Bad parenting partly to blame—TTUTA
President of the T&T Unified Teachers’ Association (TTUTA), Davanand Sinanan, is blaming parenting for the current “dysfunctional and anti-social” behaviour displayed by the nation’s students.He...
View ArticleFIUTT in Senate report: More $$ from T&T going to terrorism
The amount of financial transactions suspected of being linked to terrorist activity has tripled in T&T over 12 months. So said the director of the Financial Intelligence Unit of T&T (FIUTT)...
View ArticleMinistries rallying to help troubled children
Social Development Minister Cherrie-Ann Crichlow-Cockburn says ministries are rallying to assist indiscipline students in schools.She was speaking yesterday at the ministry’s Sowing Empowerment through...
View ArticleDr Tim on PM’s ‘monsters’ remark: He must apologise
Former education minister and Caroni East MP Dr Tim Gopeesingh is calling on Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley to apologise for referring to the nation’s delinquent children as “monsters.”Participating in...
View ArticleTeens plead guilty to threat charges
Two teenagers of the Chaguanas North Secondary School appeared in court on Monday and yesterday charged with threatening to kill a security guard and threatening to physically harm a teacher.The two...
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Deyalsingh: Payments made to pharmacies
Payments to pharmacists for July to August 2015 have been processed and were due to be out between yesterday evening and today, whereas payment for subsequent periods are being processed, Health...
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$21m to restore roof and walls of Heritage Library
The approved budget for phase one of the restoration works of the National Heritage Library in Port-of-Spain is $21 million.The work in this phase includes the restoration of the roof and walls alone...
View ArticleEMA laments weak legislation
Despite the very high rate of development in this country no new environmental legislation was passed since 2001.And much of the existing environmental legislation is outdated; even with the more...
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Roget urges firms: Cut profits, not workers
As thousands of citizens face the breadline because of T&T’s current economic slump, Joint Trade Union Movement (JTUM) leader Ancel Roget says employers should cut their profits instead of laying...
View ArticleHunter found with bullet in the head
Relatives of Dale “Chappy” Mc Intyre, who was shot dead inside the Moruga Forest on Monday night, say there are too many holes in the story surrounding his death. It was only around 7 pm on Tuesday...
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Manhunt for three others
The two bodies found in a forested area in St Augustine on Tuesday evening were identified yesterday as teenage schoolboys Stephan Singh and Daniel Halls.In a week in which the national conversation...
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Farrell’s team looking at CNMG report
The findings of the public consultations on state-owned CNMG are being studied by the Terrence Farrell team which is examining state enterprises, Communications Minister Maxie Cuffie said yesterday.He...
View ArticleHeliconia wants probe into Anand’s hirings
The Heliconia Foundation (HF) has asked the Integrity Commission to probe alleged hiring practices at the office of the Attorney General from June 2010 to November 2014 when Anand Ramlogan was the past...
View ArticleConsumers feeling it as prices keep rising
Walking through a Chaguanas supermarket, carefully looking at price tags on basic items, Marissa Lochan has become a selective consumer. In the weeks since Government has implemented the new Value...
View ArticleT&T is latest on Zika advisory list
T&T is the latest Caribbean country to be added to the Center for Disease Control’s (CDC) Zika advisory. The country as well as the Marshall islands were added on Tuesday. T&T announced its...
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Minister on T&T’s diabetes rating: It’s a crown of thorns
Childhood obesity has grown by 100 per cent over the last ten to 15 years and this is frightening as it can easily equate to more limbs being amputated due to diabetes at the adult stage says Health...
View ArticleCalder Hart to testify as hearing ends March 31
The testimony of former executive chairman of the Urban Development Corporation of T&T (Udecott), Calder Hart, is the only outstanding piece of evidence to be heard before the Las Alturas...
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From cashier to world class cocoa farmer
Up the forested Corosal Road in the Montserrat Hills of Gran Couva, around a sharp bend and behind two huge mango trees is a cocoa estate described as centuries old.Surrounded by ancient immortelles,...
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Police officer charged for DUI, using obscene language
A police officer from the Northern Division appeared before a Chaguanas Magistrate today charged with driving under the influence, resisting arrest and refusing to submit to a breathalyser test. On...
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Fruit vendor shot at Chaguanas mini mart
A fruit vendor died today at hospital after he was shot outside Laura & Joey’s mini mart around 10 pm yesterday in Chaguanas. Cyril De Leon, a resident of Enterprise, Chaguanas, was approached by...
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