T&T’s latest Project Runway star off to Italy
T&T’s latest designer to make an impact on American reality fashion design series Project Runway, Ayana Ife, is now off to Italy to take up her place at the Milano Fashion Institute, where she will...
View ArticleKublalsingh warns of more floods in 2018
Highway Reroute Movement’s (HRM)Dr Wayne Kublalsingh is calling on Government to remove the aggregate clogging the water courses in the Oropouche basin, saying failure to do so could lead to extensive...
View ArticleRegional bodies told to monitor contractors
Expressing dissatisfaction at the way the regional coordinating committees are being run, Local Government Minister Kazim Hosein has called on local government practitioners to ensure there is...
View ArticleSheron’s brother shot in drive-by
Sheldon Sukhdeo, the brother of car dealer Sheron Sukhdeo, and a female companion escaped death and serious injury when they were struck during a drive-by shooting in San Fernando.Sukhdeo, 31, of the...
View ArticleCops seize four more illegal guns
Police recovered four illegal firearms and a quantity of ammunition during anti-crime exercises in San Juan, Claxton Bay and Point Fortin between last Friday and Saturday.Officers of the North Eastern...
View Article9 months jail for dishonest guard
A 31-year-old security guard, who admitted to stealing a bag of money from her employer, has been sentenced to nine months in prison.Crystal Mc Mayo, of Malik, Barataria, was sentenced by Senior...
View ArticleStarting from rock bottom
New political leader of the Congress of the People Carolyn Seepersad-Bachan says she will be relying on the party’s founder Winston Dookeran to play a role in rebuilding the organisation but one...
View ArticleMother dies 19 days after baby’s birth
The South-West Regional Health Authority (SWRHA) is probing a possible maternal death and infant death at the San Fernando General Hospital.In a media release yesterday, the SWRHA offered condolences...
View ArticleEMBD goes after Moonilal
The Estate Management and Business Development Company Ltd (EMBD) has filed its $200 million cartel claim against former housing minister Dr Roodal Moonilal, two former executives and a group of...
View ArticleEx-EFCL chairman’s no-show angers JSC
Independent Senator David Small yesterday read the riot act to members of the Education Facilities Company Ltd (EFCL) who failed to show up for a Joint Select Committee (JSC) meeting in Parliament,...
View ArticleSchool feeding caterers still waiting for $$
National School Dietary Services (NSDSL) School Feeding Programme caterers are once again warning that many of them may have no choice but to stop providing meals to schools due to non-payment of...
View ArticleA&V waits on Kroll/Gaffney report
A&V Oil and Gas attorneys say they are yet to receive the report from Canadian consultant Kroll and Gaffney Cline on the forensic audit into oil supplied to the state oil company Petrotrin by...
View ArticleGrave injustice to victim
As an Angostura boycott looms, attorney Ramesh Lawrence Maharaj has called on Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley to ensure allegations of sexual harassment and indecent assault at the company are properly...
View ArticleHealthcare not a factor in mother’s death —Deyalsingh
Health Minister Terrence Deyalsingh said a lack of proper health care was not a factor in the death of a woman, who died 19 days after giving birth, at the San Fernando General Hospital.His comments...
View ArticleCoast Guard to repair vessel
The T&T Coast Guard has launched an investigation into what caused one of its vessels to sink off while docked in Tobago on Tuesday.The vessel has since been dry-docked and is being repaired by a...
View ArticleCop accidentallyshot by colleaguesuffers stroke
Days before she was due to be discharged from the Eric Williams Medical Sciences Complex, Corporal Roxanne Sealey, who was was accidentally shot by a colleague in September, suffered a stroke.Speaking...
View ArticleBody looks at laws to protect prison officers
Prison Officers’ Association (POA) president Ceron Richards said yesterday his members were breathing a little easier after a second meeting with Attorney General Faris Al-Rawi and National Security...
View ArticlePiggott now keen to appear before JSC
Former Educational Facilities Company Limited (EFCL) chairman Arnold Piggott says he is now ready to “break my silence” and will appear before Parliament’s Joint Select Committee looking into issues at...
View ArticleCorruption probe at entity well advanced—Young
Port-of-Spain North/St Ann’s West MP Stuart Young says Government is moving full speed ahead to clean up corruption at the Water and Sewerage Authority (WASA).Speaking at the commissioning ceremony for...
View ArticleWASA weighs property seiz
As the Water and Sewerage Authority (WASA) moves to collect some $500 million currently owed by errant customers, chairman Romney Thomas has promised that before year’s end properties will be seized...
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