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New appliances for Matelot residents
Christmas came early for 51 residents of Matelot, Grand Riviere and St Helena villages who were affected by recent floods and landslides as they received $350,000 worth of stoves, fridges, televisions,...
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$25,000 bail for man on assault charge
A 34-year-old old man yesterday appeared before a Chaguanas magistrate charged with assaulting a woman who shrugged off his advances at the Munroe Road branch of KFC.Dawood Ali, of Munroe Road,...
View ArticleUS loses in Warner case again
For the second time in six months, the United States (US) has been refused permission to enter former government minister Jack Warner's legal challenge of Attorney General Faris Al-Rawi’s decision to...
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Arson suspected
Ten people, including two children and an elderly widower were left homeless following what fire officials suspect as a case of arson at a Morvant warehouse.According to fire officials the blaze took...
View ArticleParty chairman: It’s too late
Chairman of the Sangre Grande Regional Corporation, Terry Rondon, is willing to extend an olive branch to the UNC following the walkout by the party’s councillors and aldermen at Thursday’s swearing-in...
View ArticleLaw body to look at Chamber case
Law Association president Reginald Armour says the body will look at the matter in which the Industrial Court has summoned members of the T&T Chamber of Commerce to court at its next general...
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Good reason to be alarmed
We are not alarmists.That’s the position of the Banker’s Association of T&T (BATT) when it comes to its statements on becoming compliant with the Tax Information Exchange Bill, 2016 and on the...
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Country plagued with violence against women
Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Brigadier General Rodney Smart, says the country is plagued with falling values and violence against women and children.Smart was addressing his fellow colleagues...
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Venezuelan amusement park gets green light
Newly elected San Fernando mayor Junia Regrello yesterday visited the ground near Skinner Park where a Venezuelan amusement park is being set up following complaints that equipment had damaged the...
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OWTU wants payment for retrenched OAS workers
President General of the Oilfields Workers’ Trade Union (OWTU) Ancel Roget yesterday demanded that the Government pay 1,000 retrenched Construtora OAS workers the $23 million owed to them for work...
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Thieves rob South restaurant
Police are searching for four robbers who held up the proprietor and patrons at Lucky City Chinese Restaurant at Williamsville on Friday night.The thieves, who were armed with a gun and cutlasses...
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Suspended prison officers claim: Those who were involved are still on duty
The three prison officers currently on suspension following last year's deadly jailbreak claim they are being used as "scapegoats".Meanwhile, the men said the Prison officer/s actually responsible for...
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Lisa Gomes new Clico GM
Lisa Gomes, a former director at Sandals Resorts, has been appointed the general manager of Clico.Gomes held the position of director of Finance and Planning at Sandals Resorts from January 2011 to...
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HDC has returned to its moorings—Mitchell
Housing Minister Randall Mitchell says Government has made housing more affordable to low and middle-income families unlike the People’s Partnership government which catered for high-income earners.He...
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Shoppers fearful, half-empty stores on Charlotte Street
Two women were shopping in a downtown Port-of-Spain fabric store, Thursday. One of them remarked that she was not venturing into the interior of the premises for fear of being murdered like Shannon...
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Grieving mom to give birth on death anniversary
Nine months after his charred, dismembered body was found in the ruins of his home, 14-year-old Darian Nedd was finally laid to rest yesterday.In an interview before the funeral, Darian’s pregnant...
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A man on a bike took my son
VALDEEN SHEARS-NEPTUNEAn aged newspaper clipping of a memorial bearing the photos of her eldest son and only daughter is 62 year-old Myroon Ali’s most poignant reminder of her losses.Ali, who sat...
View ArticleIndigenous peoples to meet Vatican officials
VALDEEN SHEARS-NEPTUNETomorrow will mark a historical meeting between representatives of the Vatican (Holy Seal) and indigenous people of the Caribbean.Ambassador HE Archbishop Nicola Girasoli,...
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UNC can’t go to court says AG: Rondon within his rights
“The UNC will not go to court to contest the re-election of Terry Rondon as chairman of the Sangre Grande Regional Corporation.” So said Attorney General Faris Al-Rawi during a press conference at the...
View ArticleAG to bring legislation in 2017: We will deal with crime
Attorney General Faris Al-Rawi is planning to bring a powerful suite of legislation to Parliament in January 2017 meant to hit the pockets of organised criminals.Speaking at a press conference at the...
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