[Dizzy28]

Nipdec and erha was well. 5 series don't pay for themselves !!

they already put she on angostura board
so she big in d dance

[Mmoney607]

Penelope Beckles needs to be leader in order for pnm to have a chance in 2025

[DMan7]

PNM literally has to do nothing and they will win in 2025. That's the advantage of having a really poor opposition who will always sabotage their own chances of being successful.

[Rovin]

rowdy will retire in 2025 & they will put penny as d new leader ...