The stakes are high and big political gambles are being wagered in the run-up to the August 14 local government election with the switching of party loyalties, according to analysts.Control
The Trinidad and Tobago Guardian is the longest running daily newspaper in the country, marking its centenary in 2017. The paper started life as the Trinidad Guardian on Sunday 2nd September 1917 by the newly formed Trinidad Publishing Company Limited.
Wearing a red tie and a broad smile, former United National Congress (UNC) senator Taharqa Obika yesterday joined the People’s National Movement (PNM) and received a VIP welcome, which started
POLITICAL analyst Dr Bishnu Ragoonath does not believe the departure of ex-UNC senator Taharqua Obika to the PNM will seriously affect the UNC or how it performs in the local elections.
THE People’s National Movement (PNM) has staged another ‘political coup” in the United National Congress (UNC) camp, raiding it of one of its financial assets, former senator, economist and banker, Taharqua Obika. A video posted shortly after 3 pm on Friday showed Obika, wearing a red tie, symbolic of the PNM’s colour, seated between PNM’s