Landslips in Morne Diablo
More than 30 fishermen were unable to access their boats and nets over the weekend after heavy rainfall caused a series of landslips along the Morne Diablo Main Road. Up to late yesterday, crews from...
View ArticleStacy was pressured— MSJ
Leader of the Movement for Social Justice David Abdulah believes that Junior Works Minister Stacy Roopnarine was pressured into apologising to her boss Dr Suruj Rambachan because her accusations had...
View ArticlePAHO: T&T over ready for Ebola Cuban doctor tests positive
A Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO) team, which visited this country last week, says T&T is over prepared for Ebola. The team was here to monitor this country’s preparation for the virus....
View ArticleFamily of ten gets new home
A dry bed is a simple comfort that most people can take for granted. But nine-year-old Lorenzo Gilbert and his seven siblings never knew this comfort until Friday night when they received a new house...
View ArticleRepurposing of Woodford Square
The NGO Citizens for Conservation, which has been advocating for the preservations fo the former Greyfriars Church of Scotland on Frederick Street, is proposing the creation of a Woodford Square...
View ArticleKarim: New UWI Open Campus to cost $561m
Minister of Tertiary Education and Skills Training Fazal Karim has estimated the cost of the Esmond Ramesar Open Campus Centre in Chaguanas at $561 million. Construction is under way on ten acres of...
View ArticleThe Lady in Red Suspenders
My name is Princess Simone Donelan and the film I co-produced, Dubois, won the last Trinidad & Tobago Film Festival Best Local Short Film Jury Prize.I was born in Trinidad but, my parents being...
View ArticleLandlords: Do you know your rights?
Randalyn Rowe Student, Hugh Wooding Law SchoolA tenancy is a contractual relationship between two parties, namely a landlord and a tenant. The essence of a tenancy is a grant by the landlord to the...
View ArticleReward, hotline for Keils’ case
Acting Police Commissioner Stephen Williams yesterday signalled his intention to give the investigation into the murders of German couple Hubertus and Birgid Keil top priority by naming an experienced...
View ArticleManning eyes Sando East again, if healthy
Former prime minister and People’s National Movement (PNM) leader Patrick Manning is watching his health as he contemplates whether he will once again contest the San Fernando East Constituency in the...
View ArticleCapture of T&T’s most wanted man: Mom: My son surrendered
The mother of Azmon Alexander, the prime suspect in the murder and kidnapping of a Brasso Seco family, says she is relieved her son surrendered to police and was not hurt. Speaking yesterday at her...
View ArticleAfter surviving attack four months ago Woman gunned down outside bar
A woman, who survived a gun attack four months ago, was killed instantly after she was shot three times in her chest outside Tom’s Bar,Freeport, on Sunday night.Villagers said Seema Balkaran, 33, of...
View ArticlePolice advise business owners: Use police escort for cash deposits
Business owners are being urged to use police escorts when depositing money at banks during the Christmas period. Snr Supt Cecil Santana told business owners in Princes Town that such requests must be...
View ArticleNo bail for trio on gun, ammo, drug charges
Two men and a woman were denied bail yesterday when they appeared before an Arima Magistrate charged with possession of four guns, three kilogrammes of marijuana and 175 rounds of assorted ammunition....
View ArticleTractor driver drowned after death plunge
An excavator driver who plunged over a 40-foot precipice in Santa Cruz during road repairs on Saturday drowned, according to an autopsy report. The autopsy also found Hardeo Jaggit, a 32-year-old...
View ArticleCarmona backs call for HRM mediation
President Anthony Carmona yesterday endorsed a proposal of mediation to resolve the dispute between the Highway Re-route Movement (HRM) and the government over the construction of the Debe to Mon Desir...
View ArticleAboud: EMA didn’t clear Debe segment
Secretary of the environmental lobby group, Fishermen and Friends of the Sea, Gary Aboud is claiming six government agencies and the Environmental Management Authority had opposed the granting of a...
View ArticleKublalsingh’s wife fed up of ‘charade’
Dr Sylvia Moodie-Kublalsingh, wife of leader of the Highway Re-Route Movement (HRM) Dr Wayne Kublalsingh, who is normally accommodating to members of the media, said yesterday she “had had...
View ArticleCall for help to rebuild church
The San Fernando City Corporation has turned down a request to help rebuild a wall at a Baptist church saying that it was a private matter.A landslip caused by persistent rain sent a mound of dirt...
View ArticleState moves to save Greyfriars
National Diversity Minister Rodger Samuel says he has not yet received any proposals relating to the future of the historic Greyfriars Church, Frederick Street, Port-of-Spain.He said if the owner of...
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