Curepe residents: Govt using stonewalling tactics
Charles Kong SooThe disaffected residents who were served eviction notices over the planned development of the Curepe interchange say the Government is using delaying tactics to frustrate them...
View ArticleRobert Charbonne new chairman of VMCOTT
Former chairman of the National Maintenance Training and Security Company Ltd (MTS) Robert Charbonne has this time been given the mandate to steer the direction of the newly-appointed board of the...
View ArticleNorth Coast Bailey bridge up
Days after a portion of the North Coast Road collapsed following heavy rains earlier this week, a Bailey Bridge has been successfully installed to facilitate motorists.Officials of the Ministry of...
View ArticleBeetham man charged with assaulting Hinds
Anna-Lisa PaulA Beetham man has been charged with assaulting Laventille West MP Fitzgerald Hinds six weeks ago during a walkabout in the area and is expected to appear in court on Monday.Richard...
View ArticleGuidelines
BOBIE-LEE DIXONbobie-lee.dixon@guardian.co.ttWouldn’t it be just swell to see someone from your community, school, church or even your home receive a prestigious national award for their contribution...
View ArticleRegional bodies monitor Tropical Storm Kirk
GEISHA ALONZOTropical Storm Kirk is gaining speed in the Atlantic, but would be on a direct path to Trinidad and Tobago and could hit by the end of this week should it continue to gain strength and...
View ArticlePeters: Carnival 2011 was a success story
Carnival 2011 was a resounding success, Minister of Arts and Multiculturalism Winston “Gypsy” Peters said yesterday. “Carnival 2011 was nothing more than a success story,” said Peters at a news...
View ArticlePrepare and pray—Hosein
Prepare—and pray.That’s the word from Local Government Minister Kazim Hosein and muncipal authorities yesterday as Tropical Storm Kirk swept across the Atlantic, with T&T and neighbouring Windward...
View ArticleLow special vote
Only 53 special voters submitted ballots yesterday at the People’s National Movement’s Balisier House head office ahead of next week’s party executive election. PNM elections team supervisor Murchison...
View ArticlePetrotrin r
Petrotrin’s refinery gates won’t be closed immediately on October 1 - there’ll be a phased exit of employees starting with the refinery.Government and the company’s board had set October 1 as the...
View ArticleORTT awarded to Wendell Mottley
Former government minister Wendell Mottley has received the Order of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago (ORTT).Mottley, also a former double Olympic medallist who has an undergraduate degree from Yale...
View ArticleNational Awardees 2018
Order of the Republic of T&T — For Distinguished & Outstanding Service to T&T Wendell Mottley (Former Finance Minister/athlete) — National Development/Public ServiceChaconia Medal (Gold) —...
View ArticleWork for what you want
“You are not going to get out of this world what you are not willing to take.”This was the message Teocah Dove delivered as she told young women to be confident, bold and stride fearlessly as they set...
View ArticleAbdulah forsees fuel hike, devaluation
Movement for Social Justice leader David Abdulah believes fuel prices will increase and the TT dollar will be devalued soon if Government continues on its path to shut down Petrotrin. Speaking on the...
View ArticleLack of transparency in decision to close Petrotrin
Eighteen civil society organisations are expressing concern about what they say is the lack of transparency in the decision to close down the Petrotrin Refinery and are demanding answers from the...
View ArticleKirk downgraded to tropical depression
Although Tropical Storm Kirk was yesterday downgraded to a tropical depression by the National Hurricane Centre (NHC), citizens are being urged to prepare for any eventuality as the hurricane season...
View ArticleGary: Cops not authorised to
Investigations are being carried out to ascertain if police officers acted outside their prescribed scope of duties after it was alleged certain people entered schools on September 7 to gather...
View ArticleDebe residents want clogged drains cleared
radhica.sookraj@guardian.co.ttFaced with an increase in dengue in their community, constituents from Penal and Debe are volunteering to clear several minor watercourses and drains once they get...
View ArticleMom of six found dead
Relatives of Tricia Farrow, whose partially nude corpse was found tied to pipe yesterday, believe she was murdered by the same teenager she accused of raping and trying to kill her six months...
View ArticleWoman injured in CNG explosion still hospitalised
Relatives of Indra Changar, 53, who was left in a critical condition after an explosion days after a CNG tank was installed in her official school bus transport vehicle, are worried over her condition...
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