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Rambharat: New locations and focus for agriculture
Agriculture Minister Clarence Rambharat yesterday announced that staff of his ministry are being relocated to rural areas for easier access to the country’s farming communities. In addition, he said,...
View ArticleThe court system of T&T Part Two
Last week, we began this series on the court system by looking at civil matters in the Magistrates’ Court. We noted the three levels of the court system:• The Magistrates’ Court—the first level;• The...
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$100,000 raised for Cyril Ross Nursery
A donation of about $100,000 will be given to the Cyril Ross Nursery, a non-profit organisation specially chosen by Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley, from funds raised during the recent International...
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A Real Indian Trinbagonian
My name is Rashmi Mathur and I am a Trini from Bangalore, India.I was born in India but moved to Tobago when I was nine. Fort King George was like our backyard. We would study or read there after...
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Nothing illegal stored there
RALPH BANWARIEPolice raided a house owned by former Mayaro MP Winston Gypsy Peters during a crime sweep yesterday and found hundreds of mattresses and other supplies meant to assist flood victims.While...
View Article$120,000 bail for guard on rape charge
A 20-year-old San Juan man will make his second court appearance on his 21 birthday after appearing in court yesterday charged with raping a 67-year-old nurse at the workplace.Nicholas Nelson, of Upper...
View ArticleLaw Association team to look at Govt hiring of private lawyers
The Law Association has appointed a committee to produce proposals for a new system for the State’s hiring of private legal practitioners. In a press release yesterday, the association’s president,...
View ArticleGovt to probe $40m bill for 3-day event
Planning and Development Minister Camille Robinson-Regis says the new PNM Government is probing a three-day event under the former PP government which cost taxpayers an estimated $40 million.She raised...
View ArticleDPP under fire in Section 34 appeal
The sudden repeal of Section 34 of the Administration of Justice (Indictable Offences) Act was done specifically to ensure that persons and companies accused of fraud arising out of the construction of...
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Construction worker killed in Mamoral
An attempt to silence construction worker, Vishnu Ragoonanan, may have been behind his murder.Ragoonanan, 45, was found naked with stab wounds to his chest and head at a Ministry of Works construction...
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More experiments coming next year
In keeping with the mission to establish an evidence-based Police Service, the organisation will continue to undertake experiments next year to ensure crime prevention and crime control, says acting...
View ArticleImbert quizzed on cut in school feeding $$
The PNM Government has reduced the allocation for the National School Dietary Services Ltd, handling the school feeding programme, from the 2015 level of $250 million to $235 million in 2016 since...
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Pledge to improve teaching at St Mary’s
President of Howard University, Trinidadian Wayne Frederick, yesterday pledged to improve the teaching and learning environment at his alma-mater St Mary’s College (CIC) in a bid to encourage further...
View ArticleRainfall but reservoirs still low
While recent rainfall in T&T has positively impacted local reservoirs, they remain significantly low.So said communications manager of the Water and Sewerage Authority (WASA) Daniel Plenty while...
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Brit lawyer, wife slain
Britain’s ambassador to Trinidad and Tobago and the Law Association of T&T yesterday called for swift action following the brutal murder of British national Richard Wheeler and his wife, Grace, in...
View ArticleCoP dispatches team to island
British High Commissioner Tim Stew said yesterday the High Commission “stands ready to provide support to the (Wheeler) family in this difficult time.”In a telephone interview, he confirmed the deaths...
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Mayaro villagers tell of neglect
Villagers of Kernaham and Cascadoux in Mayaro say they are yet to get any flood relief since last November’s disaster even though hundreds of mattresses and supplies were found stacked under the home...
View ArticleI may have missed few victims —Gypsy
Former Mayaro MP Winston “Gypsy” Peters says it is possible that he may have missed out a few flood victims when he was distributing relief items at his constituency last year.His comments came a day...
View ArticleSIS holding State to ransom
New Agriculture, Lands and Fisheries Minister Clarence Rambharat says Super Industrial Services Limited (SIS) is holding the State to ransom over two land transactions involving the former Caroni 1975...
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Pensioners to be exempted
Government will “likely” exempt pensioners and people living on fixed incomes from the property tax, Finance Minister Colm Imbert said yesterday.He did so in the Senate debate of the 2016 budget while...
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