Security forces told to make criminals’ lives miserable
Law enforcement is targetting known offenders — the less than two per cent of people who conduct illegal activities in T&T—whose lives will be made “miserable” and “untenable,” says National...
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Garcia announces sweeping Gate changes
Students currently pursuing degrees in accredited tertiary education institutions will continue to receive Government Assisted Tuition Expenses (Gate) programme funding for their entire programme of...
View ArticleUWI Guild happy, but seeks talks
University of the West Indies’ St Augustine Campus Student Guild president, Makesi Peters, said yesterday the guild was happy there were no adverse changes to the Gate programme for the new academic...
View ArticleAgeing citizens cry foul over Gate cut
The T&T Association of Retired/Responsible Persons is very disappointed that Government didn’t consult with it before closing the Government Assistance for Tuition Expenses (Gate)) programme on new...
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Between 2004-2014 $7b spent on Gate: Only $100m recovered from ‘bad pay’...
While there have been reports of wastage and corruption in the Government Assistance for Tuition Expenses (Gate) programme, close to $100 million has been recovered for the period 2007 to 2014 from...
View ArticleWhat students are expected to pay next academic year
From next year, new and returning students at The University of the West Indies, St Augustine Campus, will have to dig deep into their pockets to cover tuition fees for their programmes. Some students...
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Mother of Trini terror fighter: Don’t fear my son, he’s not coming back
The mother of Isis fighter, Abu Sa’d al Trinidadi (Shane Crawford), says there is nothing to fear as her son was never coming back to T&T. The mother, who was not named, was speaking during an...
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Kids consuming ganja cookies and brownies
Cookies and brownies baked with marijuana seem to be the latest illegal drug trend in T&T and remained the most popular when compared to other illicit narcotics. So said ASP Vernly Gift, of the...
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Mom: Harden son died how he lived
He lived by the sword and died by it, this was how Joy Joseph summed up the life of her son, Teon Boucaud, who was killed by police yesterday morning at his St Ann’s home. Speaking with the T&T...
View ArticleNo autopsies again, bodies pile up at FSC
For a second consecutive day, no autopsies were done at the Forensic Science Centre, St James, and the lone pathologist on duty travels to Tobago today to assist in a pending case.This as bodies of...
View ArticleAll’s well after results of probe into fish kill
T&T Unified Fisherfolk (TUFF) vice-president, Kishore Boodram, says he is satisfied with the results of an investigation into last month’s fish kill, saying it has been more than 20 years that...
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Video: Dead Fish and Oil in La Brea waters
For the third consecutive week, dead carcases continued to litter La Brea’s shoreline, creating a feast for corbeaux. The stench made it difficult to breath at Mosquito Creek, South Oropouche as...
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Friendly Beetham fire
A security guard and Beetham Gardens residents yesterday challenged initial police reports that Constables Rachel George and Adrian Moreno were shot by gunmen as they went to investigate a series of...
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CTTRC workers, contractor held in bribery sting
Two corruption probes into operations at the Couva/Tabaquite/Talparo Regional Corporation (CTTRC) intensified yesterday when officers from the Central Division police and Fraud Squad arrested a Fyzabad...
View ArticleOver 300 homeless in capital city
Port-of-Spain Mayor Keron Valentine says there were over 300 homeless people in Port-of-Spain but dealing with that issue was not part of the corporation’s core function.“We kept on calling for them to...
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Hinds: Mix-up delayed backpay for PTSC workers
Works and Transport Minister Fitzgerald Hinds yesterday gave a commitment to pay the employees of the Public Transport Service Corporation (PTSC) their backpay.He said the matter was now in the hands...
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7 babies sick
As T&T remains on heightened alert against Zika, it has been discovered that the virus can also present itself as the Guillain–Barré syndrome (GBS), a rapid-onset muscle weakness caused by the...
View ArticleNo word yet if women, children in detained group
Government was up to yesterday unable to confirm reports that the nine T&T nationals detained in Turkey include women and children.New information on the group reached the T&T Guardian on...
View ArticleGate changes not cast in stone
Education Minister Anthony Garcia yesterday left the door open as to whether Government may yet change its mind about stopping Government Assistance for Tuition Expenses (Gate) funding to people 50 and...
View ArticleSir Hilary gives Gate reforms stamp of approval
University of the West Indies Vice Chancellor Sir Hilary Beckles says they are in full support of Government’s decision to make changes to the administration of the Government Assistance for Tuition...
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