JACK dismisses allegations of inter-party poaching…

United National Congress (UNC) chairman, Works Minister Jack Warner has dismissed all allegations of inter-party poaching after eight Congress of the People (COP) members signalled their intention to leave the COP and join the UNC.

Mr. Warner spoke with reporters yesterday.

He said the move to the UNC did not hint at any opposition within [...]

Former PM Panday returns to court….to answer charges of failure to declare London bank account…

Former Prime Minister Basdeo Panday will have to answer to charges laid against him in connection with his failure to declare a London bank account…

This as First Court Magistrate, Marcia Murray, told his attorneys that the no-case submission which they had made was denied.

Magistrate Murray ruled that there was enough evidence for Mr. [...]

Short staff at Fraud Squad delaying HCU investigation…

Commissioner of Co-operative Development, Karyl Adams, has testified that the Fraud Squad cannot complete its investigation into the Hindu Credit Union (HCU) because it is short staffed…

This, more than three years after Ernst & Young conducted a “due diligence investigation” into the operations of the HCU, (In June 2008), the Fraud Squad still has [...]