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Group pushes for debate between Rowley, Penny

An invitation has gone out for the two contenders for the leadership of the People’s National Movement (PNM), incumbent Dr Keith Rowley and challenger Pennelope Beckles-Robinson, to participate in a live televised debate on May 12, in the run-up to the May 18 internal elections. The group pushing
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Wishing for the answer

(Column) So voting day is here, at last. Strangely, in the lead-up my thoughts were not on the results of today’s local government elections. I had been thinking instead about PNM political leader Dr Keith Rowley’s claim last week that he won a bet that the Prime Minister would not have showed up at
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Ramadhar upset over ‘bottom’ comment

Prakash Ramadhar, political leader of the Congress of the People (COP), said he felt humiliated and embarrassed when interim leader of the Independent Liberal Party Jack Warner referred to him as a “bottom”.
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Prime Minister never confirmed

Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar never confirmed she would have been participating in last night’s aborted Leaders’ Debate, chairman of the Trinidad and Tobago’s Debates Commission (TTDC), Ronald Harford, has said.
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...‘I am being fair to all Partnership members’

Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar is defending her decision to not participate in the Leaders’ Debate, saying she was being fair to all parties of the People’s Partnership coalition.
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‘Kamla has failed women’

PNM Senator Pennelope Beckles yesterday took Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar to task for her decision not to participate in the Leaders’ Debate organised by the Trinidad and Tobago Debates Commission.
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Ramadhar: Misguided decision

Congress of the People Leader Prakash Ramadhar says the T&T Debates Commission was misguided in its approach to its Leaders’ Debate. The debate, which was scheduled for last night, was cancelled on Monday after Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar maintained her decision to delegate Ramadhar to
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I won a bet against PM

Political leader of the PNM Dr Keith Rowley is a little richer from winning a bet that Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar would not have participated in the leadership debate. “I collected my bet this morning,” he told supporters of the People’s National Movement (PNM) in Point Fortin on Monday
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Debate Is Off

Today's highly anticipated live debate among the leaders of the political parties contesting next Monday’s local government elections has been cancelled by the Trinidad and Tobago Debates Commission (TTDC), the Express has learnt.
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Abdulah: PM ‘ducking’ debate

Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar is “ducking and running” from the Leaders’ Debate, says political leader of the Movement for Social Justice (MSJ), David Abdulah.
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PM - I never said I would debate

Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar today issued a statement in response to reports that she had opted out of tomorrow's Leader' Debate, and that the Debates Commission of Trinidad and Tobago had asked that she reconsider.
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MSJ criticises ‘disrespect to citizens’

The decision to cancel yesterday’s planned debate organised by the Trinidad and Tobago Debates Commission (TTDC) is a blatant disrespect to citizens looking forward to the debate.
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