Kunti leaves home again after beating
A decision to spend Mother’s Day with her children turned out badly for Barrackpore mother Kunti Deopersad, after a male relative allegedly beat her with a piece of wood.Deopersad, 39, who moved out of...
View ArticleSchoolgirl fights for life
Little Zakiah Lorde, who was struck by a falling tree branch on Wednesday, was fighting for her life at the Scarborough General Hospital last night because doctors there have not yet been able to...
View ArticleLawyer soaked with beer
A lawyer representing six members of Pan Trinbago’s central executive who were ousted from the organisation last month, yesterday sought to stop an alleged move by the organisation to hold a special...
View ArticleUTT boss gets ultimatum... dismissed workers ready for cou
University of T&T president Sarim Al Zubaidy has been given a deadline of 3 pm today (Friday) to respond to the trade union representing the retrenched lecturers of the university’s Centre for...
View ArticleCabinet instructs UTT to explain dismissal criteria
Cabinet has instructed the University of T&T to explain to the public the process that was undertaken to arrive at the decision to dismiss staff. This decision was taken after Education Minister...
View ArticleCancer survivor: Ganja cured me
Marijuana has long been used to treat cancer cells and when Ms Patsy (not her real name) was diagnosed with inoperable cervical cancer she decided to take some advice and treat the cancer with...
View ArticlePetrochemical investments unlikely
Caribbean Nitrogen Company (CNC) expects lower profits due to higher costs and the shortage of natural gas. According to CEO Jerome Dookie, T&T is no longer an attractive location for investors in...
View ArticleFrancis reminds teachers corporal punishment is illegal
Declaring zero tolerance on corporal punishment, Minister in the Ministry of Education Dr Lovell Francis is reminding all teachers in the nation's schools that it is illegal to physically punish...
View ArticleGunmen riddle car with bullets
Police are investigating whether a wrong turn into a community rife with gang violence led to the murder of a 49-year-old coconut wholesaler on Thursday night.According to reports, shortly before...
View Article‘Your son sleeping and he can’t wake up’
Come and pick up your son. He is sleeping and he can’t wake up.This was the message given to the father of 28-year-old Uber driver Christopher Mohammed hours before his body was found by police after...
View ArticleZero tolerance
Declaring zero tolerance on corporal punishment, Minister in the Ministry of Education Dr Lovell Francis yesterday reminded all teachers in the nation’s schools that it is illegal to physically punish...
View ArticleChoose peace over violence
Shelly-Ann Anganoo is serving a sentence for killing a teacher outside of school when she was 18 years old, but yesterday she returned to school to urge pupils to choose peace instead of...
View ArticleManagement next
The firing of University of T&T (UTT) academic staff continued yesterday, as close to 30 more of them were given retrenchment letters at the various campuses, including O’Meara, Valsayn Teachers’...
View ArticleSuspect in Scotia worker’s shooting held
CCTV footage and eyewitness accounts over the past three days have led to the arrest of a suspect in the shooting of Scotiabank employee Roston Mahabir.Mahabir, 28, of Carapichaima, remained warded at...
View ArticleImbert: Other Govts hounding T&T for money to help Clico policyholders
The Government keeps getting letters from other Governments calling on the State to use T&T taxpayers’ funds to help Clico policyholders in other territories who suffered due to Clico’s 2009...
View ArticleRambharath warns of ‘crypto currency’
Agriculture Minister Clarence Rambharath has expressed concern about a development on the financial landscape in the country which he fears may one day “grow to a Clico-like situation.”Contributing to...
View ArticleT&T needs contaminated land inventory
A Joint Select Committee of Parliament inquiring into waste management policies has been told that as an industrialised country T&T needs a contaminated land inventory to ensure that lead and...
View ArticleProbe launched into who threw beer on law
Pan Trinbago secretary Richard Forteau intends to launch an investigation as to who was responsible for throwing beer on attorney Farid Scoon when he tried to serve an injunction granted by High Court...
View ArticleUTT managers brace for job cuts
The University of T&T’s (UTT) massive restructuring exercise is expected to save over $140 million in overhead expenses.However, questions are being raised among the management level as to why a...
View ArticleMickela’s move for political power
“I intend to continue to meet with those who are willing to put country before self to improve the lives of all the people of Trinidad and Tobago.”—Mickela PandayThose were the closing words in a March...
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