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Rowley tells Chaguanas Chamber: Imported labour won’t solve problems
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Monday, July 7, 2014
SHASTRI BOODAN
Opposition Leader Dr Keith Rowley is not in support of using foreign labour to ease manpower shortages. Rowley, featured speaker at a breakfast seminar hosted by the Chaguanas Chamber of Industry and Commerce (CCIC), said using external labour should not be seen as an option when jobs should be going to nationals instead. “As it stands now skilled people living in the region—once you have certification—can be available to T&T users.
We cannot solve our problems by abandoning our own input and relying on importation as a replacement because that in itself creates new problems," he said. Rowley said outsiders are taking jobs in T&T while locals are claiming they can’t get jobs so they rely on the Government for make-work programmes. He said the Government should put systems in place for people to enter the workforce and actually do work.
The PNM political leader said one of the spin-offs from his party’s plans to absorb the Ministry of Local Government into the Ministry of Finance will be the creation of local government bodies with powers similar to the Tobago House of Assembly (THA). He said one of the roles of these bodies will be creation of databases of people in the various municipalities who need employment.
Chamber president Richie Sookhai said it is time to determine whether make-work programmes only serve as a plaster in depressed areas instead of alleviating the crime problem. “We should consider re-evaluation of these programmes to determine whether we are getting value for money, whether those in need are really being helped and whether illegal activities are being funded.
This evaluation should, of course, be based on solid facts, not wild accusations and sensationalism,” he said. During the meeting the chamber signed an MOU with the Mississauga Board of Trade. Sookhai said the MOU facilitates business relationships and opportunities between Canada and T&T.
http://www.guardian.co.tt/business/2014 ... e-problems
sharkman121 wrote:lawd not dis kant uml again
UML wrote:sharkman121 wrote:Interesting bcuz i was gonna enquire about it myself. Finishing my bachelors in june and i iswanna do my masters online if possible. Or maybe just pursue a 2nd degree online.
UTT nah?!!![]()
UML wrote:sharkman121 wrote:lawd not dis kant uml againUML wrote:sharkman121 wrote:Interesting bcuz i was gonna enquire about it myself. Finishing my bachelors in june and i iswanna do my masters online if possible. Or maybe just pursue a 2nd degree online.
UTT nah?!!![]()
*crickets*
shogun wrote:Lol...
Wouldn't be surprised if UML is slightly orf kilter in real life. Serious.
UML wrote:shogun wrote:Lol...
Wouldn't be surprised if UML is slightly orf kilter in real life. Serious.
because i highlight Dr. rowley being a hypocrite and his evil intentions?
look at the statistics of the islanders among us...jamaicans crime...grenadians gimme gimme
look we had to try and corrupt COSTATT to facilitate them...fail den form UTT tuh teach dunce like sharkman!!!
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honestly, I more worried about that profile pic being u
shogun wrote:UML wrote:shogun wrote:Lol...
Wouldn't be surprised if UML is slightly orf kilter in real life. Serious.
because i highlight Dr. rowley being a hypocrite and his evil intentions?
look at the statistics of the islanders among us...jamaicans crime...grenadians gimme gimme
look we had to try and corrupt COSTATT to facilitate them...fail den form UTT tuh teach dunce like sharkman!!!
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honestly, I more worried about that profile pic being u
Damn. I didn't just touch a nerve... seems i molested it.
shogun wrote:Wow... just.. Wow.
Crackpot wrote:steups, nobody doh even have time wid this nonsense.
shogun wrote:The lamest of sh!t.
K74T wrote:Crackpot wrote:steups, nobody doh even have time wid this nonsense.
The article or OP on the whole?
UML wrote:shogun wrote:The lamest of sh!t.
nah ah wasnt thinking of that....but if you want to link it to your sexual encounters...you go buddy!
UML wrote:so lets not get misled and misdirected by these long-haired battyboys
Dr. Rowley you are a HYPOCRITE to say dont import international labour but import regional labour!!
More so when you claim to have intentions of decentralizing POS and making Chaguanas a city and continue developing it.......yet EVERYDAY you complain that the current govt moving everything "south of the Caroni River"!!
janfar wrote:Will there ever be a thread where UML doesnt own himself?
eliteauto wrote:UML wrote:so lets not get misled and misdirected by these long-haired battyboys
Dr. Rowley you are a HYPOCRITE to say dont import international labour but import regional labour!!
More so when you claim to have intentions of decentralizing POS and making Chaguanas a city and continue developing it.......yet EVERYDAY you complain that the current govt moving everything "south of the Caroni River"!!
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wait... you really didn't read and comprehend? hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
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