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Radio 90.5 FM partners with Zee TV
Local radio station 90.5 FM has partnered India’s Zee TV to broadcast this year’s Divali Nagar celebrations which began on Sunday and ends on November 9.Kiran Maharaj, managing director, of the radio...
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Drop the baton of revenge
President Anthony Carmona says much of the violence in the country was caused by revenge.He indicated that while speaking at a requiem Mass as part of the All Souls commemorative service at the Holy...
View ArticleIt’s a hopeless case
Hopeless. This is the word used by two Senior Counsel representing the Elections and Boundaries Commission (EBC) and the PNM to describe the UNC’s chances of succeeding in its petitions challenging the...
View ArticleUNC explains $250m travel bill
The $250 million in foreign travel costs spent during the People’s Partnership’s (PP) term in office would have included costs for training abroad by military personnel, senior public servants and...
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Opposition Leader knocks Rowley’s silence on crime
Opposition leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar has again called out Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley on the crime crisis, querying this in view of the fact the situation “now clearly out of the control of the...
View ArticleAssociation wary of results from meeting
In light of an expected meeting carded today with National Security Minister Edmund Dillon and the Prisons Service, members of the Prisons Officers Association are apprehensive whether any of the...
View ArticleWoman charged with cop’s killing
A 20-year-old woman who re-appeared in court on a gun possession matter yesterday, ended her day facing a murder charge.Khadijah Robertson was supposed to have been told by a State attorney why she was...
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We’re being sacrificed
The lives of prisons officers are daily being “sacrificed” as those in authority have continuously ignored the pleas to improve the Prisons Service.Prisons Commissioner, Sterling Stewart, in an...
View ArticleFarmers told: Beware of your environment
Senior programme co-ordinator of the Agricultural Policy and Value Chains, Juan Cheaz Pelaez, says it is important for farmers to be aware of their environment and the decision-making policies.He was...
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Court: Prove EBC to blame for defeat
Lawyers representing the UNC have been told to produce evidence to prove their claim that its loss in the September 7 general election was caused by the Elections and Boundaries Commission (EBC)’s...
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PowerGen shutdown was always coming
The shutdown of PowerGen was long in coming and is actually a good thing, say former energy ministers in both past PNM and PP administrations.The Oilfields Workers’ Trade Union (OWTU), which represents...
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Desal plant needs service
A planned ten-day shutdown of Desalcott’s Point Lisas Desalination Plant is causing anxiety among businesses in south Trinidad and the 40,000 households estimated to be affected, despite assurances by...
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St Joseph Sec to be opened on Monday
Students of the St Joseph Secondary School will return to classes on November 9.This, after Education Minister Anthony Garcia yesterday directed principal Cheryl Julien to ensure the school was ready...
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Roopnarine: No comment
Head of the UNC’s Women’s Arm Stacy Roopnarine is firmly non-committal on the recent statement from the Women’s Arm, which pledged support for incumbent leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar in the party’s...
View ArticlePrisons officer’s slaying: Cousins surrender
Two cousins, who are related to an inmate who was allegedly beaten by prison officers on Monday, have surrendered to police as the probe into the killing of superintendent David Millette continues. The...
View ArticleWorld Bank to fund insurance for fishermen
Fishermen will soon be able to relax as there is a new initiative where they can receive compensation if they are injured or suffered loss of property. The recent initiative, funded by the World Bank,...
View ArticleAlfonso backs guns for prisons officers
Former national security minister Carl Alfonso is supportive of the call by prisons officers to be given weapons to protect themselves while off duty as he believes there are now concentrated deadly...
View ArticleStewart: Too many Remand prisoners
The greatest challenge facing the Prisons Service is the growing number of Remand inmates as that figure has reach 2,000 and growing, says Prisons Commissioner Sterling Stewart during a press briefing...
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Dillon mum on time frame
National Security Minister retired Brig Edmund Dillon has said while discussions were still ongoing regarding granting prisons officers firearms, he could not commit to a time frame as to when this...
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Funeral of murdered soldier: Bishop calls for justice
Relatives of fallen solider, Cpl Shervaun Charleau, said yesterday while no-one will ever really know the circumstances that led to his untimely death last month, they would continue to pray that those...
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