Clik here to view.
People willing to buy vandalised HDC houses
A two-bedroom town house in west Trinidad costs around $2 million. A three-bedroom house in east Trinidad costs between $1 and $2 million. With few affordable home ownership opportunities in the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Arimians disenchanted: Political landscape stifling us
On Queen Street, in the heart of Arima, a car with loudspeakers canvassing the district on Tuesday, blaring at people to support the People’s National Movement’s (PNM) candidates in the upcoming Local...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Blind woman pursues PhD at UWI
Perhaps it was her heightened hearing as a result of being visually impaired, but Alicia Lalite could hear me approaching while standing in the doorway of the PhD Business Administration Office at the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
PTSC GM sent home
Four days after he went before the Joint Select Committee (JSC) of Parliament and spoke about what was needed to make the operations of the Pubic Transport Service Corporation (PTSC) more efficient,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Hundreds of thousands expected to vote
Hundreds of thousands of voters are expected to cast their ballots tomorrow for the Local Government elections, five weeks after the date was announced by Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley.In 36 days,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
‘And the last word...’
Long after tomorrow passes, how will the 2016 Local Government elections campaign be remembered? With recollections of roti? Or PNM’s Local Government reform?Ministers’ wives? Or the UNC’s manifesto...
View ArticleTwo held for Tarouba killings
Two people have been detained for questioning in connection with the mysterious deaths of friends Khemraj Maharaj and Mahase Motilal.Maharaj and Motilal, who were described as rum buddies, were found...
View ArticleCuban Embassy opens condolence book for Castro
The Embassy of Cuba in T&T, from today, will allow the public to sign a condolence book to honour the passing of the Leader of Cuban Revolution Fidel Castro.Castro, who served as Cuba’s president...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Nafeesa defends relative of Muslim returnee wearing ‘Isis’ jacket
Debate has arisen on this after a young female at Piarco Airport last Friday, was seen wearing a jacket with a large logo, similar to the logo used by the terror network Islamic State (Isis).The girl...
View ArticleJudge rejects ILP case brought against UNC candidate
The Independent Liberal Party (ILP) has expressed disagreement with Justice Ricky Rahim’s decision to decline an application made by Sunil Ramjitsingh, election agent for the ILP’s candidate for Munroe...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Babies with abnormalities now exceed 20
As doctors remain focused on providing the best treatment and care for pregnant patients who have contracted the Zika virus, no thought has been spared as to the impact it is having on those in...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Champagne taste, painful moments
Valentino Singh, former Guardian sports editor None of us who were alive on November 19, 1989, is likely to forget the events of that day. It was when we were expected to qualify for the World Cup...
View ArticleILP criticises EBC for shift in polling stations
Political leader of the Independent Liberal Party (ILP) Rekha Ramjit yesterday slammed the Elections and Boundaries Commission (EBC) for informing her party mere hours before today’s Local Government...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Fatca debate in December
Debate on the Foreign Account Tax Compliance agreement with the US (Fatca) bill will resume in Parliament soon, Finance Minister Colm Imbert says.Yesterday, Imbert assured the controversial...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Parties conclude with motorcades in battlegrounds
Political parties continued campaigning with motorcades down to late yesterday, ahead of today's Local Government Elections.Elections and Boundaries Commission (EBC) chairman, Mark Ramkerrysingh, said...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Rose taps into global nostalgia
Calypso Rose is a figure of historic dimensions in calypso. A series of firsts follows her name as a woman in calypso with a more than 50-year career that shows no sign of stopping. In 2016, she has...
View ArticleClik here to view.
EBC takes some stick
Complaints and accusations about election irregularities arose in various places yesterday, but one thing all political parties noted alike was an initial low voter turnout.The late opening of some...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Nurse in abusive relationship slain
Tobago police are probing the circumstances surrounding the murder of 29-year-old Crystal Tobias-Busby, a registered nurse attached to the Scarborough General Hospital.According to reports,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Bandit robs Arouca church
President of the Inter-Religious Organisation Bro Harrypersad Maharaj says that T&T has lost its moral and spiritual values.Maharaj was commenting on two recent robberies at churches along the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Senior cop, SRP charged
An acting police superintendent and female Special Reserve Police (SRP) officer appeared in court yesterday charged with misconduct and perverting the course of justice.Acting Supt Wayne Thongs and SRP...
View Article