Smith: We were advised against foundation
Diego Martin Central MP Darryl Smith says it is sad that people see sinister motives behind every action. He made the comment yesterday as he sought to further clarify the issues in the wake of the...
View ArticleUWI wants unemployment plan for youth
International Youth Day was celebrated across the world yesterday. Following is a statement sent by The University of the West Indies in commemoration of the event:The University of the West Indies...
View ArticleVenezuelans slam Trump
CARACAS—Venezuela’s government energetically rejected US President Donald Trump’s talk of a potential “military option” to resolve the country’s political crisis yesterday, calling it the most...
View ArticleRowley to meet stakeholders
The Port Authority of T&T (PATT) is not considering any proposal to use the Ocean Flower II, despite counter proposals submitted by owner Bridgemans Services Group.Responding via text message to...
View ArticleMan shot during bar brawl
A 27-year-old La Romaine man remains warded in a serious condition at hospital after he was shot during a bar brawl yesterday morning.According to police reports, around 12.10 am Jahdi Williams and his...
View ArticleOne dead, 26 hurt
CHARLOTTESVILLE—A car plowed into a crowd of people peacefully protesting a white nationalist rally in a Virginia college town yesterday, killing one person, sending at least 26 others to hospitals and...
View ArticleUNC: Govt incapable of leading T&T
United National Congress (UNC) PRO Anita Haynes yesterday described the Government as incapable of leading the country and criticised Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley’s decision to go on vacation at time...
View ArticleRelative to be charged with manslaughter
A 35-year-old male relative of three-year-old Messi Gorkin is to be charged for the toddler’s death. The relative is to be charged with manslaughter, a release from the Trinidad and Tobago Police...
View ArticleBarry loses dog bite case
One month after being released from prison for an alleged attempt to assassinate former prime minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar, Bryan “Soldier Barry” Barrington was bitten on his penis by a police dog...
View ArticleHadad to those responsible for ferry fiasco: Please do the right thing
President of the Inter-island Transport Committee’s Tobago Division Dianne Hadad says she is “absolutely disappointed” in Works and Transport Minister Rohan Sinanan, amid Government’s failure to secure...
View ArticleFerry stakeholder meeting a PR stunt - Devant
Former transport minister Devant Maharaj has labelled the August 21 meeting between Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley and Tobago stakeholders over the failure to acquire an inter-island ferry as a “public...
View ArticleThieves held hours after robbery
Two suspects in Friday’s $20,000 robbery of a Chinese businessman were caught hiding in a house in Claxton Bay hours after the crime.Up to yesterday, the men remained in the custody of Couva police and...
View ArticleImmigration laws need amending
A High Court judge has called on Parliament to revise immigration laws to more clearly define the powers of Immigration officials in handling illegal immigrants and refugees.Justice Carol Gobin made...
View ArticleHistoric Sando clock being moved
“The clock has not disappeared,” San Fernando Mayor Junia Regrello assured the city’s burgesses.He was referring to public outrage over the feared removal of the landmark at Library Corner yesterday...
View ArticleSRP in video offered a new job
The Special Reserve Police officer who was recently suspended from her job and was threatened with eviction from her apartment after suggestive photos of her in uniform surfaced on social media, has...
View ArticleT&T’s fighting spirit prevails
Sports administrators are seeing T&T’s 4x400 metres relay team’s gold medal feat at yesterday’s World Athletics Championships in London as the impetus needed to rise above the country’s social and...
View ArticleCops recover stolen loot, nab 1
Officers from the Port-of-Spain CID have recovered some $28,000 in cell phones and other items which were stolen from Buzz Tech in Port-of-Spain on Friday. A 27-year-old San Juan man was also arrested...
View Article111 TDC workers get termination letters
The Government yesterday moved one step closer to winding up the operations of the Tourism Development Company (TDC), after the company issued its 111 workers with notices of retrenchment.The workers...
View ArticleWe want solutions
Stakeholders in Tobago are warning Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley that they want no promises from him when he meets with them next week, but want concrete solutions as to how the Government intends to...
View ArticleApology does little to appease public—Kamla
Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar is describing Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley’s latest apology for the challenges in getting a replacement ferry for the inter-island sea bridge as “a pathetic...
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