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Este miércoles arrancó el primer debate camino a las elecciones de febrero del próximo año. La discusión que se realizó en la Universidad Nacional (UNA) trajo a la mesa a los candidatos presidenciales que se encuentran en los primeros lugares de las encuestas.

(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

Georgian Public Broadcaster (GPB) hosted on October 17 debates between four presidential candidates, among them GD’s Giorgi Margvelashvili and UNM’s Davit Bakradze.

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”.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

(Editorial) Public debates between candidates for political office are a tradition dating back to antiquity. In modern times these debates have become increasingly accessible to the public as communications technology has improved.

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.

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.