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Natuc in talks with Imbert
Pension reform, outstanding negotiations and an increase in the retirement age were just some of the issues discussed between the National Trade Union Centre (Natuc) and Finance Minister Colm Imbert...
View ArticlePM: I was not housing minister at the time
Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley yesterday sought to distance himself from reports which alleged he was the housing minister at the time of the construction of the Las Alturas housing project at Lady...
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Five Rivers school to open on Oct 5
Staff and students of the Five Rivers Secondary School will officially move into their new premises on Monday.This after officials of the Education Facilities Company Limited (EFCL) yesterday were...
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Cops believe Carrera escapees still in T&T
Assistant Commissioner of Police Carlton Alleyne says he believes the two prisoners who escaped from the Carrera Island Prison are still in T&T.Steve McGilvery and Leroy “Redo” Mohammed escaped...
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Jack Warner banned from football for life by Fifa’s ethics committee
Jack Warner, the former Fifa vice-president and executive committee member, has been banned for life from participating in any kind of football-related activity worldwide. The ban, handed down by the...
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Venezuelan pirates kill Trinidadian fisherman
Venezuelan pirates rob and shot at Trinidadian fishermen in a pirogue yesterday near the Gulf of Paria. One man was killed and another wounded while the other three were able to make an escape in the...
View ArticleBody in meltdown
Former FIFA vice president Chung Mong-joon, who hopes to succeed Blatter in February’s election, said yesterday the leadership crisis was so severe that an emergency task force should be set up to run...
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5 Trinis jumped by Venezuelans
A fishing expedition gone wrong or a drug deal turned sour.These were the two theories being offered to explain what happened to five fishermen in the Gulf of Paria on Monday, leading to the murder of...
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UTT president: Need to focus on food security
President of the University of T&T (UTT) Professor Dyer Narinesingh says with a global recession looming, T&T needs to focus on food security.He was speaking to new students and stakeholders at...
View ArticleCitizens urged to help counter human trafficking
The Counter Trafficking Unit (CTU) is calling on citizens of T&T to be observant for possible indicators of human trafficking.This call was made in light on last week’s incident where police...
View Article‘It was done to embarrass AG’
Former attorney general Ramesh Lawrence Maharaj yesterday joined the list of people condemning United National Congress attorneys for serving an election petition to Attorney General Faris Al-Rawi...
View ArticleTeacher accused of assaulting girl, 6
Valdeen Shears-NeptuneThe parent of a second year student of Jordan Hill Presbyterian Primary School is claiming her child was physically assaulted by a teacher last Wednesday.The incident allegedly...
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65% of new HIV/Aids cases are young adults
Approximately 65 per cent of all new HIV/Aids cases recorded from 2007 to 2011 in T&T occurred in people between the ages of 25 to 49 years.According to officials of the International Labour...
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Roodal: Sabotage plot afoot
Valdeen Shears-NeptuneFormer housing minister Dr Roodal Moonilal believes Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley wants to sabotage the commission of inquiry into the Las Alturas Housing Project at Lady Young...
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Two theories in death of youth on highway
Investigations are continuing into the death of 18-year-old Miguel Stephano Jogee who died instantly when his vehicle crashed into a tree near the Divali Nagar site, Uriah Butler Highway, on Monday.He...
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Security guard kills shooter
A security guard working for a private security company shot dead a man who attempted to kill a business man yesterday in Arima.Around 9.50 pm an estate constable working with SWAT Estate Police was...
View ArticleMurder detection rate unacceptable
Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley says the ten per cent murder detection rate by the T&T Police Service is unacceptable, adding the People’s National Movement will do all in its power to give the...
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Businessman slain at bar lime
RALPH BANWARIE A popular businessman and money lender was gunned down in the presence of his friends while liming at a bar on Foster Road, Sangre Grande, on Tuesday night.Christian De Craney, 43, of 84...
View ArticleAppeal Court has month to weigh EBC challenge
The Court of Appeal has almost a month to set the date for the hearing of the appeal against the United National Congress’ (UNC) election petitions challenging the one-hour extension of the general...
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80 workers sent home
Some 80 employees attached to the Office of the Prime Minister Tobago Affairs were dismissed yesterday after being given termination letters.The ministry, which was formerly known as the Ministry for...
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