Arima accident victim stable
The driver of a black Honda Civic, who was captured on CCTV footage knocking down a pedestrian before reversing out of the view of the cameras, did not flee the scene but parked his car and returned to...
View ArticleInstitutional accreditation not compulsory
The Accreditation Council of T&T (ACTT) is the principal body responsible for conducting and advising on the accreditation and recognition of post secondary and tertiary educational and training...
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Put lifeguards on the beach
After losing his father and niece at a family outing in Mayaro on Sunday, Roger Sammy is now pleading for the implementation of lifeguard booths at the beach so that other families will not have to...
View Article2 injured as fire razes Sando businesses
Two people were injured and more than 30 people were left jobless after a multi-million dollar fire destroyed a dwelling house, business place and two cars on Cipero Street, San Fernando, yesterday.As...
View ArticleStepdad, daughter’s bodies recovered
Family members of 13-year-old Renisha Basdeo and her stepfather 50-year-old Deoraj Harridass cried, screamed and held on to each other yesterday, after they saw the lifeless bodies of their two loved...
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$300,000 bail for CTTRC workers on fraud charge
A businessman from central Trinidad and four employees of the Couva/Tabaquite/Talparo Regional Corporation (CTTRC) appeared in court yesterday, accused of conspiring to defraud the local government...
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Garcia: Talk about Rowley disrespectful
Education Minister Anthony Garcia says people are making a big deal about the health of Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley and it was also disrespectful to the PM.Garcia said so as the Office of the Prime...
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NJAC’s Daaga dead at 81
Revolutionist and Founder of the National Joint Action Committee (NJAC), Makandal Daaga, born Geddes Granger, died yesterday at the Port-of-Spain General Hospital.Daaga, as he is popularly known,...
View ArticleDoctors: We’re working over and beyond
Doctors attached to the Mt Hope Women's Hospital (MHWH) are defending the protocols that have been put in place to fight the Zika virus.Reacting to claims by members of the public that pregnant...
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Colleagues claim threats
Two days after four employees of the Couva/Tabaquite/Talparo Regional Corporation (CTTRC) appeared in court on fraud charges, municipal police yesterday had to stop a meeting in which one of the...
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Khan orders more corporation audits
Local Government Minister Franklin Khan says audits for other regional corporations will begin at week’s end. He made the comment yesterday following the court appearances on Monday of four...
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Wallerfield crash victims complain to acting CoP over bad probe
Lawyers representing four friends who were seriously injured in an accident during a circuit racing event in Wallerfield last month, are calling on acting Police Commissioner Harold Phillip to explain...
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Man in viral accident video dies
Ezekiel Burton, 20, who was knocked down on Saturday morning, died at the Eric Williams Sciences Centre, Mt Hope, yesterday after being warded in the Intensive Care Unit for the past three days in a...
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OWTU calls for Petrotrin audit
Former Petrotrin executives accused of paying themselves hefty pensions, performance bonuses and salaries to the tune of millions of dollars, must be investigated and charged if found guilty.So said...
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NJAC members vow to continue Daaga’s dream
Makandal Daaga’s words will still linger on among the elders of the National Joint Action Committee (NJAC) when he called on them to represent the soul of the movement.“On you depends the survival of...
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Daaga remembered
Kafra Kambon, head of the Emancipation Support Committee, one of Makandal Daaga’s right hand men during the 1970s Black Power revolution, first met him when he was president of the guild at the...
View ArticleOAS workers turn on union
With no money to buy food or books for their children, OAS workers turned on the Oilfields Workers’ Trade Union yesterday, accusing senior union officials of using poor people to fulfil a political...
View ArticleTwo cops on bribery charges
Two police officers who allegedly took money from a man to forego his arrest are expected to appear before a Princes Town Magistrate on Friday.Police Constables Ramesh Ramlokhan and Davenand Bissoon...
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Patriotic song contest aims at the youths
An initiative supported by Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley to engender a greater sense of patriotism and republicanism in the minds and attitudes of young people was launched officially yesterday.The...
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Hunt for bad pay students
Students who have received funding under the Government Assistance for Tuition Expenses (Gate) programme and failed to complete their course of study may soon be tracked down and asked to repay those...
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