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Minister says Fidelis Heights home is not hers
Housing Minister Marlene Mc Donald says she does not own a Housing Development Corporation (HDC) allocated home.She said this in an interview last night after being referred to the Integrity Commission...
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Govt saves $119m as it halts free textbooks
Government will no longer be providing free textbooks to the majority of students as it seeks to cut costs, says Education Minister Anthony Garcia.Garcia announced the measure yesterday while being...
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Savers lose thousands in bank scam
Customers using ATM bank cards are being advised to exercise caution to protect their Personal Identification Number (PIN) information following debit card “skimming” which affected some accounts over...
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Forensic crisis as lone pathologist falls ill
Operations at the mortuary at the Forensic Science Centre ground to a halt yesterday as the lone pathologist on duty called in sick.It was not until after 3 pm, that forensic pathologist Dr Hughvon...
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Parents seek info into cop’s death
The parents of a police officer who was shot dead by a colleague said yesterday that they have not heard any news about the status of the investigation for more than a month.Haripersad and Parbatti...
View ArticleReforestation workers receive more salaries
National Reforestation workers have so far received five of the seven outstanding fortnight payments which was able to bring some relief over the Christmas holidays from some.The money was enough to...
View Article4 men on $80,000 robbery charges
Four young men were denied bail yesterday when they appeared in court for allegedly robbing two people at gunpoint a few days before Christmas.Donny Edwards, Akinda Reid, Kion Paul and Devon Raymond...
View ArticleStressed out father turns to cocaine for comfort
Stressed out by his loan payments and by his efforts to assist his pregnant, newly-wed daughter start her home, William Gunness fell into his old habit of using cocaine.Yesterday, Gunness was ordered...
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Shot footballer: Gunman was after my gold
Doctors have postponed surgery to the right foot of national midfielder Keron Cummings today.Cummings, 27, was shot while returning home from a boat cruise lime around 2 am on Sunday at Bagatelle,...
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Welder shot dead in bed
After spending the Christmas weekend at their father’s Marabella home, two San Juan children awoke to harrowing sight of his bloodied body lying next to them.Police said Roger James, 45, was asleep on...
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Coast Guard moving to retrieve body
The Coast Guard are currently trying to retrieve a body seen floating in the waters near La Fillette Bay off the North Coast.Lieutenant Commander Kirk Jean-Baptiste, communications officer for the...
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Body of Kyle Gonsalves positively identified
The body of Kyle Gonsalves was positively identified this morning by his father Gordon Gonsalves. Fishermen called in the Coast Guard and reported a body floating in the water. Gonsalves, 33, went...
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Nidco replaces Charles as head
The board of the National Infrastructure Development Company (Nidco) has officially terminated the contract of its president Dr Carson Charles. <br />Following a meeting with Nidco’s...
View ArticleGarcia: No need to panic over textbook change
Minister of Education Anthony Garcia says there is no need to panic as at least 90 per cent of textbooks will be available to all students for this school year.In an interview with the T&T Guardian...
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Changes soon for top brass in Police Service
Next year will see several senior officers of the T&T Police Service (TTPS) proceeding on pre-retirement leave and news faces emerging.As a result, president of the Police Social and Welfare...
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Rowley announces more belt tightening
Against the backdrop of current low energy prices and a dismal fiscal projection, Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley’s first address to the nation held a few glimmers of hope. In his almost 30 minute...
View ArticleAnalysis by Editor-in-Chief, Orin Gordon
The Prime Minister’s speech contained a clever mix of sobering analysis and bullish solutions. It was designed to sober up but not alarm.The portents hadn’t been promising. Finance Minister Colm Imbert...
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TSTT averts licensing fiasco
The Telecommunications Services of Trinidad and Tobago’s (TSTT) avoided the embarrassing prospect of one of the country’s largest state companies being unlicensed, and therefore, technically, an...
View ArticleMan gunned down in Gasparillo
Valdeen Shears-Neptune A 17-month-old baby boy lost his father yesterday after gunmen ran into their Gasparillo home and shot the man five times. Dead is 27-year-old Anthony Kevin Bissessar of Altima...
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Mixed reactions to PM’s address
Coming public panic and desperation, devalued back pay dollars for public servants and fears of a return of the 1986 recession. These were some of the responses the T&T Guardian got from...
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