ILP: Enforce Education Act to deal with crime
The Independent Liberal Party (ILP) has proposed a list of measures to address crime to Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley, including enforcement of the Education Act to deal with truancy. The proposal...
View ArticleSchool violence down—Garcia
Mr Minister, you have been a teacher for 39 years. How did that experience compare with the almost one year you have so far been in charge of the T&T’s education system, which includes a teaching...
View ArticleSaved by mother’s love
Tricia Carribon has given life to her son Mikkel Wilson twice. The first time was some 17 years ago when he was born. The second was in January last year when Carribon gave one of her kidneys to Wilson...
View ArticleFair to failing grades for Government
Wednesday will make it one year since the People’s National Movement (PNM) led by Dr Keith Rowley won the general election and took over the governing of the country from the People’s Partnership...
View ArticlePNM chairman: It’s been a rough ride
Rosemarie Sant“It’s been a rough ride, but thankfully we on an even keel now,” says PNM chairman Franklin Khan of his party’s first year in government.Khan, who holds the ministerial portfolios of...
View ArticleOlivierre looks forward to 2017
Energy Minister Nicole Olivierre describes her first year in government as “a mixture of challenges and exciting new developments with far reaching implications for the local industry.”“My biggest...
View ArticleHoteliers say tourist sector needs upgrade
Tobago hoteliers say if Government is serious about developing tourism, the island’s aiport must be upgraded, airline agreements signed and there must be better marketing of the country.They said so...
View ArticleTTFA to probe ticket fiasco at stadium
Alcohol was prohibited during the World Cup qualifying football match between T&T and Guatemala on Friday night because the T&T Football Association (TTFA) felt it did not make any sense to pay...
View ArticleKing Austin dies at 73
Austin Lewis, 73, known in the calypso world as King Austin, died yesterday morning at the Port-of-Spain General Hospital. Austin’s son, Marvin King, said his father had been battling with Alzheimers...
View ArticleTrini inventor finds success on Planting Seeds
Kevan Sinanan walked onto the set of Planting Seeds anxiously clenching an invention he had engineered in his garage, a gadget made to match keys to their respective locks faster. He stood in position,...
View ArticleMassy Group supports recycle project
The Plastikeep Recovery Programme, aimed at generating public participation in recycling, has received financial support from the Massy Group. Through Massy’s contribution, collection bins will be...
View ArticleNo money for school due to fish kill scare: Help pours in for fisherman’s son
Facing the possibility of missing out on his first week of school, Josiah Gay spent the last hours of his school vacation praying for a miracle.His parents, Alpha Ramdass and father Lyndon Gay, a...
View ArticleCommunity out to ensure New Grant AC opens
While a pot of chicken pelau simmered nearby, villagers of New Grant came out in their numbers to help contractors complete infrastructural works at the New Grant Anglican school yesterday.Although it...
View ArticleAbandoned gas station causes Zika panic
Concerned citizens are appealing to San Fernando Mayor Kazim Hosein to clean up a derelict service station in Marabella which has become an eyesore and a health hazard.A citizen who requested anonymity...
View ArticlePNM secretary defends first term in office
Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley was able to keep his cool and still manage the country in such a way that there were no scandals every day, general secretary of the People's National Movement (PNM),...
View ArticleSagewan-Alli: PNM has not performed well
The T&T Guardian continues its performance review of the Dr Keith Rowley-led Government as it marks one year in office on Wednesday. Today, political analyst Indera Sagewan-Alli gives her...
View ArticleNIB payments going up today
From today, members of the public will have to pay increased national insurance contributions.However, the National Insurance Board (NIB) says it is justified in increasing its contribution rates...
View ArticleToll now 312 as two killed in separate cases: Patron relieving self shot near...
Two men were murdered in separate shootings in Arouca and Chaguanas early yesterday morning. In the first incident, Kamau Charles, 31, of Windy Hill, Arouca, was liming at the La Luna Bar along the...
View ArticleDrug smugglers caught in act
Three drug smugglers will appear in court this morning following the seizure of almost $100,000 in marijuana by the T&T Coast Guard yesterday. In a press release yesterday, Coast Guard public...
View ArticleFish kill hoax in Manzanilla
RALPH BANWARIEFishermen and Friends of the Sea secretary Gary Aboud may have been lured to the Manzanilla beach yesterday in an apparent fish kill hoax.In a message to the media on Saturday evening,...
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