$3.2 million for CoP search
kalifa.clyne@guardian.co.ttTaxpayers will pay an estimated $3.2 million (TT) to local consulting firm KPMG in its search for a new Commissioner of Police (CoP) and new Deputy Commissioner of Police.The...
View ArticleCARICOM holds emergency meeting on Irma
An emergency CARICOM Heads of Government meeting was held yesterday to coordinate the region's response to Hurricane Irma. The meeting was held around 9.30 am yesterday with leaders joining in using...
View ArticleSinanan: No discipline, governance at port
KEVON FELMINEkevon.felmine@guardian.co.ttWorks and Transport Minister Rohan Sinanan says he has been concerned about the operations of the Port Authority of T&T (Patt) since he became a...
View ArticlePoS floods after 30 minutes of rain
KEVON FELMINEkevon.felmine@guardian.co.ttA thunderstorm in Port-of-Spain, lasting less than 30 minutes, caused the drainage to overflow in Belmont, Queen's Park Savannah, St Clair, and South Quay....
View ArticleMan kidnapped by gunmen wearing police tactical gear
KEVON FELMINEkevon.felmine@guardian.co.ttThe son of a Pleasantville businessman has been whisked away from his home by gunmen wearing police tactical gear. The abduction was similar to the...
View ArticlePNMites express concern about Govt performance
Ferdie Ferreira is not the only PNMite with concerns about the PNM Government's performance and leadership. Ferreira—the PNM foundation member whose 2012 endorsement of Keith Rowley for Prime Minister...
View ArticleOlivierre’s victimisation complaint goes to Equal Opportunity Tribunal
When Nicole Olivierre, the current parliamentary secretary in the Ministry of Energy, was retrenched as an assistant manager from the National Gas Company (NGC) in January 2015, “she presented herself...
View ArticleGruesome homicides, robberies grip St Ann’s/CascadeOver
The brutal murder of former director of the National Museum and Art Gallery Dr Claire Broadbridge at her Fondes Amandes St Ann’s home last week Saturday continues to transfix the nation as her death...
View ArticleWoman found stabbed to death on walkover
Women who live in the Assaraff Road, Charlieville, Chaguanas area plan to arm themselves in order to ensure their safety. The women made the claim yesterday after a Dominican Republic woman was found...
View ArticleCouple found on England getaway
An intense search by police and relatives of an elderly La Romaine couple who had been missing since last Thursday, ended in relief yesterday when it was found that they were on vacation in...
View ArticleGovt pumps $500m into Sando redevelopment
Fifty families and several government and commercial operations will soon be relocated as Government moves to start the San Fernando Waterfront Redevelopment Project later this year.Earlier this year,...
View ArticleMom, grandson taken by wave
An Arima community last night paid their respects to a well loved resident who lost her life trying to save her grandson from a massive wave during the passage of Hurricane Irma in St Maarten last...
View ArticleHaleema leaves for surgery in India
From rejection by the Children’s Life Fund Authority to being rescued by kind-hearted citizens, five-year-old Haleema Mohammed was on her way to India yesterday with the hope of securing a healthier...
View ArticleStreet dweller runs amok in Sando mall
As the mentally disturbed continues to roam freely in San Fernando, a street dweller had customers and employees scampering for cover when he ran amok at Plaza Montano, smashing glass panels in the...
View ArticleRowley holds ‘Conversations with the PM’ tonight
Prime Minister Keith Rowley, back from his US medical check-up yesterday, will be answering queries from the public in St Augustine tonight.Rowley, who had medical checks in the US over the last week,...
View ArticleNursing students protest non-payment of stipend
The Ministry of Education is being urged to pay almost 500 nursing students who have not been receiving their monthly stipend of $800, for more than a year.Clad in their uniforms and armed with...
View ArticleAnother Chinese restaurant robbed
Another Chinese restaurant being robbed has been caught on tape again and circulated on social media.This comes in wake of several robberies and other attacks against Chinese nationals over the past...
View ArticlePrakash writes PM on transfer of Special Branch head
Former leader of the Congress of the People (COP) Prakash Ramadhar yesterday sent a letter to Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley asking him to “investigate” the alleged transfer of Assistant Commissioner...
View ArticleF the media!
Two men, including a senior police officer, yesterday assaulted a Guardian Media photographer while he was on official duty in Penal. Kristian De Silva was covering the fake oil fiasco and seeking an...
View ArticlePM: Deokisingh to quit state board
Vidya Deokiesingh, against whom allegations were made in Petrotrin’s internal audit report on the “fake oil” matter, is expected to submit his resignation from the Lake Asphalt Board shortly.Prime...
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