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Stay out of floods—Health Ministry
As cases of leptospirosis increase in southern parts of the country recently hit by flooding, the Ministry of Health is advising citizens to stay out of flood waters and to be careful when handling...
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Family wants answers as remand prisoner dies suddenly
JENSEN LA VENDERelatives of a prisoner who died behind bars sometime between Saturday and Sunday morning are seeking answers on his cause of death.Murder accused Michael George, 29, of Indian Walk,...
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Diamond Vale crime surge worry residents
Residents of Diamond Vale, in Diego Martin, complained of slow police response and an increase in the number of robberies in their district during a town meeting on Monday.Several residents complained...
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Diplomatic post for Makeda in Geneva
Despite criticisms that she does not have the requisite qualification for the job, it is now official, Makeda Antoine has been appointed as Trinidad and Tobago’s Ambassador to the Permanent Mission of...
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Burglars strike Babwah’s house
Burglars using a blow-torch broke into the Lange Park, Chaguanas, home of the President of the Used-Car Dealers Association Visham Babwah on Monday and carted away an undisclosed sum of cash and...
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Kamla: Revoke appointment
Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar is calling on Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley to revoke the appointment of Makeda Antoine as this country’s Ambassador to the United Nations Office in...
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Reinstate me or else
Dismissed Port Authority of T&T acting CEO Charmaine Lewis has written to the board chairman giving them until Friday to reinstate her or face legal action.Well-placed sources yesterday told the...
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Unlawful act
The United National Congress intends to mount a legal challenge against Fern Narcis-Scope’s appointment as Elections and Boundaries Commission (EBC) Chief Elections Officer.Addressing a meeting at the...
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Families stranded as Icacos road caves in
Protests erupted in the fishing community of Icacos yesterday, after part of the Icacos Main Road collapsed into the Icacos River, leaving an estimated 300 families in jeopardy on being completely...
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Three shot dead hours apart
Two men were shot dead in El Dorado a little over an hour of each other on Monday night.A third man was shot dead in Tobago, taking the murder toll there to ten for the year.Police said around 8.30 pm...
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PM disheartened by Immigration officers’ action
Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley says he is disappointed by the actions of some 13 of 15 Immigration officers who failed to show up for duty at the Piarco International Airport on Sunday, resulting in...
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Female bullies attack daughter
Nakpangi Joseph, whose daughter has been a victim of bullying by a gang of female students at the Barataria North Secondary School, yesterday urged the Barataria police to lay assault charges against...
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Vasant drops out of UNC elections
Former trade minister Vasant Bharath will no longer contest the post of political leader of the United National Congress (UNC) at the party's internal elections on November 26.Bharath announced his...
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Loan activates for $bn Children’s Hos
Come March next year Government will have to start repayment on a Government-to-Government concession loan from the People’s Republic of China for over one billion dollars for the construction of the...
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Vasant pulls out UNC election race
Vasant Bharath and his slate has dropped out of the UNC internal elections race.Bharath made the announcement during a news conference yesterday at Charlieville, Chaguanas.He said the election process...
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Come clean on security talks for judges
The Law Association has called on Chief Justice Ivor Archie to publicly address allegations that he discussed the security arrangements for judges with a personal friend.In a press release issued...
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Kamla files nomination papers
Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar has filed her nomination papers to contest the seat of UNC leader.She did so yesterday at the UNC headquarters in Couva.Accompanying her was Jearlean John, who...
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TTUTA: Bullying in secondary schools on the rise
President of the T&T Unified Teachers’ Association (TTUTA) Lynsley Doodhai yesterday admitted that bullying within the secondary school system was on the rise.Doodhai was commenting on the latest...
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3 held during police dragnet
A 47-year-old man from Diego Martin and his 21-year-old son have been arrested by police for possession of almost 400 rounds of assorted ammunition.According to reports, around 10 pm on Tuesday...
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Morale low in Foreign Affairs as Makeda confirmed
Disgruntled employees at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs say they now feel demotivated and disrespected over the appointment of Makeda Antoine to represent this country at the United Nations Office in...
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