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Aboud: Conflict of interest as ministers accept award from quarry group
Environmentalist Gary Aboud is calling on the Minister of Energy Nicole Olivierre and Minister of Works Fitzgerald Hinds to explain why they accepted lifetime membership from the Quarry Association of...
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Good Samaritans reach out to Pariags
After her story was highlighted in the Sunday Guardian last week, terminated ArcelorMittal worker Joanette Pariag says she is grateful for the outpouring of support from good Samaritans in the...
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Look out for human trafficking—Al-Rawi
Attorney General Faris Al-Rawi wants citizens to watch out for potential victims of human trafficking as the Government forges international alliances to deal with trans-Atlantic crimes.He was speaking...
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Killed with ease, impunity in T&T
By now, more than one aspect of T&T’s issues has caught the eye of British criminologist Dr Simon Cottee, a writer for The Atlantic who’s in this country for research.Cambridge scholar, Cottee,...
View ArticleZika scare in Barrackpore
Faced with an influx of mosquitoes and the possibility of contracting Zika, frustrated residents of St Croix Road, Princes Town, want Government to spray their homes and dig a drain to rid the area of...
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Mangaroo to Self-Help Commission: Reach out to the poor
The National Commission for Self Help Ltd (NCSHL) is now a dormant body. This was the view of Surujdeo Mangaroo, former NCSHL chairman, who said he was still getting calls for assistance from members...
View ArticleTrinis lap up cheap flights to Margarita
Venezuela is in turmoil and according to the latest news reports coming out of that country, even once middle-class citizens have now resorted to sifting through trash in order to feed themselves.This,...
View ArticleSex video scandal embarrassing—Mustapha
Members of the Muslim community yesterday expressed embarrassment that one of its members had become embroiled in an online sex tape scandal. They were especially upset that former senator Hakeem Ali...
View ArticleSinanan named to replace Ali, ready to serve
Newly-appointed People’s National Movement Senator Rohan Sinanan says he decided to take up a permanent appointment in the Senate because he wanted to join the right-thinking citizens who really want...
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60 workers out of a job
Hazel Frederick stayed away from her job at Food Basket Market Place, Chaguanas, yesterday because she was feeling sick.Frederick stayed home and rested. Around 5 pm, however, Frederick was awakened by...
View ArticleMore keys go missing at PoS prison... Cops called in
Police have been called in to probe the disappearance of another set of keys at the Port-of-Spain Prison last week.Prisons officers confirmed yesterday that the cell keys to the doors of all the cells...
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Trade unions want stake in housing
Members of the National Trade Union Centre (NATUC) and Joint Trade Union Movement held separate meetings with Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley yesterday at the Office of the Prime Minister in St Clair.In...
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Dillon: Mass shooting in US also threat to T&T
The mass shooting in Orlando, Florida, which left some 49 dead, is not only a threat to the US but also to T&T.“Whether classified as a crime of hate or terrorism it has caused serious threat in...
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Govt and private sector partner to boost cocoa
The local cocoa industry is getting a much needed financial boost as the private sector and Government have partnered to promote sustainable business ventures in rural areas.Speaking at the launch of...
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New Arima Hospital downsized
Cuts were made to the cost of the construction of the Arima Hospital and the number of beds to be made available for patients, according to Arima MP Anthony Garcia.Speaking to members of the media...
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Real story will come to light
While the ruling People’s National Movement has expressed disappointment at the situation involving former senator Hafeez Ali — after news of a sex tape involving him was leaked online — Ali himself...
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Psychiatrists call on RC Archbishop: Open dialogue on abortion and contraception
With 2,500 teenage girls in T&T getting pregnant every year, secretary of the Association of Psychiatrists, Varma Deyalsingh, is calling for adoption centres to be set up by the Catholic...
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500 females ‘exposed’ in online porn ring scandal
A list of the names of over 500 young women, accompanied by folders containing nude photographs of each of them, was leaked yesterday on social media by members of what police believe is a local...
View ArticleT&T Muslims detained in Venezuela: Terror case axed, new charges on
Venezuelan authorities have dropped terrorism charges against the five T&T nationals detained there since March but they are now being charged with intent to commit espionage and to commit a crime,...
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Minister: Changes to GATE soon
University students can expect changes in accessing tuition funds from September as Cabinet is expected to deliberate the findings of a task force set up to review the Government Assistance for Tuition...
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