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Rowley, Kamla congratulate new PM
Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley and Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar have written to Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley, congratulating her and the Barbados Labour Party on her “historic”...
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Campaign over, back to work
“The campaign is over we need to get back to work.”Mia Amor Mottley, 52, made the call yesterday after taking the oath as the eighth Prime Minister of Barbados, less than 24 hours after she the...
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3 decades in trenches
May 24th, 2018 is now a historic day in Barbados, after that country elected Mia Amor Mottley, political leader of the Barbados Labour Party (BLP), as its first female Prime Minister...
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Sat bans Kamla
Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar will “pay a hell of a price” for her comments on the issue of on-the-job trainee Nafisah Nakihd being disallowed from wearing her hijab at the Lakshmi Girls’...
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Mia deserves her victory, Rihanna
One of newly-sworn in Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley’s biggest ‘unofficial’ supporters, international pop star Rihanna, yesterday congratulated her on her achievement.Replying to a friend on...
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No storage fees paid for occupation of Kay Donna
No rent is being paid at this time for any storing of material at the Kay Donna compound, says Works Minister Rohan Sinanan who has reiterated he has an interest in that parcel of land which the State...
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Guns, grenade, drugs seized in Maraval raid
Two assault rifles and a hand grenade were among seven weapons, and a quantity of ammunition discovered by Western Division officers in Maraval during an anti-crime operation yesterday.The exercise...
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Suspect charged for bank worker’s shooting
Eleven days after Scotiabank employee Rostan Mahabir was almost killed during a robbery in San Fernando, his alleged attacker, Allister McDavid, appeared in court charged with robbery with...
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Trio held minutes after robbing pensioners
Three men are expected to be placed on a series of identification parades this weekend after their reign of terror on unsuspecting bank customers was ended by police.They were arrested shortly after...
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Murder suspect held in Princes Town raid
A man suspected in several recent murders in South and Central Trinidad and two Spanish-speaking women were among eight people arrested when police raided an apartment building in Princes Town...
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OJT programme does not discriminate—Garcia
"The On-The-Job Training (OJT) Programme does not discriminate according to race, class, or religion."This was the assurance by Education Minister Anthony Garcia who yesterday said there was no need to...
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Fuad: Sat wants to be wooed by PNM
Likening Sat Maharaj to a blushing bride waiting to be wooed by the PNM, Barataria/San Juan MP Dr Fuad Khan says he is waiting to see how much money the Sanatan Dharma Maha Sabha gets from the...
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18 held, 4 guns, 73 rounds of ammo seized
Four guns and 73 rounds of ammunition have been seized, while 18 people have been arrested for gun and ammunition related offences in south Trinidad.In the first incident, around 4:45 am on Friday, Sgt...
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Life’s a game
My name is Neil Marchan and I’m an electronic games store clerk. People say “Marchan” is a part-French name but I really don’t see the French relation to it. I’m from San Juan. I always pronounce “San...
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Anti-Gang legislation comes in effect on Monday
The Anti-Gang legislation will come into effect from Monday, giving the police the all clear to pursue and prosecute all members from criminal gangs.Sources said the Organised Crime and Intelligence...
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More flak for Maharaj
Yet another voice representing the Hindu community in T&T is speaking out against Satnarayan Maharaj’s call for Hindus to “free their vote” and support his ban on Opposition Leader Kamla...
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Analyst: SDMS has no political power base
Political analyst Dr Indira Rampersad says Sat Maharaj and the Sanatan Dharma Maha Sabha (SDMS) do not command a political base as it is a religious organization. She also said Hindus were free to vote...
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Murder on job site
1 head shot Twenty-two-year-old Daniel Fevecque is this country’s latest murder victim. The father of a two-year-old girl was gunned down on a construction site at Shine Street, Port-of- Spain,...
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Hindu leader: Boycott Maha Sabha’s Arrival Day celebrations
“Boycott Maha Sabha’s annual Indian Arrival Day celebrations!”This was the call of a Hindu Spiritual leader via a Facebook post release yesterday.Satyanand Maharaj, of the Satya Anand Ashram Temple of...
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Noah’s Ark set up in Marabella
Murdered school footballer Noah Simmons made a difference in his crime-riddled community before his life was snuffed out and in remembrance of him, the Marabella Family Crisis Centre has named their...
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