Colm Imbert

The CLICO bail-out

The Hon. Minister of Finance, Winston Dookeran, outlined government's plans for bailing out CLICO's short-term investment and mutual fund depositors during his Budget Statement of 08 Sep 2010.  The plan is basically as follows (page 10 of the Budget Statement):

Where does the PNM go from here?

What a week!  Before 24 May 2010, T&T was experiencing a drought in water and cricketing terms, and was racked in this weakened state by election fever.  After 25 May 2010, we got both rain and cricket, following a general election result that no professional pundit predicted.  So despite the WI senior men's cricket team snatched another defeat from the jaws of victory, the world seems to be unfolding as it should.

How to comply with the law

I'd like to thank Parliament for reminding us that there are really two ways to comply with the laws of T&T: either change your behaviour, or change the law.
 

Saying Nothing With Mouths Moving

When I blogged yesterday about Keith Rowley's offensive, I expected someone else from the PNM would go on the defensive - and I knew it wouldn't be the person presently occupying the institution of Prime Minister. Not to be disappointed, Colm Imbert rose to the level of the gauntlet thrown... and no further. The Trinidad and Tobago Newsday's article, This is not the Calder Hart Inquiry, has some quotes that are ambiguous at best.

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