Priest: Reject xenophobia, embrace philonexia
Interim rector of the Holy Trinity Cathedral Fr Carl Williams is urging the population to reject Xenophobia— hate of strangers and embrace Philonexia— love for everyone, including strangers. He said...
View ArticleAct of terror against citizens
An “act of terror” against all citizens—especially the poor and middle class.With that condemnation of Government’s 2018 Budget yesterday, Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar denounced Finance...
View ArticleAyers-Caesar wins round 1 v AG, JLSC
Former chief magistrate Marcia Ayers-Caesar has won round one in her legal battle against the Judicial and Legal Services Commission (JLSC) and the President.Justice David Harris yesterday granted...
View Article3 friends killed in accident
Three families are in mourning today after a fatal road accident yesterday claimed the lives of birthday boy Alex Lalla, fireman Romel Rambally and Kareem Simon.According to police, the men were...
View ArticleYoung: PP spent $80m to operate Galicia
Minister in the Office of the Prime Minister Stuart Young yesterday revealed that the former People’s Partnership government secretly spent $24 million in infrastructural adjustments to facilitate the...
View ArticleFarmer welcomes $100,000 incentive
Some farmers are disappointed with the increase in the prices of diesel and lack of incentives for farmers announced in Monday’s Budget.Farmer Ashram Maharaj said while there might be an increase in...
View ArticleI sent him to clean up PATT
Works and Transport Minister Rohan Sinanan “stepped on corns” when he began to clean up the corruption at the Port of Port of Spain and that is why there is now a concerted attack against him and calls...
View ArticleGovt not going to devalue now
There are people in this country who are hoarding foreign currency in the hope that the Trinidad and Tobago dollar will be devalued and they will become enriched, Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley has...
View Article$130m a day to run T&T — Imbert
It costs $130 million a day to run Trinidad and Tobago, Finance Minister Colm Imbert has said. This works out to a monthly bill of $4 billion to run the country.And Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley also...
View ArticleCops seize ganja, ammo in Couva
Police yesterday seized compressed high grade marijuana valued at close to $1 million and over 600 rounds of assorted ammunition.Acting on information, a team of officers from the Organised Crime...
View ArticleI will never entertain exec
Dr Keith Rowley has given the assurance that as prime minister of Trinidad and Tobago, he will never entertain an oil company executive in his hotel room wearing “a duster and bed room slippers.”Rowley...
View ArticleToddler killed under pick-up
A Valencia family was last night mourning the tragic death of 18-month-old toddler Ilena Mansoor, after she was accidentally run over by a pick-up driven by a relative at the family’s home...
View ArticleBlood on Govt’s hands—Richards
Prison Officers’ Association president Ceron Richards is holding the Government responsible for the murder of colleague Richard Sandy, and is calling on Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley to implement...
View ArticlePM: Gas subsidy no longer sustainable
Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley is defending Government’s decision to remove the fuel subsidy. He said given the drastic drop in revenues, mounting debt, including paying for essentials such as salaries...
View ArticleDivali Nagar to cost $5m
This year’s Divali Nagar celebration is expected to cost $5 million, according to the National Council of Indian Culture’s (NCIC) public relations officer Surujdeo Mangaroo.Mangaroo was at the time...
View Article6 inmates in cell assault charged
Six inmates at the Remand Yard Prison in Arouca were last week charged with assaulting another inmate.The charges came after a video posted on social media showed the inmate being attacked with a mop...
View ArticleGospel artiste Gitta Dan dies
Well known gospel musician Denton Peschier, aka Gitta Dan, passed away on Saturday from an undisclosed illness.John Thomas, a friend from church who has known him for over 20 years, told the T&T...
View ArticleUWI lecturer: Divisiveness weakening Caricom
Senior history lecturer at the University of the West Indies, St Augustine, Dr Jerome Teelucksingh, says the divisiveness among Caribbean countries has not only weakened Caricom, but also continues to...
View ArticleShare what little we have
Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley has again appealed to T&T citizens to give whatever little they can to assist those countries ravaged by recent hurricanes in the Caribbean.He made the appeal while...
View ArticlePrison officer shot at bar
Plans for birthday celebrations turned to funeral arrangements yesterday, after prison officer Richard Sandy was killed by an ex-convict he knew while liming at a bar in Gasparillo.The father of five...
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