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sMASH wrote:^^ I gojng up tomorrow to add a body to the cause.
The rules WASA uses to regulate water use seems arbitrary and colonial. They are not rational, and not in the best interest in the country, the rules need a revision and updating
maj. tom wrote:shake d livin wake d dead wrote:life under PNM: when electricity goes, water goes with it.......serious thing
also harass farmers for water crops to feed people.....well I tell you.........and then customers does complain about high food prices, I wish tomatoes reach ah $40 per lb this week
I didn't even understand that case. The water in the Aranguez/San Juan river runs off directly into the Caroni swamp and the Gulf. How was WASA using that water for reserves in a reservoir? Secondly, farmers require the water for their crops to feed the nation and export food, thus bringing revenue to the government. Should they not be exempted from restrictions like ordinary citizens when they're using the water for agriculture? Why target them rather than say... car washes? Are car washes even essential in this time, the dire water shortage that WASA keeps braying about? Have any car washes been investigated and charged the same way?
And 3rd... yet another report came out that states most of the water is lost by WASA themselves through leaks that they don't fix.
It gets worse. It seems like another persecution game.Crops wither as WASA seizes more pumps
The Water and Sewerage Authority (WASA) intends to launch an investigation after one of its estate police officers allegedly threatened to shoot a Bon Air farmer during the seizure of two water pumps and four suction lines recently.
He said while farmers are being targeted, many illegal car wash businesses continue to operate freely without facing the full brunt of the law. “It’s becoming a political football at the expense of farmers who have been under immense pressure,” Jagroo interjected.
http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/crops-wi ... 585ee7fc79
This is all the sense these authorities can muster in these trying times yes. The corruption in our state institutions are astounding. Why those people calling in the radio stations don't talk about this?
Ben_spanna wrote:Wasa owns all the water , and because of T&Tec and some old regulations, govt doesn't encourage Solar, Wind or Wave energy making engineering.
Now we going strong, we government doesn't want Hybrids or full Electric cars either....
This Trinidad is really going backwards and there we shall remain.
vision 2020 was what again? to be lower than a third world country? I think they ae succeeding …………….
Redress10 wrote:Ben_spanna wrote:Wasa owns all the water , and because of T&Tec and some old regulations, govt doesn't encourage Solar, Wind or Wave energy making engineering.
Now we going strong, we government doesn't want Hybrids or full Electric cars either....
This Trinidad is really going backwards and there we shall remain.
vision 2020 was what again? to be lower than a third world country? I think they ae succeeding …………….
There never was a vision 2020 bro. That was just something Manning used to fool the population. Doh get tie up. Manning was relll toots.
Everything wrong that going on in the country today is because of Manning. He caused crime to increase by giving contracts to "community leaders". Petrotrin is because of Manning. Jones and Manning were best of buddies.
Opv/helicopters is because of Manning. The man was a crazy megalomaniac. The man was crazyyyyy. Stop acting like alluh forget all the sh*t he was doing. Check how many irrelevant sh*t the man spent money on. Palace, napa, sapa etc. Forgot about the secret scholarshipa? The man was crazy. All of that and he still didn't even build 1 homeless shelter. Not one. Man was crazy. "Vision 2020".
Petrotrin problems can be placed squarely on Manning and by extension south people. None of them(Kamla, Panday, seepersad-bachan, manning, al rawi) wanted to touch it cause it would affect their voting base. The AG is the mp for what constituency again? What constituency jones lived in again? Ent all of them went pres and living san fernando west.
Kamla was mess but Manning was a mad man.
shake d livin wake d dead wrote:Redress10 wrote:Ben_spanna wrote:Wasa owns all the water , and because of T&Tec and some old regulations, govt doesn't encourage Solar, Wind or Wave energy making engineering.
Now we going strong, we government doesn't want Hybrids or full Electric cars either....
This Trinidad is really going backwards and there we shall remain.
vision 2020 was what again? to be lower than a third world country? I think they ae succeeding …………….
There never was a vision 2020 bro. That was just something Manning used to fool the population. Doh get tie up. Manning was relll toots.
Everything wrong that going on in the country today is because of Manning. He caused crime to increase by giving contracts to "community leaders". Petrotrin is because of Manning. Jones and Manning were best of buddies.
Opv/helicopters is because of Manning. The man was a crazy megalomaniac. The man was crazyyyyy. Stop acting like alluh forget all the sh*t he was doing. Check how many irrelevant sh*t the man spent money on. Palace, napa, sapa etc. Forgot about the secret scholarshipa? The man was crazy. All of that and he still didn't even build 1 homeless shelter. Not one. Man was crazy. "Vision 2020".
Petrotrin problems can be placed squarely on Manning and by extension south people. None of them(Kamla, Panday, seepersad-bachan, manning, al rawi) wanted to touch it cause it would affect their voting base. The AG is the mp for what constituency again? What constituency jones lived in again? Ent all of them went pres and living san fernando west.
Kamla was mess but Manning was a mad man.
where does that leave rowley??
Beyond the blame game
Mariano Browne
Since the granting of universal suffrage, T&T elections have revolved on personality and tribe. In more recent times critical development issues have been relegated to the sidelines. The 2020 campaign will not be different; the usual themes, corruption, race and the economy, have already been deployed with long-term survival issues trivialised. Yet since 1956, no one has been successfully prosecuted for corruption, or abuse of public office, despite a plethora of legislative changes; the Integrity in Public Life Act, Proceeds of Crime Act, FIU, a new Procurement Act (not fully proclaimed) to name a few.
Indeed, every election is preceded by announcements of new contracts to build new roads and resurface existing ones, new public housing etc, regardless of which party is in government. Elections have to be financed, I guess.
But infrastructural development, education, health care, and the national security apparatus also have to be paid for This week the Auditor General’s report shows the Consolidated Fund at an overdraft of $40.2 billion. Last week the full implication of “prudent” financial and economic management was on display. Helicopters that cost billions were “non-operational” due to lack of funding to provide adequate maintenance. The same for the Coast Guard fleet, the non-functioning radar system all of which are meant to operate in sync. So much for securing our borders. The same is true of the Tobago ferry maintenance. And this is the reason why the Couva hospital remains unopened.
There is not enough money to pay salaries and meet all the other commitments as well. Rather than hypothetical “savings” from expenditure curtailment, the Government has in effect borrowed from contractors, taxpayers (by not paying refunds) and even public servants by not paying increments that are due. The Finance Minister is in a bind; he has borrowed to fund recurrent expenditures (salaries and other operating cost) and has reached the point where he cannot raise taxes; to do so will chase investment away.
Hence the importance of a finding a “turnaround” even where we are only at a turning point. Government gets revenue by taxing the profits of successful businesses and the citizens that work in those corporations. That is why facilitating business and providing an enabling environment matter. If businesses (the energy sector corporations too) don’t grow, then government expenditures cannot grow. Borrowing is only a temporary measure as loans have to be repaid.
The dilemma facing the Government (the country) is that the country’s key economic assets are ageing and must work harder to maintain the revenue flows. T&T is a mature geological province. New oil and gas discoveries have been made elsewhere. The USA has now become an exporter of LNG and oil and new, more efficient petrochemical plants are being built which make them more competitive, and therefore more profitable that those in T&T. The majority of T&T's petrochemical plants were built in the late 70s or early 80s, apart from the new Mitsubishi plant making these plants 30-40 years old. ALNG’s Train 1 is over 20 years old and was to be refurbished later this year. And gas is no longer cheap to produce and even maintaining output is challenging as BPTT’s recent announcement so amply demonstrated.
The closure/restructuring of Petrotrin and the lack of financial and technical capacity to undertake new investment adds to the complexity which would face any government. Even if joint venture partners are found to make these new entities function more efficiently, it will require a five-seven-year turnaround exercise before any gains can be realised. Remember, the steel plant and two petrochemical plants remain idle.
T&T is in a very challenging situation and does not have the luxury of carrying on business as usual, waiting for energy prices to rebound. Even if prices increase this will only give a short-term gain. The country must find additional export activities to move forward. This is a change moment and requires a new approach and economic reform. But economic reforms are more likely to fail or even be reversed, unless they are understood, believed, and accepted by those whom they affect. Communication is important but can never be a substitute for good policies.
The country cannot afford a Toco Port, or a Drydock or a Sandals hotel without an independent feasibility study which establishes a viable business case. Where are the incentives to increase exploration, to build an energy services sector to service the world not merely T&T? The real resource of a country is its people, their skills and aptitudes, training levels and the determination to address the challenges the world order sets us. Yet last week, the Finance Minister indicated that he will again ignore the NIB Actuarial reports recommendations which have been repeated for the last six years.
The blame game is unproductive as each side can inflame the base against the other side’s iniquities with no focus on the systemic changes that must be adopted. “Show trials” and other gladiatorial games achieve nothing. Corruption must be dealt with by changing the system to measure outcomes and hold people accountable. The cynicism that passes for leadership cannot achieve progress. Policies, plans, and programmes, complimented by patient and consistent follow through, matter.
zoom rader wrote:^^^ Just blame Kamala for everything.
These are what the HNs tell PNM ppl and there are a good few HNs on Tuner.
Same as the HNs on tuner. Them is real HNs once them eat ah food and live a comfortable life dem happy.rspann wrote:zoom rader wrote:^^^ Just blame Kamala for everything.
These are what the HNs tell PNM ppl and there are a good few HNs on Tuner.
What you beating up for? You not seeing how Roget, Verna, nobody protesting? Everybody happy. Nobody calling in on programmes to criticise the govt, Kamla dem not even calling out the govt like how shitkickers use to be on she case all the time. The economy turn the corner, money start back to spend. What more you want?
Don't blame the politicians bro.Ben_spanna wrote:I HATE all the nasty politiacans in this country and I hope they all get what they deserve. This country used to be a nice country, now it’s just full of littering nasty Kurtns... with people who cannot even obey road laws, we have lawyers who are nothing but thieves and our justice system is pre-historic and inefficient ..
Yup, that's why the best thing is to migrate, go live in a developed country... sh!tkicker and the bunch ah PNM fools will turn Trinidad into a ZimbabweBen_spanna wrote:I HATE all the nasty politiacans in this country and I hope they all get what they deserve. This country used to be a nice country, now it’s just full of littering nasty Kurtns... with people who cannot even obey road laws, we have lawyers who are nothing but thieves and our justice system is pre-historic and inefficient ..
It have a mod that stated he lives a comfortable life bro, so all not bad for a few.ek4ever wrote:Yup, that's why the best thing is to migrate, go live in a developed country... sh!tkicker and the bunch ah PNM fools will turn Trinidad into a ZimbabweBen_spanna wrote:I HATE all the nasty politiacans in this country and I hope they all get what they deserve. This country used to be a nice country, now it’s just full of littering nasty Kurtns... with people who cannot even obey road laws, we have lawyers who are nothing but thieves and our justice system is pre-historic and inefficient ..
Well the JP is a real person, not sure about the rest .sMASH wrote:
if this is legit, this is absolute bull crap.... absolute corruption
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