Judge grants injunction stopping highway project
Environmental activist group Fishermen and Friends of the Sea (FFOS) has obtained an interim injunction barring the Government from continuing work on the first phase of the $400M Churchill Roosevelt...
View ArticleMayor: Give more to support downtown mas
Port-of-Spain Mayor Joel Martinez yesterday called on business people to be more generous to help host downtown Carnival as each year the event has gotten “bigger and better.”Faced with tough economic...
View ArticleCarnival assault costs man $12,000
Men can be arrested for ‘thiefing a wine’ during Carnival but Govind Seepersad has to pay a woman $12,000 in compensation for groping a woman’s genitals during the festival a decade ago.Seepersad, 25,...
View ArticleHeavy rains hamper public viewing of body
After maintaining her composure for the last week, Maxine Richards, the daughter of former president George Maxwell Richards broke down in tears yesterday, as the hearse carrying her father’s body...
View ArticleGovt offered high-speed ferry for seabridge
The Government was offered a high-speed commercial ferry for the seabridge with capacity to transport 970 passengers and 251 cars, sources have told the T&T Guardian.Emails with details and photos...
View ArticleMaxine: You will always be my hero
President George Maxwell Richards was described as a hero by his daughter Maxine Richards, as she spoke of the life she shared with her father during an emotional eulogy.“Daddy, I miss you and I love...
View ArticlePatient wins lawsuit for wrong medication
The Tobago Regional Health Authority has been ordered to compensate a mental outpatient after she was prescribed the wrong medication.Justice Carol Gobin sitting in the Tobago High Court on Tuesday...
View ArticleDefending pan champs face judges on Monday
Reigning Panorama champions, Massy Trinidad All Stars, will be second big band to be judged as the preliminary competition continues on Monday.Over the past two days, bands in the East and Tobago were...
View Article21 explosion salute for Max
The booming sound of an explosion, the first of the 21, to salute former president Professor George Maxwell Richards, shook those gathered opposite Belgroves Funeral Home, Tacarigua yesterday.The bulk...
View ArticleLearn from Max’sfamily life—Gordon
Roman Catholic Archbishop Jason Gordon says T&T’s fourth president George Maxwell Richards’ devotion to family life and his role as a father was something we can all emulate.Gordon spoke yesterday...
View ArticleMax likened to Lara for role as President
Acting President Christine Kangaloo yesterday compared former president George Maxwell Richards to West Indies batting legend Brian Lara as someone who carried the aspirations and values of our nation...
View ArticleAG: Govt to consider appropriate honour
Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar yesterday suggested Government honour former president George Maxwell Richards with the country’s highest academic award and establish a national fund in his...
View ArticleDon’t incite people to break the law
Gyrating on someone without their permission is considered an assault and inciting others to do so can be considered aiding and abetting the crime.This is the warning from the public information...
View ArticleMurder caught on video tape
The murder of a Diego Martin man on Tuesday night was captured on CCTV and shared on social media yesterday.In the 33-second video, two men were seen coming out of a white car and opening fire on a...
View ArticleRavi B not defending Chutney Soca title
Ravi B, joint 2017 Chutney Soca Monarch with Omardath Maharaj, will not be defending his title.In a statement released through Southex Ltd, organisers of the competition, Ravi B said he wants to focus...
View ArticleEMA moving in on breakfast parties
The Environmental Management Authority (EMA) will be cracking down on breakfast parties which refuse to adhere to the Noise Pollution Control Rules. EMA officials are having ongoing discussions, not...
View ArticleTeen sisters found
Sisters Aleana, 15, and Alissa St Louis, 14, who were reported missing from their Oropune Gardens, Piarco last month, have been found.The teens were reported missing by their mother, Alicia Yearwood,...
View ArticleNew ferry to arrive in April
The US$17.4 million catamaran to service the inter-island seabridge is now expected to arrive on our shores from China by the middle of April.This means that the vessel which is still docked in China...
View ArticleQuestions still linger on procurement of vessel—Devant
Reacting to Finance Minister Colm Imbert’s disclosures on the purchase of a new vessel for the seabridge, former Transport Minister Devant Maharaj accused Imbert of continuing to “obfuscate the issue...
View ArticleGovt moves again on Galicia broker
Minister in the Office of the Prime Minister Stuart Young said yesterday more legal action will be taken against the local broker of the MV Super Fast Galicia which sailed out of T&T last year.The...
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