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Late SEA start for two schools
Pupils at two schools sat the Secondary Entrance Assessment Examinations later than other schools across the country yesterday. Other than this minor hiccup, however, the exams passed off well for the...
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EMA halts 500-acre Las Cuevas project
The Environmental Management Authority (EMA) has issued a notice of violation to a Las Cuevas land developer asking that he cease work on his 500-acre parcel of land on the beachfront.The notice was...
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Siparia Corp settles $840,000 debt
Six weeks after the Siparia Regional Corporation (SRC) was levied upon for failing to pay compensation to an injured worker, the corporation has found all the money—$840,000—to settle the matter.As a...
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No bail for $4.3m coke, gun charges
A Venezuelan who was held by police as he came off a boat in Cedros allegedly with $4.3 worth of cocaine, a gun and ammunition was yesterday denied bail when he appeared in the Point Fortin Magistrates...
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Four charged with church break-in
Four men are expected to appear before a San Fernando Magistrate today charged with breaking into the San Fernando Church of the Nazarene.The suspects were arrested by officers of the Mon Repos,...
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Football financial corridors open
The pendulum seems to have swung drastically within the corridors of the Sports Company of T&T (SporTT) and the Ministry of Sport and Youth Affairs. It was not too long ago, the rumours of promised...
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Woman takes selfie in senior cop’s uniform
Two days after two police officers opened fire on each other at close range at a mall in East Trinidad, several photos surfaced on social media yesterday showing a Latino woman scantily clad with a...
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Death threats before attack
Colleagues of the two police officers who were involved in a shootout on Wednesday night at Grand Bazaar, Valsayn, yesterday shared mixed emotions over the incident. However, their main emotion was...
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Eight murders in under 24 hours
Homicide investigators were very busy over the past 24 hours investigating the murders of eight people throughout the North and Central districts. Up to press time, the murder toll for the year thus...
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Disciplinary action coming—Dillon
The acting Police Commissioner has mandated an urgent probe into Wednesday’s shooting incident between two police officers at Grand Bazaar following which the necessary disciplinary action will be...
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Young: Some lawyers helping gang members
Acting Attorney General Stuart Young has accused some lawyers of facilitating gang members and their illegal activities as he called on the police to act expeditiously to bring these lawyers before the...
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Petrotrin in $10m venture to abandon leaking well
Unable to successfully clamp a leaking sub-sea Well S-694 in the Soldado Northfields, Petrotrin officials are now moving to engage in a costly $10 million venture to abandon the leaking well in the...
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Valencia squatters withdraw lawsuit against State
While the State has to protect its assets it must ensure that its approach is characterised by fairness and justice.This was the view of Justice Frank Seepersad yesterday as Valencia squatters...
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Woman found guilty of drug trafficking
Almost 15 years after being charged with possession of over 65 kilogrammes of marijuana for the purpose of trafficking and the possession of a gun and ammunition, a 41-year-old woman has been convicted...
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Church to decide future of St Michael’s Home
Minister in the Office of the Prime Minister Ayanna Webster-Roy says the Anglican Church is to decide whether the St Michael’s Home for Boys will return to its original moorings—caring for boys who...
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Espinet mum on Petrotrin report
Petrotrin Chairman Wilfred Espinet yesterday sidestepped questions about the energy company’s system for calculating crude oil and the authenticity of a supplemental internal audit report which...
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Worrying situation
Hundreds of young graduates in the medical profession are finding it difficult to get jobs and are forced to take jobs which pay significantly less than the ones they are qualified to do.But Health...
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Young medics refusing jobs in rural areas
Health Minister Terrence Deyalsingh is insisting there are jobs available for medical graduates. However, he says the real problem is that after their internship, the young doctors afre refusing to...
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Kamla: Take it to cops
Amidst revelations by Acting Attorney General Stuart Young that criminals lawyers were helping gangsters run criminal empires, Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar is calling on him to provide his...
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CJ’s mother remembered as a visionary
Chief Justice Ivor Archie’s mother, Moulda Archie, was celebrated for leaving a legacy of unselfishness and steely resilience at her funeral at the Evangelical Church in Scarborough yesterday.Archie’s...
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