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Billions in arrears paid to public servants
Despite Government’s significant decline in revenue they were able to pay billions of dollars in backpay arrears to public servants in the last two years.These payments, Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley...
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Tough decisions for economic survival
In his address to the nation last night, Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley admitted that if the Government had not managed the economy prudently and make the necessary adjustments, the country would have...
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SRP among 3 held for abduction
A Special Reserve Police (SRP) officer among four men in police custody as police investigators probe the abduction a 21 year old Diego Martin man on Saturday.The victim, identified as Nicholas Juman,...
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Seepersad-Bachan :
Political Leader of the Congress of the people (COP) Carolyn Seepersad-Bachan says there is clearly a lack of political will on the part of leaders in T&T to collaborate meaningfully to place the...
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Over invoicing of —Le Hunte
As the Water and Sewerage Authority (WASA) faces a $7.1 billion debt, Public Utilities Minister Robert Le Hunte admitted that “over invoicing” of bills at the water company had become a common...
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Minister instructs WASA: Go after bad paying residential customers
A large percentage of the Water and Sewerage Authority (WASA) 400,000 residential customers owe the cash-strapped utility $475 million in arrears. The total figure owed by WASA’s residential,...
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Petrotrin owes Govt $2.75m—Rowley
Cash-strapped Petrotrin currently owes the Government $2.75 million.The figure was given by Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley last night in his address to the nation.Rowley explained that due to the...
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PM: We will overcome the violent few
Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley last night called on the nation to “spare a thought or prayer for individuals and families who have become victims of crime,” stating that the criminals elements having...
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Opposition gives approval for Weekes as President
The Opposition yesterday gave approval for Government’s sole presidential nominee Madam Justice Paula-Mae Weekes to become T&T’s sixth and first female President.Affixing four signatures to the...
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Judge sets April 17 to hear battle for Legends mas camp
Mas band leaders and former business partners Mike “Big Mike” Antoine and Ian McKenzie’s legal battle over the lease of a property in Woodbrook is set for trial on April 17.High Court judge Frank...
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Car dealer sues State for $1m over malicious prosecution
A foreign used car dealer from D’Abadie, who was charged with importing 440 kilos of marijuana in a shipment of cars and auto parts almost a decade ago, is suing the State for almost $1 million in...
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Zika category added to Red Cross mas
A Zika category will be introduced in this year’s Red Cross Children’s Carnival. This initiative of the International Red Cross is aimed at raising awareness of the mosquito-borne disease, lifting the...
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Massive Gosine among semifinalists for Chutney Soca Monarch
Nirmal Gosine, better known as Massive Gosine, with his controversial song, is among the 34 semifinalists selected for 2018 NLCB Chutney Soca Monarch semifinal round on Saturday at the LIV Nightlife,...
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Three schools remain closed
radhica.sookraj@guardian.co.ttThe new academic term started yesterday but not without hiccups for three schools in South, Central and North Trinidad.While the majority of T&T’s 483 primary and 141...
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Taxi driver charged with murder of Arisa
radhica.sookraj@guardian.co.ttTaxi driver Joseph Bryan Bennett has been charged with the murder of his former common-law wife Arisa Vana David, less than a week after she was killed in front of her two...
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Ministry working on solutions—Minister
The Government may not be able to spend as lavishly as before, but junior Education Minister Dr Lovell Francis says there is no truth in his ministry not being able to pay for items such as security...
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New Grant residents protest bad road
kevon.felmine@guardian.co.ttSurviving with a CEPEP wage for the past nine years, Kizzy Scipio was on the verge of completing a stable home. She was hoping to move in last Christmas.However, the heavy...
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Cuban asylum seekers get bail on obstruction charges
Eight Cuban asylum seekers accused of illegal camping in front of the United Nations building in Port-of-Spain were each granted $5,000 bail yesterday.The four men and four women, who had been on...
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Dillon: Perpetrators will feel full brunt of the law
A Laventille man was arrested yesterday afternoon in connection with the double murder at Pelican Extension, Trou Macaque, Laventille, in which 15-year schoolboy Joshua Andrews and taxi driver Devon...
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Stop crying and take charge
Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar has warned Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley that T&T could face bankruptcy in 2018, unless the Government changes its direction, fixes its plans and reorders...
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