PATT board in marathon meeting
Some members of the Port Authority of T&T (PATT) and its chairman Alison Lewis were locked in an emergency meeting at the Port of Port-of-Spain over the sea bridge fiasco up to late last night.The...
View ArticleJudge to decide on soldiers’ detention
A High Court judge will decide today whether the Defence Force can continue to detain two soldiers who are being investigated in a $2 million payroll scam.Justice Joan Charles reserved her decision on...
View ArticleFather guilty of child neglect
A single-father who left his two-year-old son alone at home to get something for the child to eat was scolded by a magistrate when he appeared in court charged with child neglect.Micheal Harewood...
View ArticleSchool transport maxis in jeopardy
Maxi taxi drivers assigned to transport primary and secondary students are threatening to withhold their services if some $12 million owed to them for the past four months are not paid before the end...
View Article$75,000 bail for father on drowning death charge
Almost a month after his three-year-old son drowned during a family outing in Chaguaramas, a 35-year-old man from East Port-of-Spain appeared in court charged with manslaughter.Atiba Gorkin, of George...
View ArticleIntl company offers SRP in video job
An international company, with operations in T&T, has offered employment to the Special Reserve Police ( SRP) officer who has been suspended after suggestive photos of her in her uniform surfaced...
View ArticleIntl company offers SRP in video job
An international company, with operations in T&T, has offered employment to the Special Reserve Police ( SRP) officer who has been suspended after suggestive photos of her in her uniform surfaced...
View ArticleShock resignations ahead of elections
The political leader of the Congress of the People and the party’s general secretary both resigned ahead of Sunday’s leadership election earlier today.Dr Anirudh Mahabir and Clyde Weatherhead announced...
View ArticleAn unbreakable bond
Overcome with the grief of losing her only child and a sister when their Moruga home was deliberately set on fire, Nicole Gopaul screamed for answers when the single casket bearing both their charred...
View ArticleThree in court for Scarlet Ibis hunting
A teenager was among three men who appeared in court yesterday charged with poaching Trinidad’s national bird, the Scarlet Ibis, at the Caroni Bird Sanctuary.Shivanand Ramnarine, 23, of Bamboo...
View ArticleHope for Haleema
The Children’s Life Fund Authority has agreed to consider and decide on the case of a four-year-old girl from south Trinidad, who has to undergo a critical bone marrow transplant in India to treat a...
View ArticlePolitical analysts wary of prober’s independence
A conflict of interest!That’s how many see yesterday’s appointment of well-known businessman Christian Mouttet by Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley as the “sole investigator” into the sea bridge fiasco...
View ArticleFind solution for Maracas landslips
As clean up operations continue today on the major landslide that occurred along the North Coast Road, near the Maracas Lookout, engineers have been instructed to find a permanent solution.Minister of...
View ArticleTwo suspended
Two Port Authority of T&T (PATT) staff members have been suspended, while their computers seized for forensic analysis yesterday.According to information reaching the T&T Guardian, the...
View ArticleIntegrity body asks PATT for key documents
The board of the Port Authority of T&T (PATT) has been asked to submit all documents involving the award of contracts to Bridgemans Service group LP for the leasing of the Cabo Star and Ocean...
View Article‘I have right tools for job’
Business magnate Christian Mouttet has come out in strong defence of his integrity and independence, in light of criticism levelled against him as Prime Minister’s Dr Keith Rowley’s choice as the sole...
View ArticleBoy’s arm broken at playroom
A pre-action protocol letter has been sent to Mario’s Pizzeria after a six-year-old boy’s right arm was broken when he allegedly fell through a gaping hole in the safety net inside the designated...
View ArticleYoung: Action will be taken if anyone culpable
Acting Attorney General Stewart Young is assuring that if there is any culpability regarding the procurement of the Cabo Star and the Ocean Flower 2, those responsible will be brought to justice.Young,...
View ArticleOnline petition against Mouttet
An online petition circulating on social media is calling on Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley to remove or revoke the appointment of businessman Christian Mouttet, as the sole investigator into the...
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