Hinds: No plans yet to scrap PP projects
There are no plans yet to scrap any of the government projects which started under the previous administration.However, according to the newly appointed Minister of Works and Transport, Fitzgerald...
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Bid to stop maternal deaths
Health Minister Terrence Deyalsingh is promising to fulfill the initiative of his predecessor Dr Fuad Khan to have the post of director of women’s health filled as soon as possible, especially to deal...
View ArticleCatering for the app generation
“With the influx of the new generation and its culture, the time has come for leaders and managers of steelbands to revisit their approach to management in order to progress in the new millennium,”...
View ArticleT&T donates US$100,000 to Dominica
T&T is among countries including Japan, Antigua and Barbuda and Barbados, donating US$100,000 each to Dominica, as requested by that country, following the devastation left by Tropical Storm Erika...
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Body in trunk, man chopped to death ...Tobago teenager shot dead
Three more murders have been recorded overnight around the country, including one in TobagoOne murder was in Caroni, one in South Trinidad, and the body of one woman was found on the beach in Point...
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Reward for missing Westmoorings woman
Another woman has been reported as missing in the country. Cristal Maria TyWang, 34, from Westmoorings has been missing from her home since Sunday last. TyWang was last seen leaving her Westmoorings...
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UNC slams PM on murder rate
Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar has questioned the “deafening silence” from Prime Minister Keith Rowley—chairman of the National Security Council—about the country’s spiralling murder rate.She...
View ArticlePP support for nominations welcome
Yesterday’s move by opposition MPs to second the nominations of House Speaker Bridgid Annisette-George and deputy speaker Esmond Forde indicate the possibilities of a good beginning to the 11th...
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Cops fear serial killer behind La Romain murders
Police are searching for a 38-year-old man responsible for the murder of Simon “Ila” Duntin, 51, who was hacked to death near his La Romain home on Tuesday night.Police believe Duntin’s killer also...
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$10,000 reward for info on missing woman
A $10,000 reward has been offered for any information leading to finding missing Westmoorings woman Cristal Tywang.Tywang, 34, was last seen around 7 am as she walked out of her house on September...
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Rowley invited me
Suspended People’s National Movement member Christine “Twiggy” Livia yesterday sashayed on to the red carpet at and into the Parliament building, showing off her invitation to the ceremony.Livia, who...
View ArticleOf 321 murders this year only 52 solved
Up to 11.30 am yesterday, 321 murders were committed for the year thus far, compared to 302 for the corresponding period last year.Of the confirmed number, the Police Service yesterday said it had...
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Anand-Rowley lawsuit set for July next year
Dates have been set for the trial of a defamation lawsuit brought by former attorney general Anand Ramlogan against Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley. During a brief pre-trial review hearing in the...
View ArticleChild development needs own ministry
The group Working Women For Social Progress is urging Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley and his Government to ensure there was a strong ministerial portfolio that pursues and directs the optimum...
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Time to adopt UN sustainable developmental goals—Carmona
Address by President Anthony Carmona at the ceremonial opening of the Eleventh Parliament. Today we begin the publication of the full text of the speech.Members of Parliament, my fellow citizens of...
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Renteria dash W Connection’s faint hopes
T&T’s DirecTV W Connection faint hopes of advancing to a first ever quarterfinal stage of the Concacaf Champions League was dashed after a 1-0 loss in their final Group A match to Mexican...
View ArticlePolitical scientist: Give local govt more power
Government needs to constitutionally entrench local government in order to give it more power and autonomy says political scientist Dr Bishnu Ragoonath.As it stands, Ragoonath says, Cabinet can, at the...
View ArticleRowley, Kamla express sorrow over tragedy
Both Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley and Opposition leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar have expressed their sorrow over the hundreds of deaths during yesterday's Hajj stampede in Mecca.Rowley made the...
View ArticlePrison association still awating details on deadly jail break
Yesterday marked two months since the Port-of-Spain jailbreak and the investigations have seemed to go silent.Body scanners, jammers and surveillance cameras are also still outstanding to be installed...
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T&T must make sacrifices
Members of the Opposition were notably absent at yesterday’s Day of Prayer and Thanksgiving at the Grand Stand of the Queen’s Park Savannah.Although the stands were not filled to capacity, the majority...
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