Girl, 7, perishes in fire
In the midst of excitement over Divali, a seven-year-old girl perished in a fire at her relatives’ home in Marabella yesterday.The charred remains of Anisha Mohipath, a Standard One pupil of...
View ArticleEBC gets $21m for Local elections
The Elections and Boundaries Commission (EBC) has been given a budgetary allocation of $21 million for the 2016 Local Government election but the commission may have to seek an increase in the...
View ArticleRowley praises T&T’s cultural strength at Nagar
It is T&T’s cultural strength, tolerance, and mutual respect that will allow citizens to go forward with confidence as a country.These were the words Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley shared with...
View ArticleActivist Greaves worked ‘right to the end’
Actor and community activist Hal Greaves worked right up to the end doing what he loved best—giving back to his adopted community of Laventille.Dawn Henry, better known as Gloria, who paired with...
View ArticleJaded with unemployment, murders, bad roads
The road surface in Fishing Pond could only be described as deplorable. In Fishing Pond, one of the eight electoral districts that make up the Sangre Grande Regional Corporation, the standard complaint...
View ArticleVision 2030 draft blames Cepep, URP for crime
Kevin BaldeosinghA draft policy document on the Vision 2030 programme touted by Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley has linked URP and Cepep to crime and corruption. The document, meanwhile, reveals that...
View ArticleDad slams South cops for don’t-care-a-damn attitude
“Since my son went missing, to date, the police haven’t done anything to show that they really care or are concerned about the persons who are missing in this country. I know many other people who feel...
View ArticleRowley to talk Local Govt reform at today’s convention
Prime Minister and Political leader of the People's National Movement Dr Keith Rowley will update the population today on proposals for Local Government reform as he launches the party’s campaign for...
View ArticleTwo held for murder at bar
Two men in their early 20s have been arrested for killing Mohandass Ramasir during a robbery at Tajudeen’s Bar on Cipero Road, last Friday. The suspects, who live close to the bar, spent the weekend...
View ArticleKhan: PNM ready to reform local government
As sure as night follows day, the PNM government is going to reform local government to bring power to the people. The party is ready to deliver, chairman and Minister of Local Government and Rural...
View ArticleTwo held in HDC rent scam
Police have detained two people in connection with reports of breaking and entering and illegal occupancy of units at the Housing Development Corporation’s (HDC) Oasis Gardens.The suspects were...
View ArticleRain brings floods in Chase Village
Couva North MP Ramona Ramdial is calling on the ministries of Local Government and Works to do major clearing of drains in her constituency. The opposition MP made the call yesterday after she visited...
View ArticleGunfire outside Marabella church
When gunfire erupted during a baby dedication ceremony yesterday, a member of the congregation at the Calvary Temple in Marabella tried to protect fellow worshippers by drawing his own gun. By the time...
View ArticleMissing for five years: Search continues for DJ Choko
Valdeen Shears-NeptuneSaturday made it five years since the disappearance of disc jockey Claude “Choko” Hospedales, who went missing after completing a gig at a bar in Santa Flora on October 29, 2011....
View ArticleTeens get mental health training
Teenagers from several schools in San Fernando are being trained to identify and deal with mental health disorders. The Mental Health First Aid programme is being conducted by officials of the South...
View ArticleDr George Laquis: Some cancers don’t need treatment
Many women who are diagnosed with breast cancer and made to undergo surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy do not need treatment at all. In such cases, they can actually live with the disease, says Dr...
View ArticleCabinet shake-up – Who's in, Who's out
Changes to the Cabinet of Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley will be announced after lunch on Monday.Well-placed sources told Guardian Media that shake ups are coming in the Ministries of the Attorney...
View ArticleRohan, Kazim in; Nicole, Ancil out
The PNM’s campaign manager for the 2015 general election Rohan Sinanan has been appointed Minister of Works and Transport, and former works minister Fitzgerald Hinds is the new Public Utilities...
View ArticleNew ministers ready to prove themselves
Rosemarie Sant Newly-appointed Works and Transport Minister Rohan Sinanan says he is humbled by the confidence placed in him by Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley “to run one of the largest ministries at a...
View ArticleKamla: What about AG, Dillon and Deyalsingh
Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar yesterday questioned why the Attorney General and the Ministers of Health, Education and National Security were not changed in yesterday’s reshuffle.“They have...
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