Imbert: Very serious matter
No cover-up. That’s the assurance from acting Prime Minister Colm Imbert to the family of deceased Carenage fisherman, Brian Smith, whose death is currently under probe by various authorities,...
View ArticleHomicide Bureau takes over case
Homicide officers have taken over the investigation into the death of Moruga resident Brian Smith, who was found floating off Chaguaramas on Sunday.His family claims soldiers beat Smith unconscious and...
View ArticleReal and imminent cyber security threat
Along with Russian and Chinese hackers, jihadists like Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) are the major perpetrators of cybercrime in the world today, says American cyber security expert Dr Darren...
View ArticleAccident victim dies eight months later
After nursing her son back from the doorway of death, Princes Town mother Mohenee Rampersad was left heart-broken on Wednesday night when she learned of his death as she sat sewing a pillow case for...
View ArticleSewer problem shuts down another school
Another 600 children have been sent home as yet another primary school has been closed because of sewer problems.Officials at the Ragoonanan Road Government Primary School began sending its students...
View ArticleSchool principal: We are in need of teachers
Consider teaching as a profession to contribute value to society.This was the advice given by principal of Presentation College, Chaguanas, Gary Ribeiro as he spoke to students who recently sat...
View ArticleFAO: Challenge to feed increasing population
Lisa Martinez, the programme associate of the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations country office in T&T and Suriname, says the world is facing a major challenge to feed...
View ArticleSpeed guns can save lives, says Arrive Alive
Concerns are being raised by president of Arrive Alive Sharon Inglefield that neither the speed guns nor the new Motor Vehicle Authority have been put into use, especially as the carnage on the...
View ArticleNatuc threatens fallout over absence of social dialogue
There are rumblings in the trade union movement, with a warning coming from the National Trade Union Centre (Natuc) of an impending fallout if decisions concerning workers continue to be made without...
View ArticleHusband seeks answer as mom, baby die at Mt Hope
A series of events, starting with excessive bleeding that led to shock and cardiac arrest, may have led to the death of mother Candace Santo and her baby at the Eric Williams Medical Sciences Complex,...
View ArticleDesperate mom pleads for help
OTTO CARRINGTON and MICHAEL RAMSINGHA mother is now pleading for the public’s help to get her family out of the abject poverty in which they now live. With Christmas approaching and a new baby on the...
View ArticleDeyalsingh: Doctors still misbehaving
Dr Varma Deyalsingh, treasurer of the Medical Board of T&T (MBTT), says while doctors in T&T have come a long way, some are still being accused of having sex with their patients, creating drug...
View ArticleKamla slams PNM on foreign reserves
Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar is warning that the PNM dipping into the country’s foreign reserves is a dangerous precedent. She was speaking at a town meeting at the Charlieville...
View ArticleUNC will abide by court’s ruling
At 10.30 am tomorrow, the Appeal Court will decide if the Elections and Boundaries Commission (EBC) was within its legal remit to extend the voting time by one hour on the evening of the September 7...
View ArticleSIS, NGC silent on Beetham project
There are more questions than answers after last week’s shut down of the billion-dollar Beetham Wastewater Project by Super Industrial Services Ltd (SIS).Now both state-owned National Gas Company (NGC)...
View ArticleUNC wracked by internal strife
Fresh internal conflict is threatening to break the United National Congress (UNC) apart in the build up to internal elections. With just days to go before the party elects its leader, the mostly clean...
View ArticleUmar to meet with Dillon on Isis fighters
Leader of The Islamic Front Umar Abdullah intends to discuss with National Security Minister Edmund Dillon two issues when they meet on Tuesday.The first being the migration of close to 100 T&T men...
View ArticleGasparillo man gunned down in front his home
Two weeks before his engagement to his girlfriend Nikita Wolfe, Iam Joseph was gunned down in front of his Gasparillo home on Friday evening.Wolfe and Joseph were expected to get married next June and...
View ArticleThe Caribbean’s Commonwealth family feud
Orin GordonEditor-in-chiefOver a family dinner just before the New Year, Sir Ronald Sanders considered withdrawing from the contest to succeed Kamalesh Sharma as Commonwealth secretary-general. In a...
View ArticleMan killed, woman critical, after PBR crash
A 27-year-old man was killed and his 28-year-old companion warded in critical condition at hospital after the car he was driving crashed in St Augustine, yesterday. Kerron Alfred, of Bushe Street,...
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