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Some $330m to campaign for 2015 general election
Elections and Boundaries Commission (EBC) chairman Dr Norbert Masson is calling for urgent election campaign financing reform, especially since some $330 million expected to be spent in the run-up to...
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T&T RUNNING OUT OF NATURAL GAS
T&T is running out of natural gas and its shortage is pointing to a bigger problem. At the same time, the downstream sector is facing real challenges from Shale gas in the United States, with...
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Kublalsingh falls ill. PM to blame, says HRM
The Highway Re-route Movement (HRM) is blaming Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar for its leader Dr Wayne Kublalsingh’s life being under threat.Kublalsingh started his second hunger strike in...
View ArticleWorkers protest at Hilton
Guests at the Hilton Trinidad were google-eyed Friday as members of several trade unions walked through the hotel, chanting union slogans and calling for the removal of general manager, Barbadian Leroy...
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A gem of a place
My name is Kathy-Ann Ortega and I’m the manager of a city jewelry store. My father’s a Venezuelan and my mother’s a born Trini. I was born in Trinidad but spent my first eight years in Caracas. I...
View ArticleCouple killed in Maloney crash
A couple died in a road traffic accident in Maloney, leaving behind two young children. Kema Walker and his girlfriend Tenille David, both 32, were killed when a taxi transporting them flipped over on...
View ArticleKamla, Fuad visit Wayne
Shouts of “Re-route! Re-route!” and “Shame on you!” greeted Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar as she left the St Clair medical centre after visiting Highway Re-Route Movement (HRM) leader Dr Wayne...
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HRM leader Kublalsingh in hospital after 26-day hunger strike
Hunger striker Dr Wayne Kublalsingh fell unconscious for about 30 minutes yesterday morning. Up to press time, Kublalsingh, leader of the Highway Re-route Movement (HRM), was hospitalised at the St...
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Hurricane Fay weakens, TS Gonzalo strengthens
Tropical Storm Fay strengthened to a Category 1 hurricane in the Atlantic but was expected to weaken, the Miami-based National Hurricane Center said. The storm earlier swept past Bermuda, lashing the...
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Closer screening needed for Ebola and Mers, says Fuad
Health Minister Fuad Khan is concerned that the Ebola virus may have found a new way to spread. Khan was reacting to news that broke yesterday of a US healthcare worker tested positive for the virus,...
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President’s Medal winner studying medicine: I want to help less fortunate
For the fifth consecutive year, Presentation College, Chaguanas, has copped the President’s Medal based on the performance of students who wrote the Cape 2014 examination earlier this year. The proud...
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Protesters shut down 12 sites on Point highway
Protesters have crippled the construction of the $7.4 billion Solomon Hochoy highway extension by shutting down 12 construction zones stretching from Point Fortin to Mon Desir, as they intensified...
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Karate tutor held for buggery of three schoolboys
At least three boys at a denominational school in San Fernando had to be screened for HIV last month after they were buggered by a martial arts instructor. Cpl Cedeno-Figaro of the Mon Repos Station...
View ArticleCocorite braces for ‘war’ after killing of Ex-Jamaat coup
Residents of Cocorite are bracing for further murders that they fear may take place in their community after the shooting death of former Jamaat-al-Muslimeen insurrectionist turned contractor, Junior...
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40 HRM members in ‘relay fast’
Forty members of the Highway Re-route Movement (HRM), mostly young people, have begun a 40-day “relay fast” outside the Office of the Prime Minister in support of the HRM’s leader Dr Wayne Kublalsingh....
View Article18 days but still no help for Savannah couple
Erica Joseph was seen tightly hugging a tiny red teddybear crying yesterday as she sat on a mattress under a tent at the Queen’s Park Savannah, Port-of-Spain. Yesterday marked 18 days since she and her...
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Khan’s claim irks Wayne’s family
Health Minister Dr Fuad Khan has come under fire from the family of environmentalist Dr Wayne Kublalsingh, who have accused him of obtaining Kublalsingh’s private medical records without their...
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Border security critical—Griffith
Minister of National Security Gary Griffith yesterday confirmed T&T was officially monitoring migrants from African countries as the country prepared itself in the face of the growing global...
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Lee Heung dies at 93
Days after the launch of a book commemorating his work, veteran masman Stephen Lee Heung, 93, died on Monday night from pneumonia at St Clair Medical Centre. The book, We Kind ah People, by American...
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Parents question death of baby
A Gasparillo couple is calling on the San Fernando General Hospital to release the body of their baby, who died hours after his birth so they could give him a decent cremation. The parents — Oneil and...
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