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Imbert to look at bank rates
Finance Minister Colm Imbert has promised to look into the issue of deposit and saving rates charged by banks. He made the promise in winding up debate in the Senate on Tuesday in response to an...
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Young chef aims to be his own boss
Young Keion Dennis, 20, a certified chef, comes out early every morning and sets up two tables at the side of the gas station in Montrose, Chaguanas. He spreads a plastic tablecloth over them, rests...
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Protective services riled up by $1m faux pas: Dillon fixes ‘big mistake’
The People’s National Movement (PNM) Government will apply the past People’s Partnership administration’s promised $1 million death benefit for all protective services officers killed in the line of...
View ArticleMinistry committed to making payments
Not long after members of the Prison Officers Association and Fire Services Association criticised Government for leaving them out of the $1 million compensation package for members of the protective...
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‘Sit out’ for justice
Braving possible arrest, retrenched ArcelorMittal worker Christopher Boodram yesterday sat on the road with scores of his colleagues, blocking vehicles as he spoke to his elder sister on the phone...
View ArticleSteel workers to get $$ in savings plan
Labour Minister Jennifer Baptiste-Primus says former workers of ArcelorMittal could receive money from their UTC savings plan by today or early next week.She said that during yesterday’s post-Cabinet...
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Thieves strike Tiida car lot
Hours after the Police Service warned drivers, particularly those of Nissan cars, about an increase in carjackings in T&T, thieves struck a car lot belonging to the president of the T&T...
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Please don’t send me to PoS remand
Two men accused of orchestrating a grenade attack on a shop in Barataria last month, have been denied bail after appearing in court between Wednesday and yesterday afternoon. Umar Prescott, 24, of...
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Baby, toddler burnt in ‘arson attack’
A nine-month-old baby girl is in critical condition at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) in hospital after she and her four-year-old brother received third degree burns when their home was gutted by fire...
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Cops on trial for robbing prisoner
Fifteen years after being charged with assaulting a prisoner and stealing his money, two police officers yesterday went on trial in the San Fernando Third Criminal Court.Police officers Bertrand...
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Kublalsingh wants highway audit
Highway Re-Route Movement (HRM) leader, Dr Wayne Kublalsingh, is calling on the Government to conduct a forensic probe into the Debe to Mon Desir Highway and is also asking for an urgent meeting with...
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Holders of degrees receiving food cards
After two successive governments spent more than $20 billion in social programmes over the past decade, Local Government and Rural Development Minister Franklin Khan says T&T’s poverty level...
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Cops hunt for close friend
The body of another missing woman has been found dumped in the Mitan River.The latest victim has been identified as Felicia Persad, who was found in a leather bag which had been tied to the root of a...
View ArticleSuspect in UK cricketer’s killing charged
One of two suspects detained for the murder of British national Adrian St John was last night charged.Director of Public Prosecutions Roger Gaspard last night gave police the instructions to charge...
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AG details Emrith’s OAS, Nidco deals
One-time United National Congress official Ken Emrith whose name has been mentioned in connection with the leaked “Panama Papers” scandal, was employed as a marketing consultant at the National...
View ArticleWitness opts not to testify in Moruga case
The State’s case against six police officers charged with the murder of three civilians from Moruga in July 2011 appears to be in jeopardy as its main witness has decided that she will no longer...
View ArticleNo race in SSA sackings—Dillon
National Security Minister Edmund Dillon says there is no move to get rid of East Indians in the Strategic Services Agency (SSA).Dillon said that in an interview with reporters during yesterday's House...
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Serious threat to T&T
The state has information that over 400 T&T nationals - men, women and children - have gone to Syria and undergone military training and indoctrination with the Islamic State (Isis) and have been...
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Man murdered in Marabella drive-by
Police are investigating the murder of a man who was gunned down while he was walking in Marabella yesterday.A report stated that around 10 am, residents of Centeno Street contacted Marabella police,...
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No change to abortion laws
Government has no intention of introducing any new laws to legalise abortion in this country.This according to Health Minister Terrence Deyalsingh even as there is now a confirmed link between the Zika...
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