Gas hike hits fishermen hard
Faced with a $1 increase per litre in the price of Super unleaded fuel, fishermen from South Trinidad are calling on the Government to establish an outlet so they can purchase regular fuel at a cheaper...
View ArticlePCA to probe police
The Police Complaints Authority (PCA) has launched an investigation into a fracas which occurred outside of the Port-of-Spain Magistrates’ Court involving at least four police officers and two women.A...
View ArticleOWTU seeks to block Petrotrin firings
While Government has begun processing a $2.6 billion retrenchment payout to 3,400 Petrotrin refinery workers the Oilfield Workers’ Trade Union (OWTU), in a surprise move yesterday, filed an application...
View ArticleUNC joins union protest march today
From courtroom to highway today.After the Oilfield Workers’ Trade Union (OWTU) filed Industrial Court action yesterday to block Petrotrin’s termination of workers, the union hits the road today on a...
View ArticleCops probe St James Infirmary brawl
Senior police officers from the Western Division have launched an investigation into a major brawl that broke out earlier tonight at the Accident and Emergency Department of the St James...
View ArticleToco Sec PTA wants action on closed school
Students of the Toco Secondary School are still at home after the school was closed three week ago due to damage sustained by the 6.9 magnitude earthquake in August. The damage, added to the...
View ArticleStates tries to intervene in Petrotrin case
Derek AchongGovernment is attempting to intervene in the Oilfield Workers Trade Union (OWTU)'s application for an injunction to stop Petrotrin from terminating workers. Lawyers for the State signalled...
View ArticleState seeks to join OWTU injunction
The Government is attempting to intervene in the Oilfield Workers' Trade Union's application for an injunction stopping Petrotrin from starting the process of terminating workers. Lawyers for the State...
View ArticleOWTU ready to rumble
“Get ready to rumble.”This was the signal by Oilfields Workers’ Trade Union (OWTU) president general Ancel Roget as he led hundreds of Petrotrin workers on a historic three-day protest march to save...
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