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Kamla Persad-Bissessar
Kamla Persad-Bissessar

Trinidad: Kamla to sue Rowley for defamation

(Trinidad Guardian) The political battle between Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley and Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar seems to be heading for the courts as Persad-Bissessar has given instructions to her lawyers to initiate legal action against the Prime Minister for statements he made about her during a news conference on Friday.

Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley

Trinidad: Rowley says Kamla is a traitor

(Trinidad Guardian) “You are a traitor lady.” This was the accusation Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley levelled against Opposition leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar yesterday, as he accused her of conspiring to get the United States to sanction Trinidad and Tobago over a fuel deal emanating from this country which may have eventually Venezuela.

Rowley calls Persad-Bissessar a `traitor’

(Trinidad Guardian)  “You are a traitor lady.” This was the accusation Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley levelled against Opposition leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar yesterday, as he accused her of conspiring to get the United States to sanction Trinidad and Tobago over a fuel deal emanating from this country which may have eventually Venezuela.

A Zoom session.

Trinidad: Student’s online porn-share disrupts class

(Trinidad Guardian) The Tobago arm of the T&T Police Service’s Child Protection Unit is now investigating an incident in which pornography was flashed on the screen during an online Zoom class being facilitated by a Bishop’s Anstey High School teacher yesterday, forcing an abrupt end to the session.

Conrad Enill

Crisis in Trinidad’s petrochemical sector

(Trinidad Guardian) There is now a full-blown crisis in the local petrochemical sector, with four plants shut down in four months and word that more could be taken out of operation as the sector reels under low commodity prices and the high cost of natural gas in T&T.

Acting Supt Wendell Lucas, of the Financial Investigations Branch, addresses the media during yesterday’s press conference.

Cops close Trinidad PM’s US bank account case for now

(Trinidad Guardian) Commissioner of Police Gary Griffith yesterday announced the investigation into accusations made by Oropouche East MP Dr Roodal Moonilal that Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley benefited from a financial transaction connected to A&V Drilling in Florida was now officially closed.

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