Carmona appoints Firearms Appeal Board
There are over 500 pending cases before the Firearms Appeal Board and those applications would be the first order of business for the new members who were appointed yesterday.The demand for personal...
View ArticleFamilies seek easy re-entry
The five T&T nationals who have been in a Venezuelan prison since March 2014 will be reunited with their families later this morning.Minister in the Office of the Prime Minister, Stuart Young, told...
View ArticleGarcia: I will not allow myself to be abused
He also charged children were being used as “political pawns” in a growing number of school protests across the country.Speaking on CNC3 Morning Brew yesterday, Garcia said: “I did not walk out. I...
View ArticleKamla calls for AG’s removal
Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar is calling for the removal of Attorney General Faris Al-Rawi as she says the United States Government has indicated they do not have confidence in his...
View ArticlePlease open our school
With their hands clasped and on bended knees, students of a primary school named after an Opposition MP yesterday urged Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley to open their new school saying they were falling...
View ArticleYoung questions Ramdeen’s $3m briefs
Minister in the Office of the Prime Minister, Stuart Young, has raised questions involving the collection of an alleged $3 million in State briefs by attorney Gerald Ramdeen under the former People’s...
View ArticleOne arrested by cops at Piarco
Shouting chants of Allahu Akbar, with tears streaming down his face and hugging his two sons, Dominic Pitilal was lost for words as he came out the arrival gate at the Piarco International Airport a...
View ArticleMystery surrounds death of baby Jenice
A relative who stands accused of killing a four-year-old child on Thursday night has denied she had anything to do with the girl's death."I did not kill Jenice Figaro. I loved her like my own...
View ArticleFriends found tied together
Shock and horror gripped a San Fernando community yesterday, after the bodies of Khemraj Maharaj and Mahase Motilal were discovered embracing each other with their eyebrows shaved off, their bodies...
View ArticlePM warns against law of the jungle
Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley yesterday sent a clear message to criminals operating in Enterprise, Chaguanas, to deist from reprisal killings, adding that if this trend continued T&T will be on...
View ArticleBrace for more rain—ODPM
The Office of Disaster Preparedness and Management (ODPM) was last night bracing for reports of flooding as more rainfall was forecast.Confirming all regional corporations remained on stand-by last...
View ArticleMax in hospital
Former president George Maxwell Richards, 84, has been warded at a private hospital after suffering a mild stroke on Wednesday.Richards was taken to WestShore Medical Hospital, in Cocorite, by his wife...
View ArticleMove to strike out UNC candidate
United National Congress candidate Adrian Shazad Ali will know on the eve of the Local Government Elections whether the Independent Liberal Party will be permitted to challenge his validity as a...
View ArticleLeave legacy like Patrick
As their school celebrated its 40th anniversary yesterday, students of Pleasantville Secondary School were urged by former education minister Hazel Manning to leave a legacy similar to her late...
View ArticlePM: Ferry port in Toco coming
Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley came bearing gifts for burgesses in the Toco/Sangre region, promising to begin developmental works that will link them to Tobago and create economic activity.Rowley said...
View ArticlePolice dragnet nets 97
Following an upsurge in gun violence and murders in the Northern and Central Divisions in the past month, police conducted 24-hour exercises in both divisions and arrested 97 people, some of whom are...
View ArticlePM Rowley: End of an iconic period
Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley yesterday sent a letter expressing condolences to Cuba President Raul Castro on behalf of this country on the death of his big brother Fidel.“On behalf of the Government...
View ArticleCastro dies
The death of Fidel Castro prompted both sorrow and celebration around the world yesterday as sympathisers mourned his passing, while critics applauded his demise.Castro died of natural causes in Cuba...
View ArticleIndependent candidate shot in chest
An Independent candidate was last night undergoing emergency treatment after he was shot in the chest while campaigning through the Santa Flora area.Victor Roberts, who is registered as a candidate for...
View ArticleKamla: Be vigilant
Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar says she wrote to the Elections and Boundaries Commission (EBC) on Tuesday, to query over 43,000 duplicate names on the voting list for the Local Government...
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