Ramai Trace school to be completed by year’s end
Education Minister Anthony Garcia is assuring that the Ramai Trace Hindu School in Debe will be completed and he is optimistic that the completion will be in time for the start of the new school year...
View ArticleLego masters showcase talent
radhica.sookraj@guardian.co.ttInnovation and invention are touted as solutions to diversify T&T’s economy and director of the Lego Club of T&T Terrence Francois believes supporting the...
View ArticleCostatt realigns core operations
The College of Science, Technology, and Applied Arts of T&T (COSTAATT), is “tightening its belt,” and is now operating “pretty much to the bone,” in the face of a declining enrolment.The management...
View ArticleGarcia: UTT overstaffed, fat must be trimmed
Education Minister Anthony Garcia says the University of Trinidad and Tobago (UTT) is of the view that the organisation is “overstaffed and to run the university efficiently it will mean they have to...
View ArticleLeaking roof floods hospital ward
Nursing staff had to keep patients calm after torrents of water began flowing through the ceiling at Ward Seven of the San Fernando General Hospital yesterday, drenching files, furniture and other...
View ArticleAG: Returning fighters under security radar
Attorney General Faris Al-Rawi said amendments to legislation dealing with terrorism are expected to presented when the Parliament sits this week.He said the amendments would include recommendations...
View ArticleKeshorn’s cousin killed in Toco
The cousin of Olympic Gold medallist Keshorn Walcott was gunned down at his Cumana home on Saturday night in what police said appeared to be as retaliation for the recent murder of a fisherman in the...
View ArticleTobago stakeholders hoping for answers
Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley and a high-powered ministerial team will sit today for talks with the business community in Tobago.Stakeholders in Tobago told the T&T Guardian that they will be...
View ArticleSold-out show at Kaiso Showkase
radhica.sookraj@guardian.co.ttCalypso tents in North Trinidad have been reporting poor turnout but this was not the case in South as Kaiso Showkase Tent opened at Palms Club, San Fernando on Friday...
View ArticleDoctor: Best medicine comes from the heart
Obstetrician Dr Sherene Kalloo reminded colleagues that while medicine can be a lucrative field, they must have compassion and caring for their patients.She was speaking at the T&T Medical...
View ArticlePresident’s House ready for occupation by mid-2019
President-elect Paula-Mae Weekes would have to wait until June of 2019 to occupy President’s House in St Ann’s.This was the time frame chairman of the Urban Development Corporation of T&T Noel...
View ArticleCJ of Turks and Caicos hurt over losing Weekes
The Chief Justice of the Turks and Caicos yesterday described the loss of Paula-Mae Weekes, this country’s President-elect, as a member of the court of appeal in that country as a “significant loss to...
View ArticleTake heed of MP’s threat
Minister of State in the Ministry of National Security Fitzgerald Hinds is hoping that the police pay close attention to the threat by Oropouche East MP Dr Roodal Moonilal to break into the Dr Roodal...
View ArticleDiego grocery proprietor shot dead in robbery
Franklin Wong, 39, proprietor of Wong’s Supermarket died hours after he was shot during a robbery at his family business in Diego Martin yesterday.The mid-morning drama unfolded shortly after 10...
View ArticleJSC meets today on ferry procurements
Questions about Government’s procurement of the Galleons Passage will not delay submission of a draft report of Parliament’s Joint Select Committee (JSC) on Land and Rural Development on procurement of...
View ArticlePM, Tobago stakeholders meeting fruitful
The meeting between Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley and Tobago stakeholders at the Magdalena Grand Beach Resort yesterday has been described as fruitful.A high-powered ministerial team led Rowley, a THA...
View ArticleStudents fear closure of COSTAATT
Students of the College of Science, Technology and Applied Arts of T&T (COSTAATT) expressed fear yesterday that one morning they will wake up to hear the college is no more.However, COSTAATT’s...
View ArticleUTT president: I have no say in retrenchment
President of the University of T&T Professor Sarim Al-Zubaidy said he has no other motive but making the university sustainable for decades to come.He said, “I act on the interest of UTT alone...
View ArticleJudge varies Manzanilla Highway injunction
High Court judge Kevin Ramcharan yesterday varied the injunction he granted barring construction works on the Manzanilla Highway as he gears up to hear submissions on whether or not a lawsuit filed...
View ArticleQuality song at Soca Monarch
Chairman of the Caribbean Prestige Foundation (CPF) Peter Scoon has said that this year’s offerings for the International Soca Monarch are “quality songs” but some of the big players have chosen...
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