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CHOGM limits berthing space at port The Port Authority says effective November 22 to 30, berths three, four, five and six at the Port of Port-of-Spain will not be available.

T&T officially in recession, says Williams TT 'technically' in recession THIS country is technically in a recession, Central Bank Governor Ewart Williams admitted yesterday saying that real Gross Domestic Product is estimated to have declined for the second quarter of 2009 by 3.6 percent compared to the second quarter 2008.

Jeremie: Nation losing young males to crime ATTORNEY GENERAL John Jeremie says the influx of women into the teaching service may be the main reason why there are so many young men in jail today BUILD YOUR OWN Manning tells promoters who want to use Stadium for fetes: The people criticising Government's Academy for the Performing Arts and its ...

Photo: Tony Howell Yvonne Webb Prime Minister Patrick Manning said yesterday that fete promoters will not use the Government to make money on citizens' heads.

Previous attempts at co-operation between the team in government and the party in opposition have had some measure of success, at least on the basis of passing legislation in the Parliament.

Prime Minister Patrick Manning should apologise to the Trinidad and Tobago Muslim Organisation and the government of Saudi Arabia.

SPORT Minister Gary Hunt is convinced that the $2 million national flag that flutters over the Hasely Crawford Stadium would instil national pride in the populace.

The Prime Minister Patrick Manning's administration has expressed its 'profound apology' to the people and government of Saudi Arabia for the search and questioning of one of their diplomats by local law enforcement on Monday.

Stadium flag costs $2M AFTER weeks of denials, the Ministry of Sports and Youth Affairs yesterday admitted that the controversial flag at the Hasely Crawford Stadium in Port-of-Spain had indeed cost taxpayers approximately $2 million.

We vividly recall the public objection to this proposal by Chief Justice Ivor Archie in his opening of term address, the majority of which was dedicated to explaining the reasons why the Judiciary was stoutly opposed to the mere thought.

Rational discussion defeated "ideological diatribes," Prime Minister Stephen Harper said at Sunday's close of the Summit of Americas, which was hailed a success despite a boycott of the final communique by a socialist bloc of countries.

Perhaps this early introspection in the run-up to next yeara s promised local government polls and a full three years before the next general election has been triggered by a Mori polls reading saying that the party/Government is losing ground.

Ministry: 210 swine flu cases, 5 deaths ...School shutdown 'the last resort' Emily: $460M education tower MINISTER of Planning, Emily Dick-Forde, said the cost of the Ministry of Education tower being built by the Shanghai Construction Group , hired by controversial Udecott, has risen from an initial $367.8 million to a revised sum of $460 million ...

COMMON PURPOSE: Opposition Leader Basdeo Panday, centre, greets Prime Minister Patrick Manning on his arrival at the Diplomatic Centre, St Ann's, yesterday.

PM: Meeting was Panday's idea Today's meeting between Prime Minister Patrick Manning and Opposition Leader Basdeo Panday, which will be held at the Diplomatic Centre in Port of Spain, was at the insistence of Panday, Manning told reporters at the end of a walkabout in his San Fernando East constituency.

Baby's death under investigation An autopsy has been ordered on the body of the 13-month-old baby girl who was discovered unconscious at her home on Saturday and then pronounced dead at the Arima District Hospital, minutes later.

HONOURED: Prime Minister Patrick Manning presents the President's Medal to Ryan Laloo, who topped the country in the Ordinary Level exams this year, during Naparima College's Speech Day and formal opening of the school's gymnasium in San Fernando yesterday.

The ruling Peoplea s National Movement formally swung into election campaign mode yesterday under the benign gaze of the partya s political leader, Prime Minister Patrick Manning.

Prime Minister Patrick Manning says he hopes an arrangement could be reached at next month's Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in T&T on the issue of climate change.

If you're looking for an appropriate Revival Assembly for the male member of the species Bovinae, the Trinidad and Tobago Parliament fits the Bill, the Motion and the Resolution.