Cops widen search for missing OAS expat
South Western Division police made more searches throughout the forested areas off Quinam Road, Siparia, in the hope of finding missing Brazilian expatriate Odair Bezerra Lins.Investigators said they...
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Pregnant woman admits to being ganja addict
A pregnant woman admitted to being a marijuana addict when she appeared in the San Fernando Magistrates’ Court charged with possession of marijuana.Six-months pregnant Leann Allicock, 32, a mother of...
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Pay cut for NGC chair Brooks
National Gas Company chairman Gerry Brooks’ monthly salary from NGC state boards has dropped from $82,500 to $69,000 and his travelling allowances have been discontinued, Finance Minister Colm Imbert...
View ArticleBackpay for police, prisons, fire officers
Cash payment of $309.2 million in backpay owed to police, prisons and fire service officers will be paid this month and the balance of $50.5m will be paid in July and August once all paysheets are...
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Lalla, Ramesar against giving PCA police powers
The Police Complaints Authority (PCA) is now facing public ridicule after director David West issued a call for the independent body’s legislative powers to be increased to allow them to investigate,...
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JSC raises food fraud concerns
Despite hundreds of products labelled in different foreign languages and prominently displayed on supermarket shelves, acting Comptroller of Customs and Excise Glen Singh told parliament’s Joint Select...
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Acting CJ: 50 per cent increase in cases filed
In the last 15 years, the Chaguanas Magistrates’ Court has seen an almost 50 per cent increase in cases filed, leaving its staff and magistrates grappling to keep up. This was revealed yesterday by...
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Govt agrees to restart Alutech
Rosemarie Sant/Joel JulienThree months after Sural officials visited T&T to lobby Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley to restart its Alutech aluminium downstream project, a board chaired by Prof Ken...
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La Borde takes his last sail aboard Hummingbird III
It was quite fitting that famous sailor, adventurer and holder of this country's highest award, Harold La Borde, made his last voyage on the seas from Grenada to T&T.His body, sealed in a casket,...
View ArticleNo Labour Day invitations for Prime Minister, Primus
Neither Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley nor Labour Minister Jennifer Baptiste-Primus have been invited to attend today’s annual Labour Day march and rally in Fyzabad.Today marks the 79th anniversary of...
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Education Ministry moves to new home
The Education Ministry is in the process of moving into the ministry’s new headquarters on St Vincent Street, Port-of-Spain.This was disclosed by Public Administration and Communication Minister Maxie...
View Article2 ex-soldiers charged with murder of man in Diego
Two ex-soldiers have been charged with the murder of Selwyn Gaff, who was found in the forest in Diego Martin earlier this month.The charges came after an investigation which saw the Defence Force and...
View ArticleCops stumped in ex-PNM senator’s sex case
Since 2012, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in the United States has warned of online dating scams, where people solicit photos under the guise of romantic interest, then use the images to...
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$60M TAB FOR TAXPAYERS
Killed, dismembered and her body disposed of, the case of well-loved businesswoman Vindra Naipaul-Coolman, the CEO of Xtra Foods Supermarket, gripped national attention for close to a decade.In excess...
View ArticleSuspects in robbery at Ali’s Doubles caught
Video footage from a nearby business led to the arrest of four young men from Ste Madeleine on Friday for an $11,000 robbery at Ali’s Doubles.The suspects, ages 15, 18, 21 and 22, are expected to be...
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Yoga on the Boardwalk tomorrow
High Commissioner of India Gauri Shankar Gupta is inviting the public to participate in two days of yoga in celebration of International Yoga Day.• Yoga on the Boardwalk takes place in Chaguaramas...
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Roget to Rowley: Rein in errant ministers
Officials of the Joint Trade Union Movement (JTUM) yesterday warned the ruling People’s National Movement (PNM) that just as the People’s Partnership regime lasted five years, it could be “easy come,...
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Roget: Butler’s struggle taken for granted
The workers’ benefits that labour leaders like Tubal Uriah Buzz Butler fought for in 1937 are not appreciated by today’s working class people, Oilfields Workers’ Trade Union (OWTU) president general...
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Education Minister: Government schools falling behind in SEA
Of the top 200 students in last year’s Secondary Entrance Examination (SEA), 115 came from denominational schools. It is a statistic Education Minister Anthony Garcia said needs to change and he is...
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Natuc blocked at Charlie King Junction
For the second straight year, members of the National Trade Union Centre (Natuc) were blocked by police from marching to Charlie King Junction, Fyzabad, during Labour Day celebrations yesterday.This...
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