Tracy blames fisherman fete for poor voter turnout
Had it not been for a three-day fisherman festival at Charlotteville which distracted Tobagonians from going to the polls on Sunday, candidate Tracy Davidson-Celestine insists she would have won the...
View ArticleCharles: A degree of satisfaction
Former presiding officer Kelvin Charles who is going head to head with secretary for Tourism and Transportation in the THA Tracy Davidson-Celestine, in this Sunday’s run-off Tobago’s leadership race,...
View ArticleBIOTT wants meeting to improve textbook programme
The Book Industry Organisation of T&T (BIOTT) says it is ready and willing to meet with Education Minister Anthony Garcia to explore ways of improving the ministry’s textbook rental programme as...
View ArticleSeven years jail sentence for duo convicted of killing mechanic
As a High Court judge sentenced two men to seven years and eight months in prison for killing mechanic Nigel Allen, she suggested the authorities take up the prisoners’ offer to assist in bringing the...
View ArticleGovt must come clean on views
Government must say if it sought views on the Bail Amendment Bill from those opposed to the bill in 2015 including the Law Association whose vice president Gerry Brooks is now in Government, says...
View ArticleManning falls ill
Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley has called on the nation to pray for former prime minister Patrick Manning who was hospitalised after falling ill.He made the call at the official opening yesterday of...
View Article$500m back pay for health workers soon
Regional Health Authority (RHA) workers will be getting $500 million in arrears owed by the Government within a “day or two,” Finance Minister Colm Imbert said yesterday.He confirmed that in the Senate...
View ArticleState looks for rental savings
Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley has sent a stern warning to real estate owners that the State will no longer be forking out millions of taxpayers’ money to rent dilapidated buildings.In fact, Rowley...
View ArticleRuling on polls petitions in August
The United National Congress (UNC) will know the fate of its election petitions challenging the Elections and Boundaries Commission’s (EBC) decision to extend last year’s general elections by one hour...
View ArticleIssues over Seales leading police body
The first things that newly-elected president of the Police Service Social and Welfare Association, Insp Micheal Seales, will address are houses for police officers, job evaluations and absorption of...
View ArticleJwala’s firing was most evil—Mark
Opposition Senator Wade Mark says Central Bank Governor Jwala Rambarran’s sacking last December was one of the most evil things to happen in T&T.Mark said Rambarran was fired to satisfy the...
View ArticleKamla wants Imbert to come clean on GTL sale
Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar is questioning whether any due process was followed by Finance Minister Colm Imbert to give approval to Petrotrin to sell its failed World Gas To Liquid (GTL)...
View ArticleLaw body against extending Bail, Anti Gang Acts
The Law Association of T&T is not in support of any extension of the lives of the Bail (Amendment) Acts and the Anti-Gang Act 2011 which is now before the Parliament.In a two-page release...
View ArticleGarcia willing to meet BIOTT on books bobol
Education Minister Anthony Garcia has indicated his willingness to meet with the relevant stakeholders to discuss improvements to the ministry’s textbook rental/loan programme.Commenting briefly during...
View ArticleRamesh not giving up on Clico policyholders
The Colonial Life Insurance Company (Clico) was being used as a cash cow by government, former attorney general Ramesh Lawrence said yesterday as he lost a case in the Privy Council filed on behalf of...
View ArticleT&T national survives Istanbul airport attack
Gail Alexander and Joel JulienT&T national Sherlin Stewart, who travelled through Turkey’s Ataturk airport on Tuesday, escaped unhurt in the terrorist attack which occurred at that airport that...
View ArticleUNC support for Bail Bill up in air
Government yesterday failed to supply information on the Bail Bill and Anti-Gang Amendment law which the Opposition had requested to finalise its position on the bill, Opposition whip Ganga Singh...
View ArticleMinister wants to increase fines for speeding
Works and Transport Minister Fitzgerald Hinds is “seriously contemplating” increasing the fines for motorists caught speeding. In fact, Hinds said, he was actively considering the “substantial”...
View Article2 friends killed in Santa Cruz
Two men were murdered and their female friend injured as they were liming in Santa Cruz yesterday in what police believe was a reprisal for the murder of a man last week. According to police reports,...
View ArticleLabourer killed, two injured in parlour shooting
Nine-year-old Emmanuel Edwards, bareback and with no shoes on his feet, ran out his home through the mud screaming, “Uncle Dyer, Uncle Dyer,” only to find his uncle covered in blood on the roadway...
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