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Bid to create more literate society
The new board of the National Library and Information System Authority (Nalis) will focus on raising literacy levels and encouraging more people to read.Newly appointed chairman of the board Neil...
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Highway workers shut down site over unpaid salaries
Angered by their inability to pay their bills, purchase groceries and send their children to school, Construtora OAS workers who have not been paid in the last two weeks dismantled work sheds and burnt...
View ArticleChildren’s Authority report: 4,158 abuse cases in 9 months
The Children’s Authority of T&T says after nine months of operations it is managing some 4,158 cases of children in need of care and protection. This is the highest number of cases to be reported...
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Student tells El Do teacher trying to correct him: ‘I know when your wife,...
Education Minister Anthony Garcia yesterday vowed to take action against deviant students at the El Dorado East Secondary school after learning that staff was living in fear as the institution had...
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PM to grieving prisons body: We will restore peace, safety
Government will redouble its efforts to protect, secure and ensure an environment “that is not conducive to fear and terror” aimed at those who provide security to the population, Prime Minister Keith...
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Petrotrin’s $b lawsuit against Jones collapses
The State’s billion dollar case against former Petrotrin executive president Malcolm Jones for negligence over the company’s failed low sulphur diesel plant has collapsed. The company on Monday was...
View ArticleUNC defends filing legal action
The United National Congress (UNC) yesterday defended its decision to initiate legal proceedings against former Petrotrin executive president Malcolm Jones for the company’s failed gas to liquid plant....
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‘Lean on me, I’m your friend’
A few months ago, a video surfaced on social media showing a man walking naked along Tumpuna Road, Arima, and then stealing a bicycle. The video went viral and there were many comments about what may...
View ArticleWoman’s condition worsens
The medical condition of Yvonne Arjoon, the woman who survived a suicide pact with her husband on Sunday, is slowly worsening at the San Fernando General Hospital.Arjoon and her husband, Ralph Buchoon,...
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Dispose of TV4, dissolve GISL
Dissolve Government Information Services Ltd (GISL), dispose of its television station TV4 and cease all contract work. These are among the recommendations contained in the report on the future of...
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Demoralised teachers unable to stem violence
Criminologist Prof Emeritus Ramesh Deosaran says a lot of the current school misery, violence and delinquency could have been prevented if action had been duly taken when the signs and growing evidence...
View ArticleTATT approves broadcast services
The recommendations from the Telecommunications Authority of T&T (TATT) for the renewal of Concessions for a number of broadcast service providers has been approved.The approval was made on Monday...
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Canon tells Baptists: Don’t be ashamed of religious beliefs
March has been dubbed Baptist Month by the National Congress of Incorporated Baptist Organisations of T&T (NCOIBOTT).According to public relations officer, Canon Desmond Griffith, the time has come...
View ArticleTransparency chair: Civil society must step up to police those in authority
Civil society must play a greater role to police those in authority, says chairman of the T&T Transparency Institute Deryck Murray. He was speaking at a press conference at Fernandes Industrial...
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Imbert seeks info on bank’s compliance rules
Finance Minister Colm Imbert has called on State-owned bank, First Citizens, to provide him with information on the systems in place at the bank to ensure there is compliance with financial obligations...
View ArticleProblem students at El Do East identified
Between 25 to 30 El Dorado East Secondary School students who were allegedly involved in illegal activities, ranging from gambling, drugs, sex and threatening teachers, could be removed from...
View ArticleMore police patrols for schools—Dillon
Police would support security at schools by liaising with them on a daily and weekly basis and officers would also have a working relationship with principals and school deans in areas that needed...
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Riot Squad for unpaid workers
The police riot squad was called out to restrain workers yesterday as they attempted to prevent High Court marshals from executing a court order to seize roughly $4 million in assets from OAS...
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Two years after US bust Progress in coke in juice tins case
More than two years after over $640 million in cocaine was shipped to the United States, concealed in orange juice tins, top anti-narcotics police says “some progress” had been made in the case. The...
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Alleyne moves against AG, CoP and Alexander
Lawyers for CNC3’s Crime Watch host Ian Alleyne have issued pre-action protocol letters to the Attorney General Faris Al-Rawi, Inspector Roger Alexander and the acting Commissioner of Police (CoP),...
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