OWTU launches anti-UNC campaign in Pointe-a-Pierre
The Oilfields Workers’ Trade Union (OWTU) has launched a campaign in the Pointe-a-Pierre constituency to discourage residents from voting for the UNC’s candidate David Lee. Armed with flyers and a...
View ArticlePM gets ‘Bye Bye’ song
Yesterday’s People’s Partnership motorcade through the East-West corridor, which attracted scores of supporters along the route, also encountered picong from some PNMites along the way.The main form of...
View ArticleEBC clears Al-Rawi
The Elections and Boundaries Commission (EBC) has given People’s National Movement (PNM) candidate for San Fernando West Faris Al-Rawi the stamp of validity to run for the constituency in Monday’s...
View ArticleBackpay blues for new Govt
Whether the People’s National Movement (PNM) or the People’s Partnership is voted into government on Monday, Public Service Association president Watson Duke said millions of dollars in retroactive...
View ArticleCoP: 6,500 officers on the beat for Monday
Acting Police Commissioner Stephen Williams says there will be an adequate number of police officers on duty during the general election on Monday.Williams said this during the distribution of...
View ArticleNo leads in escape of Carrera inmates
Acting Police Commissioner Stephen Williams says investigators are working on all possible leads to recapture the two prisoners who escaped from the Carrera Island Prison on Independence Day. Steve...
View ArticleHomeless man stabbed to death
Police are investigating the stabbing death of a homeless man who was identified only as “Santana” on Henry Street, Port-of-Spain, early yesterday.According to police reports, pedestrians noticed the...
View ArticleMoonilal can be charged for wasting police time
People’s National Movement (PNM) San Fernando West candidate Faris Al-Rawi says United National Congress (UNC) deputy political leader Dr Roodal Moonilal can be jailed for wasting police time.Speaking...
View ArticlePM rejects ‘spoil vote campaign’
Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar has urged citizens not to heed the “spoilt ballot” lobby from Third Force Movement leader Timothy Hamel-Smith. Speaking at a United National Congress Diego Martin...
View ArticleToo close to call
With mere hours to go before the polls open, this country’s pollsters are projecting varying results, cementing the fact that the 2015 election is too close to call. Citizens are no better off than...
View ArticlePM Kamla offers bag of election goodies
Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar yesterday offered a bag of pre-election goodies to citizens if they gave her People's Partnership Government another five-year term in office.Some of the promises...
View ArticleLast day for cops with special voter status to cast ballots
Today is the last day for police officers, who obtained special voter status, to cast their ballots.In a statement yesterday, the T&T Police Public Affairs Unit said police officers who applied for...
View ArticleUNC supporters left stranded
Hundreds of UNC supporters planning to attend the UNC’s mass rally in Aranguez were left stranded yesterday after protesting bus drivers did not show up for duty.General manager of the Public Service...
View ArticlePP, Kamla lead the race
As voters gear up to head to the polls tomorrow, the UWI Constitutional Affairs and Parliamentary Studies Unit (Capsu) poll is showing the People’s Partnership leading the race.According to the poll,...
View ArticlePNM favoured to win
The last poll conducted by H.H.B & Associates in the five critical marginal seats shows the Opposition People’s National Movement (PNM) as the party favoured to win tomorrow’s general...
View ArticleVote out Kamla
Former government minister Winston “Gypsy” Peters yesterday urged supporters of the Independent Liberal Party (ILP) to vote out Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar and her cabal tomorrow when they...
View ArticleRowley paints grim economic picture
People’s National Movement (PNM) leader Dr Keith Rowley is concerned that by Tuesday, the incoming government will face a wasted treasury.Speaking to the massive crowd gathered at the party’s last...
View ArticleAl-Rawi vows to sue Crime Watch host
Public relations officer of the People’s National Movement (PNM) Faris Al-Rawi has vowed to take legal action against talk show host Ian Alleyne for airing a video of a woman who claimed she was...
View ArticleT&T author chairs Unesco Education Commission
Author and former T&T Guardian Sunday editor Dr Kris Rampersad says special focus should be give to small island states by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization...
View ArticleHowai: Deficit still at $1 billion
Despite the Central Bank of T&T’s (CBTT) Q2 Economic Bulletin stating that the deficit had increased to $2 billion, outgoing Finance Minister Larry Howai said yesterday the $2 billion referred to...
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