...Court closes early, no prisoners brought
No water at the San Fernando Supreme and Magistrates’ Courts yesterday resulted in no prisoners being brought down from prison and the early closure of the buildings.Matters were dealt with as fast as...
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Garbage loader crushed at landfill
A sanitation worker from San Juan was crushed to death in the garbage truck he was working on at the Beetham Landfill yesterday. According to reports, around 6 am, Junior Warner, of Prizgar Lands, San...
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Teen reunited with grieving mom
The mother of teenager Shivanie Persad is urging parents to be more vigilant and careful about who they allow in their homes.Rehana Singh was reunited with her 14-year-old daughter at the Rio Claro...
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Locusts now invading homes
Red-winged locusts, which are synonymous with a biblical plague, continue to breed and multiply in the Point Fortin district even as residents await the Insect Vector Control Division of the...
View ArticleOpposition Leader at Monday Night Forum: PNM stealing UNC projects
RALPH BANWARIEOpposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar has promised to fight in Parliament and on the streets of Sangre Grande and Manzanilla for the rights of the people. She also said the Opposition...
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Parents in protest over ‘horror school’
Saying their children were suffering in a “horror school” overcome by snakes and caimans, angry parents of Fanny Village Government Primary School yesterday staged a placard protest.Calling on Prime...
View ArticleGarcia: Post mortem to be done on SEA
A post mortem is planned on this year’s Secondary Entrance Assessment (SEA) to chart a way forward for next year’s exam.So said Education Minister Anthony Garcia who was responding to claims that with...
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Kamla wants action on $$ for killed cops
Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar has sent a Cabinet Note to be considered and passed by Cabinet with respect to the payment of $1 million to the estate of each of the members of the protective...
View ArticleVenezuelans trading guns, ammo for food
Venezuelans and locals are bartering on the high seas where arms and ammunition are sold or exchanged for food and basis commodities. These trades also take place at some of T&T’s remote coastal...
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Olivierre defends outburst: I spoke in a language they understood
Calls were being made yesterday for Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley to fire his Energy Minister Nicole Olivierre after a video of her losing her cool with protesting constituents of La Brea went viral...
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Ministers moved by Marissa’s story
Minister of Health Terrence Deyalsingh said yesterday his ministry stands ready and willing to do all it can to assist 600-pound Marissa Nelson who is suffering from lymphoedema.Deyalsingh’s email...
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Slow pace of justice haunts legal system
ROSEMARIE SANT DEREK ACHONG SASCHA WILSONThe opening of the 2016-2017 law term takes place tomorrow and it is expected that Chief Justice Ivor Archie will, for yet another year, detail the positives,...
View ArticleMajor cases listed for trial
The retrial of sedition-accused Jamaat Al Muslimeen leader Yasin Abu Bakr is among the high-profile cases listed for trial when the 2016/2017 Law Term opens on Friday.Bakr was charged with inciting...
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Ex-national footballer on gun charge
A former national footballer from Cocorite appeared in court yesterday charged with gun and marijuana possession. Damani Richards, 23, of Powder Magazine, Cocorite, was granted $150,000 bail after...
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Mist blower attack against hungry locusts
RADHICA DE SILVAUsing mist blowers and airblast sprayers, teams from the Agriculture Ministry and Forestry Division yesterday attacked swarms of locusts which have been gobbling down on fields of...
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Runaway schoolgirl quizzed again
For a second consecutive day the man who was held with a missing 14-year-old girl remained in police custody. Shivanie Persad, who went missing last Wednesday, was found by police at a mall in...
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"I spoke in a language they would understand."
Calls were being made on Wednesday, for Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley to fire his Energy Minister Nicole Olivierre after a video of her losing her cool with protesting constituents of La Brea went...
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Mentally challenged woman killed during home invasion
A mentally challenged woman was suffocated by bandits, who bound and gagged a Gasparillo family during early morning robbery.When paramedics arrived at Carla Archalal’s Bonne Aventure Road home around...
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Subsidies could be wiped out
Rosemarie SantConsumers are already bracing for increased food and transportation prices as Finance Minister Colm Imbert gets set to read the budget on September 30. Among the key announcements...
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The evolution of subsidies
Chief Editor, Business Anthony Wilson explores the background to T&T’s reliance on subsidies to support the economy.In the original 2016 budget, the Government allocated 52 per cent of the...
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