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rfari wrote:When Manning was spending they say it over heating the local economy. But when kamala spend double the money, wha happen? Where the money really went? Maybe I missing something. I's not an economist
dougla_boy wrote:why you wanna be asking them kinda hard questions? you dont even know if she had lunch and belch...oh goar
Habit7 wrote:I celebrate the achievement of building a fire station, but don't mamaguy us and come weeks before an election a ribbon cut unfinished buildings. Had the PNM done that with the several buildings UNC left unfinished and unoccupied it would be wrong too.I tired tell you do not trust what you here from a UNC platform. From 2007 to May 2010 alone PNM built 5 police stationsUML wrote:Mudboy wrote:wheys....all them Police Station built in the last 5 years?
I remember hearing at a meeting that the PNM built 2 stations in 15 years or something like that.
national Security: Interestingly, the PNM actually achieved most of its National Security goals. A new training curriculum was introduced in the Police Service as was a merit-based performance-appraisal system. New vehicles were bought and five of the promised 18 new police stations built.
http://www.trinidadexpress.com/20100516 ... o-promises
Instead, most of the PNM's new manifesto is devoted to touting its achievements as the text curiously puts it, "after the historic 18-18 PNM victory in 2001
PNM falls short in 2007 manifesto promises
Published on May 16, 2010, 12:01 am AST
Updated on Jan 29, 2011, 6:05 pm AST
In its 2007 election manifesto, titled "Journey with us to the next level", the People's National Movement (PNM) made about 200 promises. However, in its 2010 manifesto ("Caring about you today and tomorrow"), there are no concrete promises until page 29 of the 35-page document. Instead, most of the PNM's new manifesto is devoted to touting its achievements as the text curiously puts it, "after the historic 18-18 PNM victory in 2001".
But how many of its promises did the PNM actually fulfil since the 2007 General Election? General statements about policy and programmes (sounds so familiar to their general vague 2015 manifesto)were not counted—for example, "building a client-centred environment with a focus on primary health-care" or "continuing public participation in law reform programmes". Instead, only specific measures in the various sectors—education, health, crime, agriculture, etc—were considered. On that basis the Patrick Manning administration has met just 25 per cent of its 2007 promises.
Education: The PNM promised to build [b]600 early childhood centres, expand the number of sixth-form places,[/b] and improve the availability of tertiary education. Only the last promise was met. Sixth-form places have not been increased significantly, and only 50 ECCs have been built. Nonetheless, in its 2010 manifesto, the PNM claims to have catered for 27,500 children, aged three to four years. According to figures from the Central Statistical Office, this is 75 per cent of all children in this age group in Trinidad and Tobago. The 2010 manifesto also lists the construction of 30 new schools and the repair and upgrade of 400 more.
health: The Government fulfilled one out of six specific promises. It did not implement a policy to attract and keep talent in the health sector or construct hospitals at Scarborough, Point Fortin, Chaguanas, and Sangre Grande. In the 2010 manifesto, the PNM boasts that the Chronic Disease Assistance Programme
(CDAP) has benefited 575,000 persons. If this figure is accurate, it would mean the health of Trinbagonians is very poor because that is nearly half the population suffering from the 11 chronic diseases, ranging from diabetes to depression, covered by the programme. The manifesto, also, says 1,000 free cardiac procedures were performed in 2009. That number is 40 per cent of persons who die from heart attacks every year in T&T, which would mean that heart disease would no longer be the country's leading cause of death.
The PNM had also promised to establish a National Health Scheme "for the provision of a range of services for which the citizen will be able to exercise choice-of-provider" (translation: the State will pay your doctor's fees). In the 2010 manifesto, this initiative has been re-named the National Health System, and the PNM is now saying it will "commence implementation within the next five years".
Energy: The 2007 manifesto said there would be new industrial estates at La Brea, a world-class plastics industry, an aluminium industry, and a refinery upgrade at Petrotrin. None has materialised, and Petrotrin's gasoline optimisation programme, now halted, has put it in the red to the tune of $8 billion. In the section titled "Industry and Commerce", the manifesto promised to set up the Tamana In-Tech Park and strengthen manufacturing through initiatives such as innovation, marketing, and quality management facilities. All are yet to start.
agriculture: The PNM actually performed slightly better in the agricultural sector, meeting five out the nine specific measures listed. Most of these had to do with the setting up of the megafarms though only three of the promised 16 farms started production in late 2009. In food security, the PNM only implemented three of its 18 promised measures, all of them again connected to the megafarms. However, the manifesto, also, promised, "The new farming community of large and small farms will increase the level of food production and contribute to the attainment of food security and export surpluses." In fact, food prices stayed high until the global recession stopped inflation here, and the 2010 manifesto merely repeats the 2007 one's promises and lists the same set of initiatives—access roads, YAPA, Grow Box—that the Government is still embarking on three years later (just like the SAME OLD RECYCLED CORRUPT PNM THIEVES). The latter had also listed the establishment of a Prices Advisory Council, a Consumer Advisory Board and incentives for new farms, none of which was implemented.
housing: The PNM met most of its stated goals which nearly all had to do with financing for houses. The 2007 manifesto did not list any target, but the 2010 one claims that 25,000 houses have been built since 2003. However, using the Housing Development Corporation's own figures, chartered surveyor Afra Raymond has shown that only 15,394 houses were, in fact, constructed in the past six years.
infrastructure: The PNM manifesto had seven specific projects. It achieved only part of one: the Uriah Butler interchange. The promised highways to Point Fortin, Mayaro, and Manzanilla never got started and recently, have been promised again by Works Minister Colm Imbert from the campaign platform. Also, every goal under Disaster Preparedness did not materialise: not the Disaster Management Plan, the Public Early Warning System or the "financial protection strategies".
public utilities: The section titled Water and Electricity had five goals, none of which was met: not the two new power plants, nor the nationwide 24-hour water supply. Instead, T&T is now experiencing one of its worse droughts in 40 years. (poor water management)
national Security: Interestingly, the PNM actually achieved most of its National Security goals. A new training curriculum was introduced in the Police Service as was a merit-based performance-appraisal system. New vehicles were bought and five of the promised 18 new police stations built. The 2010 manifesto makes no promises to reduce crime but lists ten crime-fighting measures, including the establishment of a crime academy, a crime analysis unit and the application of a "Comprehensive Gang Model". The Manning administration only failed in a non-specific promise from the 2007 manifesto: "Reduce the risk of being a victim or the author of violent acts."
http://www.trinidadexpress.com/20100516 ... o-promises
rfari wrote:When Manning was spending they say it over heating the local economy. But when kamala spend double the money, wha happen? Where the money really went? Maybe I missing something. I's not an economist
eliteauto wrote:UML wrote:eliteauto wrote:yeah but why they can't pay nurses their Aug salary on time?
but they settled 100+ outstanding wage negotiations
what 100+? list 50 of the 100 nah, and what is the relevance of that when you cannot get your pay on time? What sheit allyuh does really be saying?
MAY 2010 TO JUNE 2014
NO
EMPLOYER
UNION
BARGAINING UNIT
PERIOD
1
THE NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL MARKETING AND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
NUGFW
Hourly, Daily and Weekly Rated
2005 – 2007
2
THE NAPARIMA BOWL
NUGFW
Daily Rated
2006 – 2008
3
AIRPORTS AUTHORITY OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
PSA
Hourly, Daily, Weekly.
2008 – 2010
4
BETTING LEVY BOARD
PSA
Monthly Rated
2008 – 2010
5
CHAGUARAMAS DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY
EPA
Precepted Staff
2008 – 2010
6
CHAGUARAMAS DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY
PSA
Monthly Paid Employees
2008 – 2010
7
CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITY OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
PSA
Monthly Paid
2008 – 2010
8
CHIEF PERSONNEL OFFICER
NUGFW
Government Daily Rated Employees
2008 – 2010
9
CHIEF PERSONNEL OFFICER (POS Corp)
AWU
Hourly, Daily & Weekly Rated
2008 – 2010
10
CHIEF PERSONNEL OFFICER
FIRE SERVICE ASSOCIATION (1ST DIVISION)
Monthly Paid
2008 – 2010
11
CHIEF PERSONNEL OFFICER
FIRE SERVICE ASSOCIATION (2ND DIVISION)
Monthly Paid
2008 – 2010
12
CHIEF PERSONNEL OFFICER
PRISON SERVICE ASSOCIATION (1ST DIVISION)
Monthly Paid
2008 – 2010
13
CHIEF PERSONNEL OFFICER
PRISON SERVICE ASSOCIATION (2ND DIVISION)
Monthly Paid
2008 – 2010
14
CENTRAL REGIONAL HEALTH AUTHORITY
NUGFW
Daily Rated
2008 – 2010
15
LAKE ASPHALT OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO LIMITED
CGWTU
Monthly Paid
2008 – 2010
16
NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL MARKETING DEVELOPMENT COMPANY
PSA
Monthly Paid
2008 – 2010
17
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HIGHER EDUCATION (RESEARCH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY)
PSA
Monthly Paid
2008 – 2010
18
NATIONAL MAINTANCE TRAINING AND SECURITY COMPANY
TIWU
Daily Rated Staff
2008 – 2010
19
NATIONAL MAINTENANCE TRAINING AND SECURITY COMPANY
TIWU
Monthly Paid
2008 – 2010
20
NORTH CENTRAL REGIONAL HEALTH AUTHORITY
NUGFW
Daily Rated
2008 – 2010
21
NATIONAL INSURANCE PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT CO. LTD (NIPDEC)
PSA
Monthly Paid
2008 – 2010
22
NORTH WEST REGIONAL HEALTH AUTHORITY
NUGFW
Daily Rated
2008 – 2010
23
PUBLIC TRANSPORT SERVICE CORPORATION (PTSC)
PSA
Monthly Paid
2008 – 2010
24
SOUTH WEST REGIONAL HEALTH AUTHORITY
NUGFW
Daily Rated
2008 – 2010
25
SUGARCANE FEED CENTRE
ATGWTU
Junior Monthly Paid Employees and Hourly and Daily Paid Workers
2008 – 2010
26
TOBAGO REGIONAL HEALTH AUTHORITY
PSA
Monthly Paid
2008 – 2010
27
TOBAGO REGIONAL HEALTH AUTHORITY
NUGFW
Daily Rated
2008 – 2010
28
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO RACING AUTHORITY
PSA
Monthly Paid
2008 – 2010
29
TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
CWU
Senior Staff Bargaining Unit
2008 – 2010
30
TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
CWU
Junior Staff Batgaining Unit
2008 – 2010
31
UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES
WEST INDIES GROUP OF UNIVERSITY TEACHERS
academic, senior administration, professionals
2008 – 2010
32
WATER AND SEWERAGE AUTHORITY
EPA
Precepted Staff
2008 – 2010
33
WATER AND SEWERAGE AUTHORITY
PSA
Monthly Paid
2008 – 2010
34
WATER AND SEWERAGE AUTHORITY
NUGFW
Hourly, Daily and Weekly Rated
2008 – 2010
35
CHIEF PERSONNEL OFFICER
PSA
Civil Service and Statutory Authorities.
Monthly Paid Employees
2009 – 2011
36
CHIEF PERSONNEL OFFICER
TTUTA
Teachers
2009 – 2011
37
DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION
BIGWU
Monthly Paid
2009 – 2011
38
FAMILY PLANNING ASSOC.OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
NUGFW
Monthly Rated
2009 – 2011
39
FATIMA COLLEGE
TIWU
Weekly Rated
2008 – 2011
40
NATIONAL MAINTENANCE TRAINING AND SECURITY COMPANY
TIWU
Bargaining Units I & II
2009 – 2011
41
NATIONAL PETROLEUM MARKETING COMPANY LIMITED
OWTU
Hourly/Weekly Rated Employees
2008 – 2011
42
NATIONAL PETROLEUM MARKETING COMPANY LIMITED
OWTU
Monthly Salaried Employees Grades I-IV
2008 – 2011
43
NATIONAL PETROLEUM MARKETING COMPANY LIMITED
OWTU
Employees Grades V & Over
2008 – 2011
44
NATIONAL QUARRIES LTD
UCIW
BU 3 Hourly Rated
2009 – 2011
45
PETROLEUM COMPANY OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO LIMITED
NPSA
Senior Staff Bargaining Unit
2008 – 2011
46
PETROLEUM COMPANY OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO LIMITED
EPA
Estate Police Officers
2008 – 2011
47
PETROLEUM COMPANY OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO LIMITED
OWTU
Monthly Rated Junior Staff
2008 – 2011
48
PETROLEUM COMPANY OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO LIMITED
OWTU
Hourly Rated/Daily Paid
2008 – 2011
49
PETROLEUM COMPANY OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO LIMITED
OWTU
Hourly Rated/Weekly Paid
2008 – 2011
50
PETROLEUM COMPANY OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO LIMITED
OWTU
Hospital Domestic Workers and Wardsmen
2008 – 2011
51
PETROLEUM COMPANY OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO LIMITED (TRIMAR OPERATIONS)
OWTU
Hourly, Weekly Rated
2008 – 2011
52
PETROLEUM COMPANY OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO LIMITED (TRINMAR OPERATIONS)
EPA
Estate Police Officers
2008 – 2011
53
POINT LISAS INDUSTRIAL PORT DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
SWWTU
Monthly-Paid
2008 – 2011
54
POINT LISAS INDUSTRIAL PORT DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
SWWTU
Supervisory BU
2008 – 2011
55
PORT AUTHORITY OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
SWWTU
Hourly & Monthly Rated
2008 – 2011
56
PUBLIC TRANSPORT SERVICE CORPORATION
TIWU
Hourly/Weekly Rated Employees
2009 – 2011
57
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO ELECTRICITY COMMISSION
EPA
Precepted Staff
2008 – 2011
58
THE UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES
EPA
Estate Police Officers
2009 – 2011
59
THE UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES
OWTU
Non-Academic staff
2009 – 2011
60
HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
PSA
Monthly Paid
2009 – 2012
61
NATIONAL INSURANCE BOARD
PSA
Monthly Paid
2010 – 2012
62
PETROLEUM COMPANY OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO LIMITED
OWTU
Monthly Paid
2009 – 2012
63
PETROLEUM COMPANY OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO LIMITED (TRINMAR OPERATIONS)
OWTU
Monthly Paid
2009 – 2012
64
POINT LISAS INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
SWWTU
Hourly-Paid
2009 – 2012
65
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO MORTGAGE FINANCE COMPANY LIMITED
BIGWU
Monthly Paid
2010 – 2012
66
TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
EPA
Precepted Staff 2
010 – 2012
67*
CHIEF PERSONNEL OFFICER
NUGFW
Government Daily Rated Employees
2011 – 2013
68*
CHIEF PERSONNEL OFFICER (POS Corp)
AWU
Hourly, Daily & Weekly Rated
2011 – 2013
69
CHIEF PERSONNEL OFFICER (Tobago House of Assembly)
NUGFW
Daily Rated
2011 – 2013
70
NATIONAL HELICOPTER SERVICES LIMITED
OWTU
B.U. 1&3
2011 – 2013
71
NATIONAL INSURANCE PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT COMPANY
EPA
Precepted Staff
2010 – 2013
72
NATIONAL PETROLEUM MARKETING COMPANY LIMITED
EPA
Precepted Security Staff, Precepted Staff
2011 – 2013
73
NATPET INVESTMENT COMPANY LIMITED
OWTU
Supervisory Staff
2011 – 2013
74
NATPET INVESTMENT COMPANY LIMITED
OWTU
Hourly Rated Employees
2011 – 2013
75
NATPET INVESTMENT COMPANY LIMITED
OWTU
Monthly Rated Employees
2011 – 2013
76*
SUGARCANE FEED CENTRE
ATGWTU
Junior Monthly Paid Employees and Hourly and Daily Paid Workers
2011 – 2013
77
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO ELECTRICITY COMMISSION
OWTU
Hourl, Daily, Weekly and Monthly Paid Bargaining Unit
2010 – 2013
78*
WATER AND SEWERAGE AUTHORITY
NUGFW
Hourly, Daily and Weekly Rated
2011 – 2013
79 CENTRAL BANK
EPA
Precepted Staff
2012 – 2014
80
NATIONAL PETROLEUM MARKETING COMPANY LIMITED
OWTU
Hourly/Daily Rated
2011 – 2014
81*
PORT AUTHORITY OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
SWWTU
Hourly & Monthly Rated
2011 – 2014
82
POWER GENERATION COMPANY LIMITED
OWTU
Weekly Rated
2011 – 2014
83
TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
ESA (Executive Secretaries Association)
BU#2
2013 – 2016
http://unctt.org/83-wage-settlements/
UML wrote:I remember hearing at a meeting that the PNM built 2 stations in 15 years or something like that.
UML wrote:95 schools built in just 5 yrs!!!
UML wrote:PPG 2010 Manifesto - 95% completed.
UML wrote:but they settled 100+ outstanding wage negotiations
orUML wrote:Rowley has consistently refused to comment on how he is funding the $60 Billion Racket Rail
UML wrote:Rowley has consistently refused to comment on how he is funding the $60 Billion Racket Rail
A refurbishment programme involving fifty-six Police Stations
is currently in progress across the country. Five police stations
are also under construction and will be completed by October
2007.
Budget Statement 2008, http://finance.gov.tt/wp-content/upload ... 1/pub9.pdf
Habit7 wrote:UML you are becoming more pathetic as Sept 7 draws closer.
You keep saying PNM propaganda but yet when we ask you to back up the claims you parrot from UNC platforms you end up backpedaling. Whether it isUML wrote:I remember hearing at a meeting that the PNM built 2 stations in 15 years or something like that.UML wrote:95 schools built in just 5 yrs!!!UML wrote:PPG 2010 Manifesto - 95% completed.UML wrote:but they settled 100+ outstanding wage negotiationsorUML wrote:Rowley has consistently refused to comment on how he is funding the $60 Billion Racket RailUML wrote:Rowley has consistently refused to comment on how he is funding the $60 Billion Racket Rail
You end up being wrong
wrt to your original error of only 2 police stations in 15 yearsA refurbishment programme involving fifty-six Police Stations
is currently in progress across the country. Five police stations
are also under construction and will be completed by October
2007.
Budget Statement 2008, http://finance.gov.tt/wp-content/upload ... 1/pub9.pdf
All of sudden you quit your boycott of Trinidad Express because it fits you (this time) but in Sept 2007 5 police stations were still under construction including this one http://www.newsday.co.tt/crime_and_court/0,79662.html
But its sad to see in your silliness on display that you emphatically show that PNM with a smaller balanced budget scored only 25% but PP with larger deficit budget scored no better
200 get water in Temple Village
By CAROL MATROO Wednesday, September 2 2015
For the very first time, residents of Temple Village, Blanchisseusse Road, Arima, will receive pipeborne water in their homes.
Minister of the Environment and Water Resources, Ganga Singh, yesterday commissioned the Verdant Vale Water Supply Project where over 200 villagers would benefit from potable water.
Incidentally, yesterday was also the 50th anniversary of the Water and Sewerage Authority (WASA).
For years, residents relied on the nearby rivers, streams and ravines, and trucks for water. However, the rivers were not always reliable as they were often muddy with silt from nearby quarries.
Rodger Samuel, who is seeking re-election as the Arima MP, said because of quarrying in the area, the water was often unfit for human consumption.
He said the project, which cost $4.8 million, was completed in three months.
It took some time in being commissioned because of legal ramifications.
“We had to get permission to pass lines through private lands.
They had to find out the owners of the land, make connection with the owners and then get legal permission to pass the lines,” Samuel explained.
Resident Vidya Mahabir said she grew up in the village all her life, and recalled when she and other children would have to fill barrels with water from the river, before going to school.
“It is a terrible thing when you have no running water. We would get up on mornings at 6 o’clock and go to the river and fill barrels with water so our mothers could do the washing when we went to school. And that is if the water was clean.
When the water was dirty we would have to dig a pond next to the river to get clean water,” she recalled.
Mahabir said she never thought she would see the day when the villagers would have pipeborne water. She said even with all the previous regimes, no one thought to provide them with potable water.
“They thought we were just a few people, and therefore insignificant.
This is like a dream come true for us,” she said.
Singh said he intended to take up the issue of quarrying and pollution of the rivers, and streams with the Environmental Management Authority and the Ministry of Energy to bring about a solution.
The minister said Government judged its performance on how the poor and the marginalised had access to this basic commodity, called water.
Having completed several projects in Arima with over 9,000 residents benefiting, Singh questioned why did this Government have to do so many projects in Arima after all these years.
“It is clear that there was not a coherent vision, a consistent plan, and love for people to give them this basic human right,” he said.
http://www.newsday.co.tt/news/0,216446.html
Most amount of schools built in 4 years
Gopeesingh boasts about Partnership’s education projects:
Published on Oct 2, 2014, 7:03 pm AST
Mark Fraser
AS he opened the new Union Presbyterian Primary School in Claxton Bay on Wednesday, Education Minister Dr Tim Gopeesingh boasted that the People’s Partnership Government was the only administration committed to the construction and maintenance of schools in this country’s history.
The minister compared statistics indicating that the most number of schools were constructed in the past four years and 800-plus schools were refurbished at a cost of $690 million.
Gopeesingh was addressing teachers and pupils at the official opening of the newly constructed Union Presbyterian Primary School.
Acting Prime Minister and Pointe-a-Pierre MP Errol Mcleod attended the function.
Gopeesingh said education was of paramount importance to the Government led by Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar.
And, as such, he said, for the past four years the education sector had received the largest allocation of the national budgets.
He explained that the construction of schools came from a recognition of the importance of bringing education to the villages and communities in rural and urban areas.
Gopeesingh said since assuming office in 2010, 53 early childhood education centres (ECECs), 23 primary schools and seven secondary schools were constructed.
And by the end of 2015, he said, 135 early childhood education centres, 71 primary and 15 secondary schools would be completed.
“In their nine years of previous administration between 2001 and 2010, the last administration built 22 ECE centres and five primary schools. What a mess they left this country in and they would have only done about 300 repairs and maintenance projects over those last nine years,” he said.
Gopeesingh said the People’s Partnership Government inherited an “abominable and unacceptable” decay of infrastructure in the nation’s schools.
“More than 80 per cent of our schools are more than 50 years of age and daily the Ministry of Education has to deal with about four or five schools which require emergency care and attention of which the Education Facilities Company Ltd has been able to ensure that these schools are repaired in the fastest possible time,” he said.
Gopeesingh listed the schools constructed in the past four years, pointing out that children in every constituency benefited.
Following years of protest action by parents of pupils attending Union Presbyterian Primary School, construction began in June 2013.
The new building was completed by contractor Hookmally Ali Ltd at a cost of $25.8 million.
The school comprises a library, computer room, classrooms and kitchen among other facilities with a capacity of 420 pupils.
Mcleod said he observed, first hand, the poor structural problems at the old school. He said the toilets were dilapidated, ceiling crumbling and posed a threat to all persons using the facility.
“On that same day I visited this school I wrote to the permanent secretary of the Ministry of Education and the Minister calling for an urgent response,” he said.
Mcleod said he was pleased with the minister’s swift action, as the school was completed within 14 months.
Principal Vinoo Ramdhanie thanked the Member of Parliament and Education Minister for their response in making the lives of 230 pupils comfortable.
http://www.trinidadexpress.com/news/Mos ... 64881.html
Yes and those facts are devoid of the posts I quoted you above in.UML wrote:I might have the exact figure incorrect but the facts remain FACTS!!!!
Yeah like this http://www.newsday.co.tt/crime_and_court/0,79662.htmlUML wrote:unlike you quoteing 2001 achievements (or lack of) for 2007
UML wrote:Pt Fortin with love
La Horquetta with love
Palmiste Park San Fernando with love.
Redman wrote:
They eh post nutting about deficits?
UML what you are saying is not true. Oil prices were on higher under PP than PNM.UML wrote:Redman wrote:
They eh post nutting about deficits?
because of lower oil prices than experienced with PNM oil booms yet had negative growth and investors leaving?
UML wrote:https://www.facebook.com/pages/Pillars-of-Progress/182695198500629?sk=photos_stream&tab=photos_albums
HUNDREDS of COMPLETED projects ON TIME & WITHIN BUDGET.
No INFAMOUS PNM Cost Overruns!!!
UML wrote:200 get water in Temple Village
By CAROL MATROO Wednesday, September 2 2015
For the very first time, residents of Temple Village, Blanchisseusse Road, Arima, will receive pipeborne water in their homes.
Minister of the Environment and Water Resources, Ganga Singh, yesterday commissioned the Verdant Vale Water Supply Project where over 200 villagers would benefit from potable water.
Incidentally, yesterday was also the 50th anniversary of the Water and Sewerage Authority (WASA).
For years, residents relied on the nearby rivers, streams and ravines, and trucks for water. However, the rivers were not always reliable as they were often muddy with silt from nearby quarries.
Rodger Samuel, who is seeking re-election as the Arima MP, said because of quarrying in the area, the water was often unfit for human consumption.
He said the project, which cost $4.8 million, was completed in three months.
It took some time in being commissioned because of legal ramifications.
“We had to get permission to pass lines through private lands.
They had to find out the owners of the land, make connection with the owners and then get legal permission to pass the lines,” Samuel explained.
Resident Vidya Mahabir said she grew up in the village all her life, and recalled when she and other children would have to fill barrels with water from the river, before going to school.
“It is a terrible thing when you have no running water. We would get up on mornings at 6 o’clock and go to the river and fill barrels with water so our mothers could do the washing when we went to school. And that is if the water was clean.
When the water was dirty we would have to dig a pond next to the river to get clean water,” she recalled.
Mahabir said she never thought she would see the day when the villagers would have pipeborne water. She said even with all the previous regimes, no one thought to provide them with potable water.
“They thought we were just a few people, and therefore insignificant.
This is like a dream come true for us,” she said.
Singh said he intended to take up the issue of quarrying and pollution of the rivers, and streams with the Environmental Management Authority and the Ministry of Energy to bring about a solution.
The minister said Government judged its performance on how the poor and the marginalised had access to this basic commodity, called water.
Having completed several projects in Arima with over 9,000 residents benefiting, Singh questioned why did this Government have to do so many projects in Arima after all these years.
“It is clear that there was not a coherent vision, a consistent plan, and love for people to give them this basic human right,” he said.
http://www.newsday.co.tt/news/0,216446.html
PIPE BORNE WATER FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 2015!!!
shotta 20 wrote:So that defective sign could be blamed on the Government?
zoom rader wrote:shotta 20 wrote:So that defective sign could be blamed on the Government?
Yes I use duct tape to hold up my number plate, so if I get a ticket I will blame the government
shotta 20 wrote:zoom rader wrote:shotta 20 wrote:So that defective sign could be blamed on the Government?
Yes I use duct tape to hold up my number plate, so if I get a ticket I will blame the government
It just amazes me the small things people lay blame on this government for.
They wouldn't focus on the numerous new police stations built by this administration, instead they choose to be petty with small things.
Rome wasn't built in a day. And if PNM comes in power... that sign will fall to the ground and rotten right dey, and nobody will fix or replace it...and nobody will highlight it .
