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Trinidad Express (Free subscription) | 07/19/2008
We're not hiding information, says ParsanlalRia Taitt Political Editor Saturday, July 19th 2008"It is certainly not a deliberate attempt by the Government to frustrate or hide information. We try to answer questions in as timely a manner as possible...sometimes that is difficult. And we understand what the Speaker has done." That was the response of Information Minister Neil Parsanlal...
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Trinidad Express (Free subscription) | 07/13/2008
Parsanlal: No State $$ for HyattAnna Ramdass aramdass@trinidadexpress.comInformation Minister Neil Parsanlal admitted yesterday that PNMites attending the party's two-day annual convention at the Chaguaramas Convention Centre had booked in at the Hyatt Regency hotel on Wrightson Road. He insisted, however, that these persons were staying at the Hyatt at their own expense and not at the expense of taxpayers....
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Jamaica Gleaner :: Business (Free subscription) | 08/15/2008
... regarding the trip and sent a private jet for Thomas and his delegation.Information Minister Neil Parsanlal has defended the advertisements saying "It was designed to put information in the public domain that no other organisation in the country, not least of all the media, was prepared to put".The ruling People's National Movement (PNM) has also called on the Trinidad Express newspaper...
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Trinidad Express (Free subscription) | 08/11/2008
... their flight, the official, who requested anonymity said. Efforts to contact Information Minister Neil Parsanlal yesterday were futile as he was travelling abroad. The Express was able to contact him earlier, however, for comments on a previous story in which newspaper advertisements on Thomas's visit were criticised. (See story below) Thomas, who was elected in the Grenada general...
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Trinidad Express (Free subscription) | 07/27/2008
... time.) Less exciting was the debate on three bills on pensions, piloted by Information Minister Neil Parsanlal. These will raise the pensions received by former public servants who acted in higher positions for a certain period before retiring. The proceedings were enlivened when the lights in the chamber went out just before 2 pm. Unflustered, Mr Parsanlal continued smoothly...
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Trinidad Express (Free subscription) | 07/25/2008
UDeCOTT would do everything in its power to ensure that its records are preserved and not destroyed, Information Minister Neil Parsanlal stated yesterday. He was responding to comments that UDeCOTT had ample time to destroy records before the Commission of Enquiry gets on the way. Asked what assurances he could give the public that records would not be tampered with, Parsanlal...
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Trinidad Express (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
Parliament plunged into darknessAnna Ramdass aramdass@trinidadexpress.com Opposition MP Roodal Moonilal used the power problem at the Parliament yesterday to slam the Government on its Vision 2020. At approximately 1.57 p.m. the power at the Red House was cut leaving generated lights to illuminate the Chamber. Information Minister Neil Parsanlal was on his feet at the time contributing...
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Trinidad Express (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
Different jurisdictions, different practices, but the bottom line is the same - the country's Government has a responsibility to answer questions put to it by the country's Opposition in Parliament. This is our response to Information Minister Neil Parsanlal's defence of the Government's laggardness that has left over 100 of such questions unanswered to date. Following House Speaker Barry...
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Trinidad Express (Free subscription) | 07/09/2008
... presently. Speaking at a post cabinet press conference last week, Minister of Information, Neil Parsanlal's comments supported Rambaran's statement when he said the situation was "far from frightening." He said out of the US$7 billion in exports which leaves Trinidad and Tobago headed to the US, only US$5.1 million in exports will be affected by Bush's declaration. Rambaran said businessmen...
