Concern over latest JLSC appointment
Concerns are being raised in some quarters of the legal fraternity about the appointment of Appeal Court Judge Charmaine Pemberton to the Judicial and Legal Service Commission (JLSC), the body which...
View ArticleDumas: Poor boat tired
Following a marathon journey from Korea and six other stops, the controversial Ocean Flower 2 vessel is now in Chaguaramas for dry docking services.The reason was given in a letter from Ken Shipping...
View ArticleTourism boost for Tobago from storms
Tourism traffic coming to T&T following repeated hurricane devastation up the islands in recent weeks may help Tobago through the upcoming winter period, says Chris James, president of the Tobago...
View ArticleBeloved teacher murdered in Morvant drive-by
A primary school teacher, described as Santa Claus in his Petunia Avenue, Coconut Drive, Morvant community, was one of two men gunned down on Tuesday night.According to police reports, 47-year-old...
View ArticleMIC hostage taker facing 10 charges
The 32-year-old Santa Cruz man who threatened to kill a 17-year-old MIC Institute of Technology (MIC-IT) trainee during a stand off with police on Monday, is now facing some 10 charges arising out of...
View ArticleCop kills ‘Mexican’ in failed robbery
A Maloney man was killed and his neighbour and accomplice injured yesterday morning, after they attempted to rob a maxi-taxi driver who is also a police officer.According to police, around 12.30 am...
View ArticleSchool spaces available too: Garcia
Education Minister Anthony Garcia says spaces will be made available in the nation's schools for students of hurricane ravaged countries such as Dominica and Antigua and Barbuda providing they meet...
View ArticlePM Skerrit weeps for Dominica
Dominica Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit broke down in tears yesterday as he spoke of the devastation done to his island by Hurricane Maria.He said hospitals have all been completely destroyed and are...
View ArticleNothing to do with us
Despite conspiracy theories on the sudden appearance of the controversial Ocean Flower 2 vessel, Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley says if the boat’s owner wanted to come to T&T it wasn’t a Port...
View ArticlePATT has 11 vessels to choose from
Works and Transport Minister Rohan Sinanan, who agreed to the Port Authority of T&T’s recommendation to cancel the contract for the Ocean Flower 2 with Bridgemans Services Group, is now saying the...
View ArticleRowley opens T&T doors to Dominica
Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley has proposed that this country open its doors and waive immigration restrictions so that Dominicans left homeless in the wake of Hurricane Maria can find shelter in...
View ArticleContempt of Parliament
Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley and Minister in the Office of the Prime Minister Stuart Young have been accused of contempt of Parliament following their attack yesterday on Wade Mark, who sat as a...
View ArticleRowley: I called Vidya too
A&V Oil and Gas owner Nazim Baksh was not the only person named in the Petrotrin audit who Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley called after hearing the news. Rowley also called Petrotrin employee Vidya...
View ArticleWorker shot dead at health centre
Member of Parliament for Couva South Rudranath Indarsingh is calling for a review of the security at all public institutions, following the murder of a 23-year-old Claxton Bay man outside the Couva...
View Article5 charges for man in MIC stand-off
The 32 -year-old Santa Cruz man who threatened to kill a 17-year-old MIC Institute of Technology (MIC-IT) student during a stand-off with police on Monday has been charged with five offences arising...
View ArticleSuspect in maxi-taxi driver’s murder held
Police yesterday arrested a suspect in the murder of maxi-taxi driver Kishore Ramdhin and shooting of his 59-year-old wife Taramatie Tambie, who remains warded at hospital in critical condition.A...
View ArticlePetrotrin expands fake oil probe
Although Petrotrin recently presented the Energy Ministry with a report on the alleged “fake oil” issue, the company is conducting further investigations into other aspects of the matter.This was...
View ArticleGarcia: Students doing well
Education Minister Anthony Garcia says the decision last February to remove 24 students from the secondary school system after reports of violence and behavioural issues among the group waa this...
View ArticleKhan: People have lost their humanity
Chairman of the People’s National Movement (PNM) Franklyn Khan says some people in this country may have lost their humanity.He said this in response to negative comments circulating on multiple media...
View ArticleT&T teachers invited to work in US
Participate, a teaching cultural exchange agency based in North Carolina, is inviting T&T teachers to apply for positions in the United States. This is not the first time local teachers have gone...
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