Anand under fire in defamation suit
Former attorney general Anand Ramlogan’s professional reputation was called into question as he took the witness stand to defend himself in his defamation lawsuit against current Works and...
View ArticleFugitive deported from Grenada, faces 11 charges
After spending over five years on the run, a 29-year-old man from Barataria was deported from Grenada last week to face charges in relation to an armed robbery in 2003 which resulted in the death of a...
View ArticleAids deaths down by 61% in Caribbean
In the last ten years alone the Caribbean achieved a 61 per cent reduction in Aids-related deaths, according to a report, titled Focus on location and population: Fast track to end Aids by 2030, which...
View ArticleRepublic’s MD honoured by alma mater
Managing director of Republic Bank Ltd David Dulal-Whiteway has been honoured by the Past Students Association of Presentation College San Fernando and the Brother Jerome Foundation for life and career...
View ArticleTerror lawsuit up for hearing
A High Court judge will hear an application from the State today seeking to deem a US convicted national a terrorist and pave the way to freeze his assets.The lawsuit, the first of its kind, is set for...
View ArticleImbert: 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)...
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