CR Highway extension to Manzan stops again
Construction on the Churchill-Roosevelt Highway extension to Manzanilla has again been halted through a legal challenge by environmental activist group Fishermen and Friends of the Sea (FFOS)....
View ArticleSWRHA apologises for denying three cops medical attention
The South West Regional Health Authority (SWRHA) has apologised to three police officers who were reportedly refused medical attention at the Couva District Health Facility.The SWRHA was responding to...
View ArticleSheron’s wife arrested for abusive language
Rachael Sukhdeo, the widow of murdered Central car dealer Sheron Sukhdeo, was arrested by police at her business place, Sheron’s Auto, along the Caroni Savannah Road in Charlieville, Chaguanas,...
View ArticleCops: Guard’s killing was hit from prison
As murdered security guard Paul Rajcoomar, 41, was buried yesterday under Muslim rites, police investigators received critical information that Rajcoomar’s murder was a hit called from within the...
View ArticleFishermen still stuck in V’zuela
The three Cedros fishermen who have been in Venezuela for the past three weeks still cannot leave the country because one of them does not have proper identification. This was confirmed by Cedros...
View Article456 staffers to be regularised
Over 400 University of T&T (UTT) staffers have been promised regularisation and permanent employment in their respective positions, despite the fact that the institution is seeing “financial hard...
View ArticleMahabir-Wyatt: Don’t rush to judge teen yet
It could be “nature not nurture” which led a troubled 15-year-old boy to brutally attack his mother on Thursday, head of the Coalition of Domestic Violence, Diana Mahabir-Wyatt, said yesterday.Calling...
View ArticlePensioner found dead in house
Police are investigating the death of pensioner Josephine O’Hara, whose decomposed body was found inside a house at Kenny Cyrus Street, Enterprise, Chaguanas, yesterday.Investigators said neighbours...
View ArticleMan killed during robbery at card game
The steelpan fraternity has been plunged into mourning after an avid bass players of the Invaders Steel Orchestra was killed while trying to run away from a robbery in progress yesterday.According to a...
View ArticleDhanayshar tenders resignation to Pres
Co-ordinator of the Senate's independent bench Dr Dhanayshar Mahabir recently tendered his resignation to President Paula-Mae Weekes to allow her to exercise her constitutional power to choose...
View ArticleBocas Lit Fest, more than writing
The NGC Bocas Lit Fest, T&T's annual festival of words, stories and ideas, is as much about nurturing talent and building capacity across the book industry as it is about celebrating the highest...
View ArticleCorporation wants help to remove sargassum
Employees of the Sangre Grande Regional Corporation (SGRC) including chief executive officer Dianne Lakhan and chairman Terry Rondon along with members of the Sangre Grande Volunteer Network journeyed...
View Article82 Venezuelans sent back to their homeland
A Venezuelan military aircraft landed at Piarco International Airport yesterday to take back 82 nationals to their homeland.This was confirmed by National Security Minister Edmund Dillon. The...
View ArticleMan dies on Debe death strip
Despite safety enhancements to part of the M2 Ring Road that is prone to serious accidents, another crash has claimed the life of a Princes Town man.Adesh Ramnath, 34, of Cedar Hill Village, Princes...
View ArticleCedros fishermen back home
The kiss between Awardnath Hajarie and his bride-to-be Heermatie Sanker was almost like a fairytale ending when they embraced each other for the first time in 16 days.It was the first time since...
View ArticleTrinis play Russian roulette with their health
The pharmaceutical industry in T&T is a very lucrative, multi-million dollar business both on the legitimate end and the grey area where drugs are being imported but not registered.Unregistered...
View ArticleGypsy ready to lead NCC
Calypsonians, panmen, and bandleaders are looking forward to a brighter future under Winston 'Gypsy' Peters, the new chairman of the National Carnival Commission (NCC).Shortly after the announcement...
View Article5 relatives chopped
A Diego Martin mother is now appealing to the Housing Development Corporation for home after she and four relatives were chopped about their bodies at their Bagatelle Road, Diego Martin home...
View Article‘Violent jihadists not true Muslims’
kevon.felmine@guardian.co.ttTerror groups who commit violence in the name of Islam are not true Muslims, Amir of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, Maulana Ibrahim Bin Yaqub, said yesterday as he...
View ArticleRoodal wants
kevon.felmine@guardian.co.ttOropouche East MP Dr Roodal Moonilal says many of the 352 tenants who are in arrears in four Housing Development Corporation (HDC) communities are people who have lost their...
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