They wont act to save lives
More people in T&T will die as a result of the Opposition United National Congress’ refusal to support the anti-gang bill in Parliament yesterday, Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley has said.“What we...
View ArticleWilliams bans extra duty for cops
A directive from acting Commissioner of Police Stephen Williams to stop all extra duty is not sitting well with his junior charges, who say the money the make from this is what they use to pay the...
View ArticleIllegal tenants move back in
Within hours after officials from the Housing Development Corporation (HDC), accompanied by armed soldiers and police officers, evicted illegal tenants from the Clifton Towers in east Port-of-Spain...
View ArticleDeokiesingh returns to work at Petrotrin
Vidya Deokiesingh, the Petrotrin employee named in an internal audit into the so-called fake oil scandal is back at work on the job after a two-month absence.Well placed sources at the State-oil...
View ArticleGang alliances with politicians an evil monster — Deosaran
Chairman of the Manpower Audit Committee into the T&T Police Service (TTPS), Prof Ramesh Deosaran, yesterday said the alliances between politicians, gang leaders and community leaders have been...
View ArticleGuards hold key to case
Preliminary investigations into Wednesday’s $5.5 million heist at the Piarco International Airport have revealed employees there may have had support from co-conspirators with military training, police...
View ArticlePM misrepresenting our view—Persad-Bissessar
Opposition leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar is accusing Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley of misrepresenting her party’s position on the controversial Anti-Gang Bill.In a telephone interview with CNC 3...
View ArticleVile attack over Anti-Gang Bill
Not so, Kamla.Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley has accused Opposition leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar of orchestrating a “malicious character assassination” against him by misrepresenting events which...
View ArticlePetrotrin workers want Deokiesingh removed from unit
Employees of Petrotrin’s Field Maintenance Equipment Department (FMED) staged a protest yesterday, demanding that the company remove Vidya Deokiesingh from the department.As the T&T Guardian...
View ArticleImbert: Play Whe, Lotto tax on hold
The proposed 10 per cent tax on winnings from National Lottery games will be implemented early next year— rather than this month— and will only apply to winnings over $1,000, Finance Minister Colm...
View ArticleQuery over NIB’s $37m property deal
A $37m investment made by the National Insurance Board (NIB) 2014 to purchase the building housing the Apsara and Thamnak Thai restaurants around the Queen’s Park Savannah found its way into the...
View ArticleWoman, son, among five on sex charges
A woman, her son and a minor were among five people who appeared in court yesterday charged with committing sexual assaults on two girls—ages 10 and 12, in separate incidents.Shellyann Springer, 40,...
View ArticleMother-in-law, worker in court for pundit’s murder
Almost two weeks after pundit Sunil Ragbirsingh was murdered during a robbery at his Arouca home, his mother-in-law and his former worker appeared in court charged with the crime.Kumarie Maraj, 60, and...
View Article$61m Maracas Bay carpark completed
Phase One of the Maracas Beach Facility Improvement Project has been completed within budget, at a cost just over $61 million, despite challenges faced by the contractor - Coosal’s Construction Company...
View ArticleCharged with raping mentally disabled child
A 58-year-old unemployed man from Belmont has been granted $150,000 bail after appearing in court charged with raping a mentally disabled child.Elvis “Cat” Sitney, of Upper Belmont Valley Road,...
View ArticleAllison begs for HDC unit
Forced to live under the steps of an abandoned Housing Development Corporation (HDC) building with her six children and grand daughter, single mother Allison Dick is appealing to the authorities to...
View ArticleCaribbean Cinemas introduces 4DX to SouthPark
This holiday season, Caribbean Cinemas will open the first 4DX auditorium in the English-speaking Caribbean, which will be located at SouthPark Cinemas in San Fernando. The opening will be with the...
View ArticleADOPTION CONUNDRUM
AKASH SAMAROOakash.samaroo@cnc3.co.ttThere are currently 76 parents on an approved waiting list in T&T hoping to adopt a child. But they have been waiting for several years. According to the...
View ArticleChristmas lights in Barrackpore
Businessman Sam Arjoon decorated his home located on St Croix Road, Lengua, Barrackpore, with over 100,000 christmas lights. This has become an attraction during the Christmas season for residents in...
View ArticleHuman milk bank coming soon
RADHICA DE SILVAradhica.sookraj@guardian.co.ttDesperate to save the fragile premature babies languishing at the nation's hospitals, newly appointed director of Women's Health Dr Adesh Sirjusingh is...
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