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Political Technology

The Trinidad Express today has a story about Opposition Leader Basdeo Panday being suspended from Parliament for possibly the remainder of the session for unauthorized use of a laptop.
The Speaker asked rhetorically, “what would prevent 41 members from using laptops during the sitting? One doesn’t know if they are looking at pornography or chatting on-line”.
The [...]

Unofficial Results:
PNM - 26 seats
UNC ‘A” - 15 seats
COP - 0 seats
12:13 AM - UNC @ Reinzi complex- Panday and Jack about to speak.
12:13 AM - Ramesh about to speak as he has been victorious in Tabaquite.
12:15 AM - No audio from CNC3, only images.
12:16 AM - Ramesh speaks - “political guardians of the [...]

Update:
Unofficial Results:
PNM - 26 seats
UNC ‘A” - 15 seats
COP - 0 seats
The voting has begun for the General Elections in Trinidad and Tobago. For live coverage throughout the day and later on tonight as the count starts feel free to check out the live online election coverage for a list of television, radio and blog [...]

Campaign 41 Launches

C News has launched a new website just in time for the elections on Monday called Campaign 41. With the promise to stream the day’s event live as both a radio and video stream Campaign 41 aims to be the place for live online election coverage.
With promises of not only being election [...]

Laqtel Fined - Update

The death bell has probably sounded for Laqtel who following up on our coverage here and here have now been fined $150,000 for breaching its license to provide mobile telecommunication services to the country.
They will also have to pay an additional $10,000 for each day it remains in breach, and if it [...]

Vote TnT Online Poll

In the upcoming general election the NACTA polls seem to be held as the main indicator of success on November 5th. Not to be overlooked though is what I believe to be the first local Facebook application called VoteTnT that is aimed at creating a virtual Facebook election.
You can add this [...]

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