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I financed my son’s tuition
Chairman of the Urban Development Corporation of T&T (Udecott) Noel Garcia yesterday dismissed allegation that he received kickbacks for the award of contracts as “absurd, scandalous and an...
View ArticleQuestions silence of corruption busters
Opposition Senator Wayne Sturge yesterday questioned the silence by Movement for Social Justice (MSJ) leader David Abdulah and Fixin T&T activist Kirk Waithe on allegations of improper conduct by...
View ArticleLocked gates greet students in Penal school
Pupils of the Penal Quinam Government Primary School met locked gates when they turned up for the re-opening of the new school term yesterday.Yesterday marked the second anniversary of parents being...
View ArticleWoman bled to death after C-section
An autopsy on the woman who died at the Scarborough General Hospital on New Year’s Day after delivering her baby via Caesarean section stated that she bled to death. The autopsy on the body of Rose...
View ArticlePatients scorn hospital conditions
Doctors and nurses are forced to work under deplorable and unsanitary conditions at the nation’s hospitals and Health Minister Terrence Deyalsingh blames the last administration for the...
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Mother to critics of murdered six-year-old: Don’t judge my son
The mother of a six-year-old boy who was shot dead during New Year’s Day celebrations in Beetham Gardens, Port-of-Spain, yesterday lashed out social media critics after photos with her son wearing gold...
View ArticleMurder suspect shot dead in bed
A Fyzabad man suspected to be involved in last week’s murder of Victor Welch, which took place in the same district, was himself gunned down while sleeping with his girlfriend yesterday.David Richards,...
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Protest in La Brea over poor road, jobs
Hundreds of school children and workers were left stranded yesterday as residents used piles of fiery debris to block several roads leading out of La Brea in protest against poor road conditions and...
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Truck driver charged with 3-year-old child’s death
Two days after the family of accident victim Ravindra Gattoo marked the first anniversary of his death, Southern Division police arrested and charged truck driver Reynold Boodlal with causing the...
View ArticleGroom-to-be shot dead in Arima
A 31-year-old Arima businessman who going to be married next month was murdered at his business place yesterday.According to police reports, around 5.30 pm Ricardo Boodan, was at his cyber cafe and DVD...
View ArticleLate certificate causes hiccup in ex-cop’s funeral
The family of a retired police inspector who was a suspected case of H1N1 (swine flu), yesterday had to postpone his funeral because they did not get his death certificate in time.Grieving widow Nazmin...
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Man in court on child prostitution charges
A Tunapuna businessman is expected to appear before a Port-of-Spain magistrate today on charges of human trafficking, child prostitution and assault.A statement issued by the T&T Police Service...
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Unfair to link it to audit—exec
In the face of a pending forensic audit into the award of multi-million dollar contracts by the Water and Sewerage Authority (WASA), fire of an unknown origin yesterday broke out in the sensitive...
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Traffic warden survives hit
Traffic warden Mandisa Woods was last night still being attended to at the Accident and Emergency Unit of the Port-of-Spain General Hospital, but happy to be alive.Woods, a 27-year-old mother of two,...
View ArticleFixin T&T backs integrity probes
Fixin T&T is expressing concern over allegations of misconduct in public office against Housing Minister Marlene McDonald and Udecott chairman Noel Garcia. “Fixin T&T is deeply concerned by the...
View ArticlePostal union heads to court over managers’ pay raise
The T&T Postal Workers Union (TTPWU) has taken the management of TTPost to court for what it has deemed to be a violation of good industrial practices after claims that increases in salaries were...
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More Carnival $$ cuts likely
Further cuts may be made in the budgetary allocations for Carnival 2016, says Community Development, Culture and the Arts Minister Dr Nyan Gadsby-Dolly yesterday.Yesterday, Gadsby-Dolly and new...
View ArticleMet Service ends rough seas warning
The Met Service yesterday discontinued the rough seas bulletin which had been in effect for several weeks.A release from the Met Office yesterday stated: “Sea conditions have been steadily improving...
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4 Debe businesses hit by fire damage
Five business owners were affected by an early morning fire at a popular business place in Debe, yesterday.While the booths at the lower floor of the two-storey building suffered mostly smoke and soot...
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Singh not afraid of WASA audit
Former minister of the environment and water resources, Ganga Singh, says he fears no audit into the Water and Sewerage Authority (WASA) because “all processes were followed” under his tenure.He made...
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