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Trini deported in Windrush fiasco gets reprieve
Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley has promised to monitor the Windrush issue to help T&T citizens living in England who are affected.He made the comment yesterday after revealing he discovered there...
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Free grad outfits founder defends initiative
Defending her Project Prom initiative, Penal Debe Community Organisation head Karissa Collin yesterday denied her decision to lend graduation clothing to underprivileged students for free was motivated...
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Stakes are high
Although technology is available to detect counterfeit pharmaceutical drugs, it won’t take long for someone to invent technology to defeat it, Cariri CEO Liaquat Ali Shah said yesterday.“It is...
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Audit into PoSGH implants complaint
The Health Ministry has launched an audit into all implants done at the Port-of-Spain General Hospital from January 1, 2017 to date, with a time-line of one week for a preliminary report, acting Health...
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Couva Hospital to become offshore medical school
The controversial Couva Children’s Hospital will now be converted to a teaching hospital, Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley said yesterday.He made the comment as he said Government had partnered with the...
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Rapist, 68, begs for mercy
No mother, family support, education and bad company are a some of the factors in Allison Paul’s life which moulded him into the convicted rapist he is today.This was submitted by Paul’s attorney...
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New evidence can clear A&V—Ramesh
A newly-found supplemental internal Petrotrin report could vindicate A&V Drilling in the fake oil scandal, according to the company’s attorney Ramesh Lawrence Maharaj.Speaking at a press conference...
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School bus drivers sceptical of promise to pay
Despite an assurance from Education Minister Anthony Garcia that salaries of school bus drivers are being processed, president of the Maxi Taxi Concessionaires Association Rodney Ramlogan says they are...
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Charlotte Street vendors get apology
Port-of-Spain Mayor Joel Martinez yesterday apologised to members of the Charlotte Street Vendors Association for making a decision to move them to George Street without first consulting them. However,...
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I did nothing untoward
Minister of Works and Transport Rohan Sinanan yesterday defended himself against claims by Oropouche East MP Dr Roodal Moonilal that he (Sinanan) acted “improperly and unethically” by travelling from...
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Suruj seeks probe of Bridgemans’ funding to buy Ocean Flower 2
Canadian anti-corruption authorities must investigate Canada-based Bridgemans’ Services Group’s (BSG) source of funding to buy the “Ocean Flower 2,” since there are rumours in T&T the money came...
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Unreliable process
There is a division on the Police Service Commission’s process to select a Commissioner of Police.Government members of a Parliamentary committee examining the PSC’s process to select a CoP and deputy...
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UNC duo object to ‘ambush’
Two Opposition MPs who sat as members of a Special Select Committee (SSC) to obtain information utilised by the Police Service Commission (PSC) in the selection of candidates for the positions of...
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Workers scamper to safety as fire breaks out in Sando mall
Two schools were evacuated, a bank was forced to close and more than 100 mall workers scampered for safety when a fire broke out at Edan Centre in the heart of the city of San Fernando yesterday.The...
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New offence proposed for Anti-Terror Bill
Trinidadians are known for their odd sense of humour and sometimes “unacceptable” Trini talk but they can get in “big trouble for their mouth” under the Anti-Terrorism (Amendment) Bill 2018 as an...
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‘Animal’ rapists out in 12 years
Two men who murdered a man before taking turns raping his female friend during a botched robbery are expected to be released from prison in less than 12 years.High Court Judge Hayden St Clair-Douglas...
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Self Help probes First Citizens ‘mystery fund’
The chairman of the National Commission for Self Help (NCSH) Edgar Zephyrine has called a meeting of senior managers at the commission as he began an “investigation” into the Abercrombie Fund, which he...
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Teen steals mom’s $: Pleads guilty to wasting police time
An 18-year-old man, who falsely reported a robbery, has pleaded guilty to a charge of wasteful employment of police time. He appeared in court yesterday.Andel Procope, of Monkey Town, New Grant,...
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King David
It was 1962, and a nine-year-old boy decided to take part in a singing competition at his primary school in Belmont.Having suffered from polio at the age of one, which left one of his legs damaged, the...
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Scholarship winner starts medical practise in T&T
National scholarship winner (science) Nadia Manna is back in T&T to practise as a doctor.Manna had placed first in the Caribbean for her CSEC and CAPE performance. She studied medicine and surgery...
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