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Warner backs down on lawsuit against Panday
He vowed to turn Opposition Leader Basdeo Panday into a poor man, by suing him for slander. But yesterday, the dissident deputy political leader of the UNC Jack Warner backed down on his threat and said he had decided not to proceed with legal proceedings against Panday. It was only on Tuesday that British Queen’s Counsel Alan Newman arrived in Trinidad to represent Warner. In a news release yesterday, Warner stated that pleas from Caroni East MP Dr Tim Gopeesingh, Fyzabad MP Chandresh Sharma and UNC general secretary Fazal Karim, together with many more calls, were instrumental in him changing his mind not to take Panday to court. “I have given serious consideration to the numerous pleas made to me by members of the UNC,” he stated. “Since I always put the interest of the membership of the party and the party first in my actions, I have decided to hold my hands and not to proceed to commence the action for libel against Panday, but without prejudice to my future legal rights in respect to this matter. “I am not interested in getting personal gain at the expense of the party and I have always dedicated my time and every resource which I possess to the party. ”
Warner, however, stated clearly that his decision did not change his calls for change of leadership within the party. “This change is mandatory if the party is to win the next general elections,” he said. “Based on the actions of Prime Minister Patrick Manning and his party, this country needs to rescued from the current Government. When informed of Warner’s decision, Panday replied: “Warner is irrelevant...Warner is irrelevant to the UNC and to the politics of T&T.” However, his colleagues, who for the past months have called on Warner to resign from the party, were in high praise of him. Praising Warner for letting good sense prevail, Sharma said: “Warner has good in him. He has listened listen to a groundswell of people. Politicians are the movers and they add value. Warner is an international player and people were of the view that the matter was creating negativity for the party and not adding value. He is good man but sometimes evil contaminates the good.”
Gopeesingh, who also opted to set aside the political picong, telephoned Warner on Tuesday and pleaded with him not to sue Panday. “I called him in a personal capacity not on behalf of party nor on behalf of Panday or anyone else,” he said. “I thought the issue was going on to long. It was looking dirty in the eyes of the public. It had to come to and end.” Meanwhile, Warner said he had instructed his team of lawyers to take the necessary steps regarding what he called the unlawful actions by the national executive of the party to take disciplinary action against himself, Maharaj and Mayaro MP Winston “Gypsy” Peters.
Wuss!
Wuss!
Oh God Jack, now you looking
Oh God Jack, now you looking real stupid! Can't stand Panday and company but why you going on with this rubbish, let it end please. Another thing, Wiggy baby, (B'dos) You still in our
Trini business, Jack must be your real buddy since you can't rest unless you comment on everything about this man- give us Trini's a break and mind your Bajan business instead, I guess they don't have much news to comment on in your Island, well, sorry about that, from your good friend Silly2dBone. XXXXXXXXXXX
SILLY2dbone , I have learnt
SILLY2dbone , I have learnt to respect good human beings such as Austin "Jack" Warner and as a citizen of the Caribbean , Jack is my brother - I have a CARICOM Passport . Barbados is not one of the killing fields within Caricom and our economy is holding it's own . Clico in Barbados is still getting new business and from a national prospective , job losses are small . Similar to T&T , we have a problem with illegal immigrants , primarily from Guyana . But , I am sure that you can read the Barbados Nation online and know what is happening in Barbados .
SILLY2dbone , you have no basis in logic for saying that Jack looking stupid for dealing with this matter because Jack is the MP for Chaguanas West and one of FIFAs top administrators , therefore , he has to respond to Panday's negative allegations , which were made in the public domain . You may not like Jack but you should , at least , respect him because he is a nation icon of T&T .
ATW - Barbados .
wiggins, I actually really
wiggins, I actually really admire you. I like your writings and mean no disrespect to you when I write, living in Trinidad with some of these Politicians and their shannigans all of the time is very frustrating, Jack just seems to come over sometimes as somebody who has plenty money, no intellect and thereby lies the problem. I lost my last little bit of respect for Jack when he took a young, inexperienced girl and put her in a position of power in Chaguanas, she is so obviously out of her depth, there are so many persons more suited for that job, she is being used as a political puppet, I feel sorry for her ( I am a woman too). I am sorry, wiggins, it is all about money power with Jack. I cannot understand why a man of your standing can still rally around these people.
Wiggins, I know Barbados is
Wiggins, I know Barbados is no where near a "Killing Field" but your country is a Tourist destination, it is well known that your papers don't publish alot of the serious crimes as a result of this.. So I won't say all that is reported in the nation and the other newpaper (can't remember the name) is entirely accurate of what is going on there...
P.S Glad to see you and trinibone kiss and make up :)
Kitty , our news papers
Kitty , our news papers print all the crime which takes place in Barbados and the call-in programmes are very open and frank . In addition to our local journalists , we have foreign journalists working here , too . Kitty , I have a confession to make and that is , I did not know Trinibone was a woman . Now that I know , she and I will really have to kiss and make up .
ATW - Barbados .
Trinibone , I did not know
Trinibone , I did not know that you were a woman , eventhough my opinons and support for Jack is not going to change , I will be gentle and nice to you . Getting rid of Rambachan and putting Natasha Navas as Mayor is all about the rift in the UNC between Jack's fraction and Panday's minions . Trini , there are many people being used in politics the world over , Rambachan and Nagessar are Panday's puppets . Natasha is a mother and is 30 years old but there are many inexperience politicians in the world , even in Mannings government but experience advisors are there to guide them . I will visit T&T and go to Chaguanas , in December this year and maybe we will meet , in person .
ATW - Barbados .
I dont think warner had a
I dont think warner had a case
Panday is still arrogant!
Panday is still arrogant! Warner should have taught him a lesson!!!Panday would never learn!why don't he wither away in the wilderness!
Band Aid Solution. The saga
Band Aid Solution. The saga continues for poor T&T. Panday's arrogance is one thing. I want to see the two of them bury this one and move on...not Bas. He eh go let dis one go not for party not for country. You see Warner liked the Fox when he was cunning enough to manoeuvre other sticky situations. I don't believe that Bas called Warner a drug lord but sure Warner took the "inference" to heart. Panday is a lawyer and knows about libel. He has court house clothes for crying out loud. What Bas was trying to say though far fetched,is true. If we allow free money into the system as "grants", how are we protected from money launderers, as though we don't know that T&T already operating under two currency systems, the traditional and the money launderers, right Saltsman? Tell meh ah lie. If I was Panday to take shame off meh face I would mortgage meh house and pay back Jack all he give meh and Fedex the laptops back to him too. All who get money from Jack look out yuh day will come...if you just wait a while. Panday take dat...politics has a morality of its own indeed. See what happens when you sleep with the devil eh Bas and Jack???????
Though it was wrong for
Though it was wrong for Panday to infer in the same lines, he never called him a drug lord or drug dealer. Warner killed whatever case he thought he had on the platform on Friday. Waste of time!
Glass Houses
Glass Houses
...and throwing stones, comes to mind.
Though it was wrong for Panday to infer in the same lines, he never called him a drug lord or drug dealer.
As I hear it, Mr Panday still has not accounted for the £1,000,000 (just slightly more than TT$10,000.000, and this does not include the interest earnt) that is in his bank account... oops sorry, his wife's bank account.
La Diva
Mr. Warner - Businessman Mr.
Mr. Warner - Businessman
Mr. Warner is a seasoned and astute businessman. He did not get where he is by playing games in the sandbox - he played in the big league with big boys. He has now found himself in the centre of a very unpleasant situation that started off with political disagreements and ended with personal character destruction. He felt he was publicly maligned by Mr. Panday. He did what he believed he had to do, and that was to sue the pants off Mr. Panday to teach him a valuable lesson in life - that is there are consequences for our actions. However, the public display of anger on both sides became unbearable for some Party members to continue to condone, in silence, and they stepped forward and tried to mediate with Mr. Warner on behalf of the party and its survival. Mr. Warner, a businessman, knows how to play the game. He knows that even though you may be disgusted with the behaviour of some you must conduct business with, you don't always pack your bags and leave the boardroom every time you get angry or are maligned, throwing away all you had invested your time and finances into. The bottom line for Mr. Warner is the survival of this Opposition Party and his personal character. He made the best decision he could in his own interest, and ultimately the interest of the party and that was to 'back off' from his lawsuit against Mr. Panday at this time. Perhaps we may see some semblance of gentlemanly behaviour from these men for a while - as those who put their reputatin on the line to convince Mr. Warner to back off would act as liaison officers of peace. Mr. Warner knows that 'you don't cut off your nose to spite your face'. We may see some changes coming soon. We can hope, can't we? Mr. Warner, you are a big man!
It seems the guardian
It seems the guardian don’t want to post the people voice, ok I good with that, let’s see what the guardian going to do to fix my life and my family and children, every time I post my video, they take it off, but can publish all the other blogs. I got 680000 hits this week, how did you do! Do you want to trade hits, or you don’t understand how it works, when people make comments you post them, when I make comments you erase my comments, ask the people if it fair.
People of Trinidad and Tobago do you think ryan4party should be allowed to voice his option.
Guardian, UNC Nothing Yet. I promises your. UNC Google yet.
Jack you full of it. you just made the wrong move.
good luck, now you have me to deal with, Ryan4Party and uncnothingyet
Ryan4Party@live.com
WOW!!! 680,000 hits - that's
WOW!!! 680,000 hits - that's three-quarter of our population.
terraxena
terraxena
The real question ought to be how many of them are from unique visitors, rather than someone clicking the 'submit' button three or four times, per page, as happens here in the Comments section... ;D
La Diva
we got 73,390 unique
we got 73,390 unique hits.
650,000 page views (hits)
Bounce rate of 79%
Hits from 23 countries.
Some people just look at the videos, each video has its own page, and considered to be a hit.
Now since all this cost money, I have a good idea, how about we make a little bet, $10,000 usd ok, and I will allow the guardian the user name and pass word for our Google analytical, we will let the guardian say how hits we got, don’t worry I will not spend the money, I will give it to Google for more hits, lol. So who want to talk put your money where your mouth is.
One more thing before I forget you don’t have to join to look at the videos, anyone can look at the videos.
We are also using the 64 social networks globally including facebook and myspace.
Only trinidad have trini,
Only trinidad have trini, how much trini kids born outside trini and live outside?
This is what you get when you use 180 search engins, chain letters, keywords totaling to 200+ and target ever word from PNM to lime.
Word of mouth, and the other 11,000 members on other ning trinidad groups.
What is the address of your
What is the address of your website/blog or whatever it is?
I don't believe you on your hit number but I might still read it sometimes to pass time...:)
So put your money where
So put your money where your mouth is. put up the money or stop talking crap.
http://uncnothingyet.ning.com
http://uncnothingyet.ning.com/video/supertrini-speaks-the-1st
Guardian repsent the people voice
see super trini on UNC Nothing Yet!
Ryan4Party@live.com
How do you feel, you not
How do you feel, you not winning the next eleciton
ryan I do not know why you
ryan I do not know why you were flagged but anyway, probably it was some poor loser. Thanks for the web site UNCnothing yet. It is so obviously not a political site so perhaps there was some mis- understanding and hence the silly flagging!!! ryan keep on writing, I don't always agree with what you say but thats fine too. J. Maharaj
Did Tim, Chandresh, Fazal et
Did Tim, Chandresh, Fazal et al also speak to Bas and suggest he too put a gag in his mouth, now that they have come out of their crease (drawn out by Jack's naming them) & put their own credibility on the line? They should now buy a pipe, a pair of slippers & a rocking chair and organise a retirement party for the old Bas & stage a nice dollar fete for all to attend. I'm sure Jack will make a generous contribution. Show some balls, fellas, while there is still time before Patrick takes out the piece of paper in his back pocket. If not, you'll have to live with the Office of the Executive Dictator on your consciences.
....ah yes...we knew it all
....ah yes...we knew it all along....Jack's grand-charge has Ramesh's fingerprints all over it....guaranteed to glean as much publicity as possible...Ramesh, master puppeteer and ventriloquist, sensing Jack's phobia over accusations of impropriety and still smarting over the severe flogging he took over the report and subsequent TV commentary over his FIFA exploits....remained poised like goat pellets on a steep incline....no sooner had Bass uttered the offending phrases that Jack, prompted by Ramesh, let loose a barrage of verbiage moist with spittle, and before the microphones had the chance to dry out, he summoned his English bulldog who growled support for his supper...images of the neo-impoverished Bass & family, stripped of their last sou, reduced to begging in the streets were painted for a gullible media and an even more gullible population....then, at the height of the hysteria generated by Bass's putative punishment, the 'hold me back' back-pedaling gently started and the rest is history....remember girls & boys...you read it here first...
Good Legal Advice: Mr.
Good Legal Advice: Mr. Warner received excellent legal advice in not pursuing his action against Mr.Pandey in view of he himself playing the alleged libelous statements twice at the meeting he convened. Secondly his PR people has also given sound advice to tone down the rhetoric and put country and party before self.
As Mr. Sharma indicated sometimes good intent gets contaminated, and Mr. Warner astute businessman he is must be commended for his actions. One hopes the same sanity would prevail on the other players in this affair and the long term welfare of our beloved T&T is placed before self interest. We definitely cannot continue the way we are heading with the present administration.
Why did all these goodly
Why did all these goodly people wait until all the venom was spewed in public to show how good they were at making peace. Mr Jack of the Ramjack'Gers you have lost credibility,no follow-on-ability.
On the other hand it is better that this ugliness has ended here and now.
What is left in the mind of the public is the question of wether they would like any of these people who are involved in this ugliness to be in charge of this country.
Yesterday we had a good example of why the police should be armed. Today we have a good example of why we need "CHANGE" in the behaviour of politician.
NEW FACES NEW IDEAS, LOYALTIES AND NEW MORALITY
A change from dirty politics, mud slinging and a desperation to rule by any means possible.
How long before we will see the entire GANG (for that is what they have been reduced to a postering GANG) holding hands on a platform showing us just how good they are with each other? Mr Bass leave with DIGINITY, let your daughter earn the right to political noteriety by her own achievements, and not by having it handed to her by you. Leave without MASHING up the party further. Leave and take Gopeesing and all the older men in that party with you, because their thinking is just the same as yours.
Dianah, your hatefulness
Dianah, your hatefulness still racing on and on and on, can't you try and shut for a change, you are not popular on this blog. Noticing that the words venom and spew are right up there in your top of the vocab words.
Please comment on the
Please comment on the subject at hand and do not attack people because you do not have an arguement. Do you believe in freedom of speech for everyone? Or do you believe in freedom of speech for just those who agree with you?
Dianah's opinion are welcomed here, as is yours. You claim Dianah is not popular on this blog. I say popularity at something does not make one right. A good example is Hitler was popular but that did not make him right.
penal, you are quite right
penal, you are quite right
Panday's minions were
Panday's minions were begging Jack not to sue the the political anaconda in the interest of the unc . The Party will never win another general election with Panday as the political leader. The "executive" of the unc should resign and the party hold an Annual General Meeting and elect a new executive . Panday and his minions are trying to stop Jack , Ramesh and Winston (RamJackWin-ners)from running for office in the unc .
ATW - Barbados .
Wiggins you does have to
Wiggins you does have to jump on the Jack bandwagon all the time eh, so what if "Panday's minions were begging Jack not to sue", did they hold a gun to his head, did they threaten him....NOOOOOO,go back and read some of the blogs when this all started, see how many people already knew that nothing would come of this and that Jack would make some excuse as to why he changed his mind. Just goes to show that Jack is a blow hard who just want he 2 minutes of fame.
Obeahwoman , Jack hired a
Obeahwoman , Jack hired a lawyer from England to take the slander case against Panday but he changed his mind when panday's minions called him and begged him not to sue Panday , some of them were even crying . Obeahwoman , you call a man like Jack a "Blow-hard" ?? Jack Warner is a man of positive action , he gave the Chaguanas Borough Corporation $309,000.00 to make sure that 54 displaced workers were able to put food on their tables . I wanted Jack to sue him and teach him a lesson but other bloggers were appealing to Jack not to sue Panday . Jack is now representing two (2) constituencies , Chaguanas West and Couva North . Austin "Jack" Warner should be the Chairman of the UNC and Ramesh Maharaj should be the political leader.
ATW - Barbados .
Yes Wiggins I know that Jack
Yes Wiggins I know that Jack hired a lawyer from England to take his case, my question to you is why didn't he continue and since you seem to be the only one who knows everything about Jack I thought you would have an answer but I see that you didn't.
For the record I can't remember any bloggers BEGGING Jack not to sue Panday and I have no idea where you came up with Panday's people crying and begging Jack but then again you seem to know it all.
Jack brought the lawyer so that again his picture would be in the papers and we all know that was a good publicity stunt for people like you who consider him to be an"icon" and if Jack was a man of his word as you say or if he truly wanted to file charges against Panday no amount of begging would have stopped him, so yes I say he is a blow hard who has money and wants his 2 minutes of fame.
Now you get Jack's english lawyer and sue me....hahahahahaha
I said I would never vote
I said I would never vote again but if Jack were to be make his own party I may vote for him. I see him as a man who has demonstrated time and again that he could get things done ,fearlessly. It is demonstrated that Mr Warner could organize people for positive purposes. Mr Panday had his time and like Mr Manning must know when their usefulness is used up. They need to bow out while their pride and respect is still in tact. We need someone who could " step up to the plate " in this century, in a new way.
Gloria We need someone who
Gloria
We need someone who could " step up to the plate " in this century, in a new way.
There are probably people who 'could' step up to the plate, podium, plank... whatever name one chooses to give it.
The question, I feel, really needs to be... would they and if not, why? Inspite of her being 'Barbie', if a driver and Blackberry comes with the post of being Mayor, why is it that Mayor Navas should be without these things several weeks after taking office? I had hopes, and still have hopes, that the publicity surrounding her initially taking up of the Office would inspire other young ladies (and men) but with all the throwing of toys out of the pram, heck even I am not sure I would want to place my genuine crocodile leather shoe into THAT pot!
(Sssh. It is 'genuine fake' crocodile leather, but don't tell anyone. ;D)
La Diva
Jack wanted to tie up the
Jack wanted to tie up the legal system with this! I have a problem with dat. These boys were playing pitch together, find that the ole man need to retire and yes dey dealing wid a real arrogant and stubborn mule in Panday. But now de ting buss up and Ramesh who have his eyes on power ready to take it all dong. Jack want Panday to step down he doh want no power and yes he at times appears to want positive, like when he went round that Sunday night sharing $ for people not to vote for Dooks in Dooks constituency. Jack has to be careful how he spends his money even if it is money gained from oversold tickets...it is his money and yes he helps the needy. Yet $ cyar buy respect. Jack lost my respect when he decided to let out all he did for the Pandays. Was he doing it for them or for the hope of changing the PNM Gov't and if the latter was his motive fine but if he helped friends yuh doh talk bout it...that is where unconditional love comes in. As for tying up the courts with that stuff, Jack if is positive yuh like then leave the courts to deal with real murderers and reckless drivers please.
Panday knows he's not up to
Panday knows he's not up to the task, but still mouthing off, when will this man learn?? good for you Jack, you have shown compassion.
You are the man!!
This crop of leaders are all
This crop of leaders are all arrogant, corrupt and stupid , we need a new breed of leaders , someone who really cares . and who has none of the above qualities.Any takers?
Correct, their attitudes
Correct, their attitudes were shaped by the disfunctional colonial
experience of their generation. "We should move on"
Aye, all yuh think
Aye, all yuh think Goopeesingh stupid? If this went to trial who yuh think will have to foot Bass' legal fees now that Jack not payin' for it? Goopeesingh! The man just trying to save himself some money.
LOL LOL LOL LOL
LOL LOL LOL LOL
LOL LOL LOL LOL
LOL LOL LOL LOL
Dinah Love , LOL , Dr.Tim
Dinah Love , LOL , Dr.Tim Gopeesingh trying to keep his money eh , LOL . Basdeo and Oma gone to get a loan to pay back Jack . Dinah , the AG is taking very long to find out whether Jack is a private or a public citizen and in the mean-time the 54 CBC workers are being paid .
ATW - Barbados .
Playing dead to 'catch
Playing dead to 'catch corbeaux alive'?
Maybe, just maybe, but did Goopeesingh et al spoil the Lion's chance of eating up the Deputy? Maybe Mr Newman advised that the Lion was not dead meat, as many seem to think, but was just playing 'dead to catch corbeau alive' (a Trinidad saying)?
ajfyzabadbutlertown
I wonder what little secret
I wonder what little secret Pandey has on Warner. A few phone calls from UNC loyalist and Warner is ready to forgive and forget.
He's not paying taxes.
He's not paying taxes.
Re: UNCNothingYet
Re: UNCNothingYet
avany: I visited the site UNCNothingYet and it's quite good. I recaps articles of all three T&T daily newspapers and also has great pictures and links to all sorts of interesting events. I recommend it as a one-stop site because I usually have to click on each newspaper separately, but with this site, I just have one click and I get it all in the morning before I go to work. Good job, Mr, Ryan. I think I like you.
Avalynn, USA