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Fired HDC bosses angry at unfair board
Six Housing Development Corporation (HDC) managers who were sent on three months administrative leave last December, pending an audit into the operations of the corporation, have been fired.Chief legal...
View ArticleJohn wants $17m from authority
Former Housing Development Corporation (HDC) managing director Jearlean John is suing the State agency for $17 million following her termination on March 22.John, through her attorney Gerald Ramdeen,...
View ArticleCepep worker killed in shootout with cops
On her way to work, the girlfriend of William “Boneman” Rock, 41, came across a crime scene unknown to her that the victim was the man to whom she had just told goodbye.Speaking with the T&T...
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Three take Repsol to court over dismissal
Spanish energy firm Repsol E&P T&T Ltd is being taken to the Industrial Court for the wrongful dismissal of three employees, who were part of a group that was retrenched in January. Eleven...
View ArticleInciting children to be unruly to cops: Parents, adults face arrest
Parents and other adults are being warned they can be arrested if they incite their children to be unruly towards police officers. The warning came following a video on Facebook of a 15-year-old...
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Student from trouble school tells JSC: Bring boot camp for bullies
Primary school student Mishael Henry is calling for the immediate implementation of boot camps to deal with the escalating problem of bullying and violence in schools.Henry, 11, a student of the...
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Ministry, TTUTA agree on SEA supervision
Teachers who volunteer to supervise the administration of this year’s Secondary Entrance Assessment (SEA) exam have been assured they will be allowed to remain at their respective schools while...
View ArticleLifeguards threaten to strike
Lifeguards at the nation’s beaches are threatening to withhold their services unless their demands are met. At a press conference at Maracas beach yesterday, shop steward for the Las Cuevas National...
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A battle won just for her daughter
Single parent Samantha John, 28, was diagnosed with stage four cancer last year but summoned all her will and battled the dreaded disease because she did not want her six-year-old daughter, Shante, to...
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Pepper worth more than oil
“A barrel of peppers is worth more than a barrel of oil in T&T. What do you think the Government should invest in?” asked Brent Bascombe, a young farmer of North Manzanilla. A bag of hot peppers...
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Team already here—Imbert
World Bank officials are in T&T to assist and advise the Government on several pressing matters, including a review of expenditure in all key areas of Government activity and spending in areas such...
View ArticleDr IMF’s advice
Around the world, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has received a great deal of negative press because of the conditionalities it imposes when it lends nations money.But its role as lenders of...
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Children’s Authority on child sexual abuse: 1,000 cases in 9 months
Boys three years and younger are being sexual abused in this country while in Tobago children between one and three are being sexually abused by other children.The highest reported types of child...
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Terrorist fighters must accept risk
The “red flagging” of T&T nationals who went to areas associated with terrorist activity is a normal procedure and is necessary for T&T to meet its obligations under the United Nations’...
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Politically motivated
Politically motivated and outright victimisation. That’s how Lauren Legall and Renatta Jones, two of seven fired managers of the Housing Development Corporation (HDC), have described their...
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Tobago Jazz Festival kicks off tonight
Thousands are making their way to Tobago for one of the year’s biggest cultural weekends. The Tobago Jazz Experience, featuring a host of international superstars, like soul singers Lauryn Hill and...
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Tears flow over death of Fr Hezekiah in US
Tears flowed yesterday as news spread of the sudden passing of Roman Catholic priest Fr Reginald Hezekiah who had been on vacation in the US.Hezekiah, 82, was the parish priest at the St Charles RC...
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Foreign used dealers fuming
Andre WorrellThere is a surprising new entry into the country’s foreign used car industry. Toyota T&T Ltd’s (TTTL) managing director Andre E Baptiste confirmed yesterday that the company has been...
View ArticleRepsol brings Trini expats for platforms
Repsol E&P T&T Ltd will soon be repatriating Trinidadians from their companies around the world to work here, Repsol’s business adviser Allan Russell says.Speaking with the T&T Guardian...
View ArticleRamesh urges Govt to fix justice system
Saying prison breaks are imminent in T&T, former attorney general Ramesh Lawrence Maharaj is calling on the Government to take immediate steps to prosecute prisoners who have been awaiting trial...
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