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Sitar Satire
My name is Ravi Sankar and I don’t play the sitar but I love Trinidad & Tobago music.I know Ravi Shankar and his daughter, Anoushka, are famous for playing the sitar. I will tell people my name and...
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Sweet deal
Spanish energy giant Repsol E&P T&T Limited has offered a US$.5 million bid for two of the National Gas Company (NGC) of T&T Limited’s offshore fields, as the company seeks to offload...
View ArticleSuspect in clerk’s cutlass attack held
Police have detained a man for questioning in connection with the brutal cutlass attack on Jennifer Rampersad, who remains warded at the San Fernando General Hospital.Her right hand was severed, as...
View ArticleDriver to stand trial for deaths
Eight years after he was charged with causing the death of five people by driving dangerously along Mosquito Creek, South Oropouche, truck driver Balton Barnwell has been committed to stand trial in...
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Man killed after 2 failed attempts
After two failed attempts at his life, gunmen from his Pitman Lane, Gonzales, neighbourhood yesterday pounced on 21-year-old Kyle Williams and fatally shot him. Last December, gunmen shot him in the...
View Article$20,000 bail for boy, 11
The 11-year-old primary school student who was charged with trafficking marijuana last Friday was granted $20,000 bail when he appeared before Arima magistrate Indar Jagroo yesterday. He pleaded not...
View ArticleConcern over land grabbing in Sangre Grande, Point Fortin
In the last eight months, hundreds of squatters have encroached on State lands in the Sangre Grande and Point Fortin areas.The land grabbing in these two districts has now become a major concern.The...
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Abu Bakr pleads not guilty to assault charges
Youth leader of the Jamaat Al Muslimeen, Fuad Abu Bakr, has pleaded not guilty to two charges stemming from an incident at the Belmont Police Station last year.Appearing before Magistrate Carl Quamina...
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More ENT doctors needed—specialist
An urgent call has been made for more doctors to specialise in the field of otolaryngology to address the backlog of cases dealing with the ear, nose and throat (ENT).Making the call was Dr Solaiman...
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Rats, snakes in classes so parents say: Hand over new school building
Angry parents and students of the Penal/Quinam Government Primary school staged a protest yesterday, calling on the Education Ministry to open their new school building.From around 7 am yesterday,...
View ArticleCops demand backpay
There is a strong possibility that police officers could take matters into their own hands if, at the end of this month, they are not paid their backpay.President of the Police Service Social and...
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Community mourns
The family of six-month-old baby Maleek Khan was in shock last night after he was mauled to death by the family dog at their home at Charlieville, Chaguanas.Speaking with the T&T Guardian...
View Article85 NGC offshore workers fearful for jobs
The jobs of about 85 offshore workers at the National Gas Company (NGC) of T&T may be in jeopardy if the State-owned company goes ahead with its plan to sell two offshore platforms to Spanish...
View ArticleOWTU against NGC sale, plans to probe deal
The Oilfields Workers’ Trade Union (OWTU) says they are against any sale of the country’s assets and are questioning the National Gas Company’s (NGC) move to sell two offshore platforms before meeting...
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ANSA McAL places bid for ORTT on eBay
The ANSA McAL group has placed a $25,000 bid for the 18-carat Order of the Republic of T&T (ORTT) medal awarded to trade unionist Adrian Cola Rienzi, which is now up for sale on eBay. The group’s...
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PM: No confidence in Integrity Commission
Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley said he has no confidence in the Integrity Commission but, at the same time, it is an institution that has to deal with allegations against people in public life.The...
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State must pay $2.2m
The State has been ordered to pay former Petrotrin executive president Malcolm Jones almost $2.2 million for his legal costs in defending a lawsuit over a failed gas to liquid plant constructed during...
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Hiker tells of being lost in forest
For one night out of three the cold earth of the Blanchisseuse forest was his bed, his pillow was his knapsack, shrubs and leaves his blanket and when he ran out of fruits he ate fig leaves and...
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Govt’s mid-year review on April 8
Government’s mid-year review will be done on Friday April 8, Finance Minister Colm Imbert announced yesterday.Imbert did so in Parliament while replying to a motion by Opposition MP Suruj Rambachan who...
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NGO head: Find out cause of violence against women
Head of the Network of NGO’s for the Advancement of Women Hazel Brown says it is time for the relevant stakeholders to come together to determine the root causes of violence against women and work on...
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