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Law allows it if they dissolve—Imbert
Finance Minister Colm Imbert said yesterday ArcelorMittal was under no legal obligation to pay its workers severance benefits which would be allowed under T&T laws as the company is seeking to...
View ArticleUnion’s bid to buy steel plant shot down
The Steel Workers Union of T&T (SWUTT) says it has found two private investors, one local and one international, to purchase ArcelorMittal’s Point Lisas steel plant but those efforts may have been...
View ArticleMorvant couple fined $6,000 for fraud
A Morvant couple who used bogus game machine tickets at a Marabella bar to get money were fined a total of $6,000 yesterday.Akido Simon, 35, a father of five, was also ordered to immediately pay the...
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Three held in murder of teenager
Less than 24-hours after police launched a land, sea and air manhunt for the killers of teenager Darian Nedd, two more suspects have been arrested. The brothers — a 19-year-old construction worker and...
View ArticleImbert on sale of Clico assets: Confusion over Republic ownership
Finance Minister Colm Imbert said yesterday “confusion” over which CL Financial entity owns the group’s Republic Bank shares is slowing down the monetisation of the bank as part of the repayment of...
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Friends ambushed, killed in St Joseph
Two longtime friends were murdered yesterday afternoon at Guaratta Hill, Upper Maracas, St Joseph, in what police believe was a hit ordered from behind prison walls.Police said following the murders of...
View ArticleQueries over Kamla’s nephew’s employment at Opposition office
Questions surfaced last night as to whether Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar had breached the Integrity in Public Life Act by employing her nephew, Richard Ahamad, in the Opposition Leader’s...
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JSC to Petrotrin on Jones matter: We want detailed report
A detailed report regarding the Malcolm Jones matter has been requested by Joint Select Committee (JSC) members from the Petroleum Company of T&T (Petrotrin) as questions arose whether chairman...
View ArticleOstracised by peers
Ostracised by his peers, a Naparima College student who recorded the now controversial discussion one of his teachers engaged in with a Form Five class, has again made a recording, this time confessing...
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State entities warned over late reports
State enterprises accessing public funds cannot be allowed to operate as “rogue entities” and must be made to account for their financial operations.Labeling the lack of compliance as inexcusable and...
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HDC audit still not complete
Managing director of the Housing Development Corporation (HDC) Jearlean John claims she was fired yesterday for having “an offensive tone” at a meeting with the board on Monday.Speaking to the T&T...
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Sabga beaming over Key to City award
Chairman Emeritus of the ANSA McAL Group of Companies, Dr Anthony N Sabga, was presented yesterday with the Key to the City of Port-of-Spain.Surrounded by his wife, Minerva, children and grandchildren...
View ArticleMan jailed for 76 months
A protection order is not just a simple piece of paper. This was the stern message sent yesterday by Chief Magistrate Marcia Ayers-Caesar after she sentenced two men for breaching protection orders...
View ArticleJwala breached Bank Act—Colm
Finance Minister Colm Imbert says Central Bank Governor Jwala Rambarran was fired in December because of breaches to the Central Bank Act which led to his misconduct and failure to perform his...
View ArticleMinistry looking to partner with parents of deviant students
Officials of the El Dorado East Secondary School up to yesterday were attempting to contact parents of the 21 students who are to be removed from the institution after engaging in “unacceptable and...
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Boost for customer relations
On the first day on the job as Planning Minister, Maxie Cuffie has promised to look into reasons why members of the public can no longer access public assistance in filing their taxes at Inland Revenue...
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PLOTT disturbed by escalating crime
Powerful Ladies of T&T (PLOTT) said it is very disturbed by the escalating murder rate which has crossed the 100 mark before the end of the first three months of 2016.The group lamented the...
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Paraplegic murdered on drug block
When paraplegic Mark Ravello was found dead with a gunshot wound to his head yesterday morning, it came as no surprise to his mother Dawn. Standing on the roadside in Marabella, waiting for police to...
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Father of murder victim on gun charge
The father of a man who was murdered in Valencia last month appeared before a Sangre Grande magistrate charged with being in possession of an assault rifle and a quantity of ammunition.Beresford...
View ArticleNo missing CAC music scores
The Ministry of Education says the term missing music scores does not mean that data has been lost, but that it is being tracked or validated.This is in response to the Sunday Guardian's story on the...
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