CoP renews call for officers to wear vests
The official call by acting Commissioner of Police Stephen Williams on Tuesday for his men to wear their bulletproof vests was just a reiteration for the adherence of safety protocols, public...
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Warner and Suruj to mediate over lawsuit
Works and Infrastructure Minister Suruj Rambachan has agreed to enter into mediation talks to settle his defamation lawsuit against his former Cabinet colleague and leader of the Independent Liberal...
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Man begs CoP to find missing son
With pain etched on his face grieving father Eric Knights begged acting Police Commissioner Stephen Williams for help to find his son Michael, who has been missing since August. The Gasparillo father,...
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Route changes could inflate cost
The Solomon Hochoy Highway extension to Point Fortin project is 34 per cent complete and with several sections already open, traffic experts say the effects are already being felt. Despite the project...
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Cable and Wireless acquires Columbus
Cable and Wireless Communications (CWC) has entered into an agreement to acquire Columbus International Inc. for US$1.85b.If completed, the purchase will make CWC by far the Caribbean’s largest...
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CoP: Court action delayed promotion
Time running out for 56 police inspectors, who say they may be forced to retire at 55 if they are not allowed to sit a promotion exam and be elevated to the first division.The inspectors, who were on...
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Witness: No alibi from accused
Anthony Gloster, at whose Diego Martin home police claimed businesswoman Vindra Naipaul-Coolman was murdered, did not provide police with a concrete alibi for the day she was kidnapped. “I would have...
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CWC mega deal worries TATT: Unfair Edge
Concerns have been expressed that Cable & Wireless Communication’s (CWC) proposed US$3 billion acquisition of regional cable provider Columbus International (also know as FLOW) could lead to a...
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David West is new PCA head
More than a month after the post became vacant, President Anthony Carmona has appointed certified anti-money-laundering specialist attorney David West as director of the Police Complaints Authority...
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Govt Senator behind highway ads
Defence attorney and temporary Government Senator Wayne Sturge is one of the men behind the group Citizens 4D Highway, and claims the objective is to embarras the media into action. Speaking with CNC3...
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NCC chairman quits
National Carnival Commission (NCC) chairman Allison Demas has resigned. Her resignation comes days before her term on the board expires on November 11. The new board is expected to be named on Tuesday....
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Sex on the road say neighbours of Carapichaima schools
Neighbours, including several business people near Carapichaima West and East Secondary Schools, yesterday revealed jaw-dropping and shocking revelations of students meeting and having sex on the road,...
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Caribbean Media Workers on highway ads: Naked partisan politics
General secretary of the Association of Caribbean Media Workers, Wesley Gibbings, says newspaper advertising placed by the group, Citizens 4D Highway, raises issues about accountability and...
View ArticlePickpocketing a concern for city mayor
Pickpocketing remains a concern for Port-of-Spain mayor Raymond Tim Kee. He was commenting on shopping in the city for the Christmas period. His comments come as acting Commissioner of Police Stephen...
View ArticleGary: No Isis $$ coming from T&T
While Government has intelligence information to verify several T&T nationals have gone to Syria to join the Islamic State’s (Isis) foreign terrorist fighters, there is no information on Isis...
View ArticleCourt hears of her treatment
The State yesterday tendered into evidence a statement in the Vindra Naipaul-Coolman murder detailing her treatment by her kidnappers and her death. It was one of four statements purportedly made by...
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Fresh furore over PM’s House ‘vacation’ claim
Opposition leader Dr Keith Rowley invoked the ire of Speaker Wade Mark yesterday after Rowley clashed with Government MPs and also with the Speaker himself during debate on the Procurement Bill as...
View ArticleCabinet weighs $$ for Ebola medics
Cabinet is giving consideration to the remuneration of health care workers who may have to treat Ebola cases, Health Minister Fuad Khan says. He said so in Parliament yesterday as he addressed the...
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Imbert on procurement legislation: Too much power for the regulator
Opposition MP Colm Imbert yesterday criticised the Government for seeking to approve new procurement legislation that gave the proposed regulator too much power. He was speaking in Parliament yesterday...
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Ramnarine: Three Petrotrin bosses left after oil spill
Three Petrotrin managers’ positions were terminated or have resigned following the Pointe-a Pierre/Marabella oil spill earlier in the year, Energy Minister Kevin Ramnarine said yesterday. Ramnarine did...
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