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Online purchases get 7% tax
Based on data available from the CSO in September 2015, it was assumed that there would be virtually no economic growth in 2015, ie a flat economy, and there would be a decline of approximately 1.4% of...
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EX-WORKERS FEEL ADJUSTMENT PAIN
Stress, anguish and pain.Those are some of the sentiments expressed by ex-ArcelorMittal workers in the past four weeks. Tomorrow marks one month since the steel company issued termination letters to...
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State company runs out of cash
Employees at the Rural Development Company (RDC) in Couva have not been paid for the entire first quarter of the year and are owed more than $.75 million in salaries.In addition to the 23 workers,...
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Robber kills bar patron
A 33-year-old New Grant welder who stopped at a bar for a drink with friends was fatally shot during a robbery yesterday afternoon. Sunil Jaisarie was shot in the right eye by a gunman during the...
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Primary school violence increasing: Teachers fear for their safety
As the new school term begins today, teachers at primary schools in east and central Trinidad say they fear for their safety because of gang violence and are calling for an urgent intervention by...
View ArticleFuneral for slain cop tomorrow
News that Government will be paying $1 million in compensation to police officers killed in the line of duty is of no comfort to the common-law wife of slain PC Anson Benjamin. Cherry Ann Foster, 33,...
View ArticleTeen bandit dies at hospital
One of two teenagers who robbed a PH driver of his vehicle using a fake gun then crashed into a light pole during a high speed chase with police on Saturday has died. Kemroy Alexander, 18, sucumbed to...
View ArticleSuspects still at large after Brasso robbery
Still shaken by a robbery in Tabaquite last week in which two of the assailants were killed, 23-year-old Chanice Marchand is still not sure she will ever return to her job as a pump attendant. The...
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MSJ knocks mid term budget measures
Movement for Social Justice (MSJ) political leader David Abdulah has criticised the Government for failing to hold public consultation before Friday’s mid year budget review. At a press conference...
View ArticleCasino workers fear job losses
Scores of casino workers gathered in front of the Parliament Building in Port-of-Spain on Friday to protest the increased taxes imposed on the gaming industry. They are worried that as a result of that...
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Former AG suggests DNA database can help reduce crime
“Government should concentrate on putting resources to be able to fix the justice system in Trinidad and Tobago.” So said former attorney general Ramesh Lawrence Maharaj during a workers’ meeting...
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Cancer patient does all he can to help
When asked what he wanted, the first thing 12-year old Joshua Applewhite asked for was paper and material to make a kite. Joshua and his mother, Ingrid Applewhite, had been living in a savannah at...
View ArticleSuspect released in fatal stabbing
The 23-year-old pregnant woman suspected in the fatal stabbing of Los Bajos rigger Davidson Roach has been released from custody, police said. The suspect, a security officer, who was held after...
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Unpatriotic to raise fares
Finance Minister Colm Imbert yesterday made a public appeal to taxi and maxi taxi drivers not to increase their fares to commuters following the 15 per cent hike in the prices of super gasoline and...
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UK national killed after robbery
British national Adrian St John was shot dead on Sunday night after he was robbed by two armed bandits in Mt D’Or.According to police, around 8.30 pm, 22-year-old St John was driving a Nissan AD wagon...
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Ex-councillor’s son stabbed to death
The son of a former local government councillor in the Maracas/ Santa Margarita area was stabbed to death on Sunday night following a drunken dispute with a friend.Police reports stated that around...
View ArticleEx-cop tipped for top spy post
A former head of the Police Service’s Special Branch is tipped to be among deputy directors of the Strategic Services Agency (SSA), government officials have indicated.The official is among several...
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No hiccups as school reopens
Education Minister Anthony Garcia yesterday celebrated the smooth reopening of all primary and secondary schools after the Easter break and he criticised the former administration for their mishandling...
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Fire closes Beetham dump again
Potentially toxic smoke filtered through the city of Port-of-Spain yesterday after yet another overnight fire at the Beetham landfill.The dump was closed for business yesterday as authorities focussed...
View ArticleBrothers plead guilty to 2001 killing
Two brothers yesterday pleaded guilty to the 2001 murder of Daniel Lester Aberdeen.Ancil and Leo Poulette, of Egypt Village, Point Fortin, were convicted and sentenced to hang in 2007 for Aberdeen’s...
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