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Corporal punishment not part of ministry’s plan
CHARLES KONG SOOEducation Minister Anthony Garcia says corporal punishment is not part of the ministry’s plans.He was speaking at the 2017 SEA Recognition Ceremony for the top 203 students at Napa,...
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PNM ‘front lash’ for Harry—Khan
No one is above the law—not even ruling party members. The ruling Peoples' National Movement yesterday suspended longstanding PNMite Harry Ragoonanan from the party following police probe of a Public...
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China unveils US$15Bn mega bridge
The idea of building a bridge over the Caribbean Sea to connect Trinidad with Tobago is not a new one.However, it may not be one that the current administration is troubling itself with at the...
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Something not right
Former Public Transportation Services Corporation (PTSC) board chairman Terrence Beepath says he is the only person who can bring clarity in the case in which south businessman Harry Ragoonanan has...
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Engine problems delay Cabo Star
The Cabo Star sailed late to Tobago yesterday after developing engine problems over the weekend.The T&T Guardian understands that the vessel sailed from the Port of Port-of-Spain around 5.30 pm,...
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Businessman not yet told of PNM suspension
The People’s National Movement (PNM) has not yet officially told Harry Ragoonanan he has been suspended from the party and he has also not yet been contacted by the police about an investigation....
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Roodal: I’m being framed by PNM members
United National Congress MP Roodal Moonilal says he’s being framed.That’s his view of yesterday’s bid-rigging and “white collar crime” claims against him by Minister in the Ministry of Attorney General...
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Cartel behaviour
Former housing minister Dr Roodal Moonilal, former Estate Management and Business Development Company Ltd (EMBD) CEO Gary Parmassar and five contractors will be facing civil action as Government moves...
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Consultant predicts increase in poverty level
Chairman of Kairi Consultants Dr Ralph Henry, who compiled a report which looked into poverty in T&T, is predicting an increase in our poverty level. Henry, an economist, made the statement...
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Bank manager, husband on fraud charges
A bank manager and her husband have appeared in court charged with conspiring to defraud the Arima Borough Corporation of $412,490.Melissa Gopaul, 40, and her 42-year-old husband Perry Pollard, both of...
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Brother of Chutney singer fatally chopped
Basdeo Maharaj, the older brother of this year’s Chutney Soca Monarch Omardath Maharaj, was found hacked to death at his Las Lomas home.The 62-year-old father of four was found by a teenage relative...
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Oil spill reaches Cocorite
Even as two companies have been procured to commence clean-up operations after a massive oil spill in Chaguaramas on Saturday, the spill is said to be quickly spreading southeast in the Gulf-of-Paria,...
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Seema wins Divali Queen
Penal resident Seema Moonilal, 22, has captured this year’s Divali Queen competition. She won the title on Monday night to earn the first prize of $20,000 at an event which was held at the National...
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Minister: Crime detection rate not low
National Security Minister Edmond Dillon yesterday maintained that the detection rate of the Police Service is not low.Dillon defended the Police Service during a Standing Finance Committee meeting...
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Offshore rig possible source of oil leak
Preliminary investigations have revealed that the source of the oil spill that occurred in Chaguaramas over the weekend can be an offshore rig.This was yesterday disclosed by Minister of Planning and...
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Carmona: Live in harmony
President Anthony Carmona has called on the population to destroy the negatives in our lives and live in brotherhood and harmony with one another.This was the message Carmona relayed to citizens on the...
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Sando maxi fares go up
Come tomorrow morning, commuters from Point Fortin, Siparia and Penal using maxi-taxis to travel to San Fernando will have to pay an extra dollar to get to their destinations.Secretary of the Route...
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Dillon: $15m to feed prisoners
Government will be paying $15 million to feed the prison system’s 3,700 prisoners in 2018, just as it did in 2017, National Security Minister Edmund Dillon confirmed yesterday.He gave the figures...
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Trio held 15 minutes after robbing family
Three men are in custody as police search for the ringleader after the robbery of a San Fernando family on Monday.The ordeal has left a 58-year-old fisherman, his son and another relative traumatised...
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PM: Zero tolerance to crooked cops
Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley is warning police officers and civilians seeking to join the Police Service that there will be zero tolerance to those who choose to engage in criminal activity.“Those...
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