The *Official* LOCAL Election Thread (2013)

[pioneer]

KAMLA says from forms 1,2,3,4,5 will get LAPTOPS

[pugboy]

Race is old card.
Ppl voting race from long time and they will not change no matter what so those votes fixed
They unlikely to gain or lose any votes promoting race, if anything they will lose potential voters who would abstain which usually means a plus for pnm

[Morpheus]

Wait nah....Pee On Dem never had ah "Indian" candidate before?:shock::shock::shock:

Been under this rock too long yes

[bluefete]

What do you think of this statement?

"The only reason the PNM had picked Terrance Deyalsingh is because they wanted to put AH INDIAN in the senate. Terrance has NO TRACK RECORD" - GANGA SINGH

-Speak Out T&T

Nastiness at its best!!

They fail to realize that many independent voters will be so turned off they might vote for any other alternative.

[rfari]

Wait nah....Pee On Dem never had ah "Indian" candidate before?:shock::shock::shock:

Been under this rock too long yes

The only hindus i know that dont want tobe accociated with him is the PNM hindu group call SWAHA.
Without sat ,hindus would not be recognise in trini

What you may not know is that are more that one groups of Hindu associations. SDMS is the largest hindu body the other groups are far smaller. There is even a PNM hindu group call SWAHA. Any hindus that you see in PNM belong to SWAHA.

swaha indos doh count

[rfari]

What do you think of this statement?

"The only reason the PNM had picked Terrance Deyalsingh is because they wanted to put AH INDIAN in the senate. Terrance has NO TRACK RECORD" - GANGA SINGH

-Speak Out T&T

Nastiness at its best!!

They fail to realize that many independent voters will be so turned off they might vote for any other alternative.

lee dem nah man

[sMASH]

Why don't they develop wifi systems instead. Many people have devices that can access the networks , just its costly to access the networks .
And whomsoever needs a device should apply through their schools, and the GIS would facilitate.

But interwebz access at schools whould be good enough . A better course would be free text books... Unless they provide e-text books

[j.o.e]

UNC ( i stop calling them PP) not even making this ting challenging anymore...exactly what turning off the electorate they doin. From choice of candidate to platform talk, they failing.

[spanish]

Ian run out of steam, going cold real fast
the wetting talk get old

Daiz only a sham for on de platform. Saturday he pass on our street and I hearing de man mouth over de loud speaker. De place was dark already, walkabout still going on.

When he reach by de house, I turn off de outside light. But unfortunately somebody in de group call out meh MIL by name and she come downstairs. If yuh hear Mr. Loudmouth boasting bout how Kamla give him money to do projects in the area.

[kurpal_v2]

UNC ( i stop calling them PP) not even making this ting challenging anymore...exactly what turning off the electorate they doin. From choice of candidate to platform talk, they failing.

I think they not failing, they trying to lose, they trying to get outta government.


I honestly don't believe Kams izza kornt so

[pete]

Maybe they know what needs to be done to fix the economy will get them universally hated and by just going with the flow they may get enough seats in opposition to stop any drastic constitutional changes. So they gonna let the PNM come in, bring back property tax, do the public service reform they were going to and remove the fuel subsidy. They not making that NAR mistake again.

[Habit7]

Maybe they know what needs to be done to fix the economy will get them universally hated and by just going with the flow they may get enough seats in opposition to stop any drastic constitutional changes. So they gonna let the PNM come in, bring back property tax, do the public service reform they were going to and remove the fuel subsidy. They not making that NAR mistake again.

I honestly agree with you, after 5 deficit budgets, an incomplete Point Fortin Highway funded from the cash flow and increased welfare and laptops, which ever subsequent gov't will have a very hard country to run.

[zoom rader]

Maybe they know what needs to be done to fix the economy will get them universally hated and by just going with the flow they may get enough seats in opposition to stop any drastic constitutional changes. So they gonna let the PNM come in, bring back property tax, do the public service reform they were going to and remove the fuel subsidy. They not making that NAR mistake again.

I honestly agree with you, after 5 deficit budgets, an incomplete Point Fortin Highway funded from the cash flow and increased welfare and laptops, which ever subsequent gov't will have a very hard country to run.

Explain when is the due date for the Pt highway to be completed?

[Habit7]

not in 18mths

[zoom rader]

not in 18mths

Do stop giving false and mis-leading PNM spin on Pt Fortin highway being incomplete.

Construction of Pt Fortin hospital begins March 2012
By —Ria Taitt

Story Created: Nov 27, 2011 at 2:07 AM ECT

Story Updated: Nov 27, 2011 at 2:07 AM ECT

Construction of the Point Fortin Hospital will begin in March 2012, Health Minister Dr Fuad Khan said Friday.

He was answering a question in the House of Representatives filed by Point Fortin MP Paula Gopee-Scoon.

He said there was an urgent need for this hospital because the San Fernando Hospital was overburdened. "It is unfortunate that the PNM Government did not see it fit to build the hospital in their eight years in office," he noted.

He said the estimated time for completion was 36 months—March 2015. In response to a question from Gopee-Scoon who asked whether the Government was still looking at the site earmarked for the Etech Park, Khan said Government may be looking at the same site, which was earmarked by the PNM Government for the hospital.

March 2015 is also the date given by Works Minister Jack Warner yesterday for the completion of the Point Fortin Highway, in response to another question from Gopee-Scoon.

Warner said the contract was awarded on July 4, 2011 and the completion date was March 27, 2015. He said 148 persons had been hired on the project to date. He said the Ministry of Finance had provided $1.5 billion from Treasury deposits in order to begin work on the project, pending NIDCO raising the sum required to complete the project. He said such fund would be subject to supervision by the Ministry of Finance. The sums would be raised as follows: $1.9 billion in the first year; $1.4 billion in the second year; $1.2 billion in the third year; $2.4 billion in the third year; $1.5 billion in the four-year making a total of $7.2 billion.

Gopee-Scoon told the Sunday Express that she was doubtful that the Point Fortin hospital would begin in March 2012.

"As it is there is no site and it has to start from scratch. That means new designs would have to be done," she said.

[Habit7]

4km of 47km highway has been delivered already (without the interchanges at Golconda and Debe). 43km is a tall order in 18mths.

BTW Kamla is now saying Point Fortin hospital will begin in June 2014 http://www.trinidadexpress.com/news/PM- ... 16221.html

[rfari]

Zr, u's rell failure dan

[wagonrunner]

not in 18mths

Story Created: Nov 27, 2011 at 2:07 AM ECT

Story Updated: Nov 27, 2011 at 2:07 AM ECT
March 2015 is also the date given by Works Minister Jack Warner yesterday for the completion of the Point Fortin Highway, in response to another question from Gopee-Scoon.

but what happened since?

[kjaglal76]

history gonna repeat itself, PNM gonna win the nxt GE, we(unc ppl) still gonna live comfy as ever-bcuz we put things in place, PNM gonna phoq up the treasury, their east POS supporters gonna still chit in latrine & whipe dey bamcee with sunday newsday, they diego ppl gonna still experience flooding etc, den we (unc) gonna regain power & be left with no choice but to lift the country outta shambles, same as we did in may 2010

[rfari]

All hope not lost for unc unno. As it stands i think its more in their favour to win the ge. Thats the reason for their nonchalant attitude to whats happening in the country.

[kjaglal76]

nah we go lose the elections & the normal quality of life in trinidad go drop, big & serious dan

[wagonrunner]

KAMLA says from forms 1,2,3,4,5 will get LAPTOPS

Can she show financial returns since she became PM for the post 24/5/2010 income that she generates which allows for these?

Since she got in with an empty treasury surely she'd have had to generate some investment allowing this. Not just promises from places she visited.

Shouldn't be too hard to show it in black and white right and verified by PWC

[kjaglal76]

yh,it, out, there, somewhere, go, look, for, it, don't, be, lazy, nah, man.

[rfari]

yh,it, out, there, somewhere, go, look, for, it, don't, be, lazy, nah, man.

it right here. doh beat up. meem know if u could read buh if u have trouble cerry it in school for yuh teacher to read it for yuh.

cliffs: kamla etal make foqin up a country look easy

1980-2010
HDI trends t&t - 59, bbdos - 42, venezuela - 75
inequality-adjusted HDI t&t - 59
gender inequality - 59

1980-2012
HDI index t&t - 67, bbdos - 38, venezuela- 71
inequality-adjusted HDI t&t - 67
gender inequality - 67 (edit)

sources
http://hdr.undp.org/en/media/HDR_2010_E ... eprint.pdf
http://hdr.undp.org/en/media/HDR2013_EN_Statistics.pdf

[A172]

kjaglal how you only using comma where it not supposed to be?? u issa schtupidee or war

[j.o.e]

kjaglal how you only using comma where it not supposed to be?? u issa schtupidee or war

dem fellas does be panting and frothing at mouth while typing in here...dem feels are strong...space bar and comma.....same thing

[kjaglal76]

i trying hard to look smart ogoaar

[zoom rader]

Zr, u's rell failure dan

A failure where ?
a man posts a false and mis leading pnm spin as usual.

[rfari]

i trying hard to look smart ogoaar

try being smart
hol' dis. so when yuh in caura limin wid yuh mamoos, tanties and betis jinkin rum and winin' up one anoda, remember dis knowledge that 'fari drop on u. scn?

corruption perception index (CPI)

for perspective
2012 new zealand-#1 confidence range 9.4-9.5

2008 t&t-#72 confidence range 3.1 - 4.0
2009 t&t-#79 confidence range 3.0 - 4.3
2010 t&t-#73 confidence range 2.8 - 4.7
2011 t&t-#91 confidence range 2.7 - 3.7

sources
http://www.transparency.org/research/cpi/cpi_2008
http://archive.transparency.org/policy_ ... 2008_table
http://archive.transparency.org/policy_ ... 2009_table
http://archive.transparency.org/policy_ ... 10/results
http://www.transparency.org/cpi2011/results

2012 t&t-we f*q'd. srs

[zoom rader]

^^^ thats a result of pnm ppl pulling skull