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Rowley orders HDC to collect debts, tells tenants
Pay your rent to the Housing Development Corporation. This was the call yesterday from Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley at the housing distribution ceremony for the Trestrail Lands in D’Abadie, as he...
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OWTU, UNC in cordial talks on refinery closure
The United National Congress (UNC) yesterday had what it called a “cordial” meeting with the Oilfields Workers’ Trade Union (OWTU) on the union’s plan to save Petrotrin.The UNC did not speak to the...
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JSC recommends Super Fast Galicia audit
More than a year after it was set up to probe the procurement and maintenance of ferries on the seabridge, the Joint Select Committee on Land and Physical Infrastructure has completed its work and...
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Spike in domestic violecne victims - cops
The T&T Police Service's Victim & Witness Support Unit (VWSU) has noted a 70 per cent increase in domestic violence victims being referred to it. Speaking at the weekly police press briefing at...
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Persistent Bahamas firm wins T&T case Duprey must pay US12
Derek AchongFormer CL Financial (CLF) executive chairman Lawrence Duprey has been ordered to pay over US$122 million in damages to the company’s former subsidiary in the Bahamas over a failed land...
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Mom, son-in-law lauded for settling
The owner of a funeral home has agreed to repay her son-in-law $2.5 million within the next three years. Yesterday, Malik Carter King (formerly Murad Khan) and his mother-in-law Sharon Ram, who owns...
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Uproar at PNM loyalist’s funeral as... Trade unionists attack Govt
Tensions flared during the funeral service of trade unionist and People’s National Movement (PNM) supporter Ainsley Matthews yesterday, where there were numerous verbal clashes between trade union...
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CDA destroys illegal Alcan Bay structures
The Chaguaramas Development Authority (CDA), along with the T&T Police Service and T&T Regiment, yesterday swooped down on Alcan Bay, Chaguaramas, where they destroyed a 50-year-old business...
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Arima
Arima Mayor Lisa Morris-Julian is concerned that the Arima Central Secondary is being targeted by saboteurs.This after an act of chemical vandalism affected Form One students and teachers at the...
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State gets ultimatum on Cuban asylum seekers
A magistrate has given police prosecutors less than 24 hours in which to start prosecuting eight Cuban asylum seekers accused of illegal camping in front of the United Nations building in Port-of-Spain...
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Nishal’s mental
One week after his arrest, Nishal Sankat’s attorney is urging authorities to move his client from prison to another facility under a private physician’s care amid fears over his mental state.The...
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RC church to host Petrotrin-themed reflection event
Concerned about the impact of the closure of state-owned Petrotrin on families and communities, the St Benedict Roman Catholic Church in La Romain has organised an evening of reflection to be held this...
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Unipet boss uncomfortable about future supply
Unipet chairman Dr Afraz Ali is admitting to being concerned about the reliability of fuel supplies with the closure of the Petrotrin refinery.Ali said, “the supply and reliability of supply is key and...
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Espinet: No fuel shortage after refinery closure
Petrotrin chairman Wilfred Espinet is assuring there are adequate fuel supplies to meet the needs of the population and there is no need to panic. The Petrotrin refinery, he said, will continue to...
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Man jailed for gun possession
Police recovered three firearms in two separate locations following an exercise last weekend. A Trinidad man was arrested and jailed in connection with one of the seizures.The exercise was coordinated...
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Tobago Chamber boss sacked while on vacation
Uncertainty now surrounds the status of both the chairman and vice chairman of the Chamber of Industry and Commerce's Tobago Division and exactly who is responsible for the management and control of...
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Regrello: No hard feelings against Sundar Popo
kevon.felmine@guardian.co.ttAcknowledging the criticism levelled at him for suggesting that the auditorium at NAPA’s South Campus should have been named after calypsonian Leroy “Black Stalin” Calliste...
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Cuban asylum seekers freed
Eight Cuban asylum seekers, who were accused of illegal camping in front of the United Nations building in Port-of-Spain in December last year, have been freed. During a hearing in the Port-of-Spain...
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Mom loses job for staying
A single parent who had no choice but to stay at home with her child after the earthquake damaged Forest Reserve Anglican Primary School was closed has lost her job. Yesterday, mother of four Joseann...
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Petroleum dealers still in the dark
SHARLENE RAMPERSAD The Petroleum Dealers Association (PDA) is calling on Government to meet with them to discuss what will happen to their supply of fuel when Petrotrin is shut down on November...
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