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EMA: Corexit not to blame for fish kill
Corexit is not responsible for the fish kill in the Gulf of Paria.So said chairman of the Environmental Management Authority (EMA), Nadra Nathai-Gyan, in an interview with the T&T Guardian...
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13,330 purged from system: Food Card audit roots out ‘ghost’ holders
From Monday, some 13,330 Food Card (Targeted Conditional Cash Transfer Programme) recipients will be removed from the system following an audit and update of the system. The deactivation of the cards...
View ArticleKhan: Where did $20b for social services go?
“Where did the money go?” So asked Minister of Rural Development and Local Government, Franklin Khan, in reference to $20 billion that was spent on social services programmes over a seven-year period...
View ArticleMan found dead in car, woman dies weeks after arson attack
Two children playing along Reid Lane, D’Abadie, stumbled upon the body of a 35-year-old Valsayn man on Tuesday morning.According to police reports, a motorist was stopped by the children around 12.05...
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Spurned lover beats, batters guard to death: Relatives call for swift justice
Minutes after he told a teenage relative he was going to get a meal and go to church, a man instead showed up at Carlene Grant’s workplace and stabbed her several times before taking a sledgehammer and...
View ArticleImam wants talks on hijab with ministry
Chairman of Ummah T&T, Imam Rasheed Karim, says he will be seeking a meeting with the relevant authorities, especially the law enforcement agencies in T&T, namely the Ministry of National...
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Dillon on 26th anniversary of failed coup: We must be vigilant
T&T must be mindful of developments in the international global security environment— including across Europe and the Middle East —and the public must be very vigilant with security consciousness...
View Article2,595 crimes against children in 14 months
Since the inception of the Child Protection Unit (CPU) in May last year there has been 2,595 reports for the period May 2015 to July 17, 2016 for a range of crimes committed against children. Out of...
View ArticleMan on 12-year-old ganja charge jailed
A decision over 12 years ago by James Baptiste to accept a $200 job to transport 25 kilogrammes of marijuana landed him in jail yesterday for five-and-half years. The 51-year-old father of two was...
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Oily spill off Vessigny
There is a line leaking an unknown oily substance into the ocean in the Gulf of Paria and environmentalist Edward Moodie is questioning whether this may have contributed to the recent fish kill in the...
View ArticleChatoorgoon writes Deyalsingh on SWRHA director’s pick: Bias may have been at...
Questions of bias in the recruitment of a medical director at the San Fernando General Hospital have been raised with Health Minister Terrence Deyalsingh and South West Regional Health Authority...
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Industry on brink of crisis
President of the Petroleum Dealers’ Association of T&T, Robindranath Naraynsingh, yesterday said the country’s 170 gas stations were on the verge of collapse due to poor profitability margins from...
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Clico report can’t go public—DPP
Director of Public Prosecutions Roger Gaspard has advised Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley that the Sir Colman report on the commission of enquiry into Clico and the Hindu Credit Union should not be made...
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Imbert gets angry letter
Finance Minister Colm Imbert, who returns from overseas next week, will have to deal with a “blowout” given to Government four days ago by the United Shareholders Ltd (USL) about suspected Government...
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Cane farmers sour over $57m payment
Cane farmers are rejecting Government promise to pay $57 million as final payment of the outstanding two tranches of a grant by European Union as compensation following the closure of Caroni (1975)...
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Vendors and activist clash over fish kill
As more dead fish washed ashore yesterday along Mosquito Creek, a dispute brewed between an environmental activist and fish vendors as to the source of the fish kill.Fish vendor Fyzul Ramroop is...
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WASA to pay worker $186,000
In another landmark judgment by the Equal Opportunity Tribunal this week, Kerwin Simmons came out victorious in a case that dealt with discrimination on the basis of race against his employer, the...
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Repairs coming soon
Chairman of the Water and Sewerage Authority (WASA) Romney Thomas says a lack of material has delayed work to repair roads in San Fernando that were damaged as a result of pipe works.In response to the...
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Postal workers in sick out action
Some 1,200 employees of TTPost engaged in sick out action throughout the country yesterday to protest against yet another delay of their back pay payments.The workers, who are owed $49 million, were...
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Cuffie sees sweeping public service changes
Public Administration and Communications Minister Maxie Cuffie is excited about the transformation that is about to sweep through the public service.Echoing the familiar lines of a pilot behind the...
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