Lawyer: Amend sex offender registration laws
Attorney Jonathan Bhagan has renewed his call for the amending of T&T’s sex offender registration laws.Bhagan’s call came on the heels of a 30-year-old man, identified as Sunil Sawh being arrested...
View ArticleBret victims get assistance
More than 300 citizens from across the country have benefited from disaster relief after losses incurred following the passage of Tropical Storm Bret on June 19.Cheques valued at a maximum of $10,000...
View ArticleDevant Maharaj is new union leader
Giving “sanctuary” and representation to contract and public officers who feel they’ve been victimised by the Government. “Our target market are those who feel they’ve suffered social injustice from...
View ArticleCLF shareholders move to add two more directors to Board
Majority CL Financial shareholders intend to add two more of their directors to the CLF Board at a special July 26 meeting and they’re prepared to take legal action against Government if it tries to...
View ArticlePOSGH Sterilization Unit goes down: Staff dumping uncleaned tools
Staff at the Port-of-Spain General Hospital have been exposed to a high risk of contracting infections as the central sterilization unit there has been dysfunctional for over four years.Recently, the...
View ArticleLast week to submit property tax forms
With a few days to go before deadline, property tax form submissions are still at a trickle and a few people in some locations have even asked to get back information they’ve already submitted. This...
View ArticleSoldier held in Nikki Crosby’s robbery
A soldier is among two people arrested in connection with armed robbery in which comedienne Nikki Crosby and other customers were relieved of valuables at Artie’s Meats, Four Roads, Diego Martin, on...
View ArticleKamla at Eid celebrations: Changes to Opposition line-up in Senate coming
Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar has said that there may be some changes to the Opposition line up in the Senate.She said so while delivering the feature address at Eid celebrations hosted by...
View ArticlePM wants to talk
“Let’s talk...”That’s the invitation which Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley yesterday extended to Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar. He wants to meet with her within the next week on “selected...
View ArticleTwo held after cineplex attack
Two teenage suspects were still being questioned by police last night in connection with a stabbing attack at MovieTowne, Mucurapo, on Saturday.The teens were held by police yesterday, hours after the...
View ArticleCAL jet makes emergency landing
CASTRIES – A Caribbean Airlines flight made an emergency landing at the Hewanorra International Airport in St. Lucia on Sunday after the pilot alerted authorities of an engine fire.Caribbean Airlines...
View ArticleNo bail for man held with ransom
One of the four suspects held by police in connection with the kidnapping of San Fernando businessman Gregory Laing appeared in court yesterday charged with being in possession of a quantity of Laing’s...
View ArticlePrison officers: It can happen in PoS too
President of the Prisons Officers Association, Ceron Richards, fears that Sunday’s jailbreak in Guyana is a disaster waiting to happen at the Port-of-Spain State Prison.Attorney Israel Khan SC also...
View ArticleCitizens must help resolve problems in society
Maulana Mushtaq Ahmad Sulaimani says while it is easy for citizens to blame the Government for crime and other ills affecting the society, many fail to recognise that each citizen has a critical role...
View ArticleCreative writing scores lower than last year’s
Education Minister Anthony Garcia said the creative writing scores for this year’s SEA examination were low when compared to last year and one resulting factor was the regurgitation of essays.He was...
View ArticleNoel ‘Sally’ Saldenah dies
Two week after the passing of former T&T Guardian photographer, Lester Forde, came the sad news that another former photographer, Noel ‘Sally’ Saldenah has died.Both Forde and Saldenah were close...
View ArticleMeasures in place for sterilizing medical tools at POSGH
Interim measures have been put in place for the sterilizing of medical tools until the Central Sterilization Unit of the Port-of-Spain General Hospital (POSGH) is back up and running.This was yesterday...
View ArticleMP calls out SRC on overgrown cemetery
A day after the Siparia Regional Corporation (SRC) threatened to "name and shame" errant landowners, San Fernando East MP Randall Mitchell took the Corporation to task over the state of the Siparia...
View ArticleUnfortunate error—Garcia
Education Minister Anthony Garcia is now probing an “unfortunate error” made by the College of Science, Technology and Applied Arts of T&T (Costaatt) over payments under the Government Assistance...
View ArticleRowley hints at public sector cuts
Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley last night hinted that the Government may have to cut some jobs in the public service.Noting that public expenditure was what drives the economy of T&T during the...
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