Abdulah on governance: ‘Absentee PM runs T&T’
T&T is being run by an absentee prime minister who delegates her responsibilities to her subordinates and neglects her responsibilities, says MSJ leader David Abdulah. Abdulah also says T&T’s...
View ArticleFull steam ahead on Sando East
The People’s National Movement (PNM) executive is going full steam ahead on San Fernando East. With the executive preparing to seek nominations from San Fernando East by December 22, the unit is going...
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Trinidad is cooking
My name is Danielle Delon and I’m publishing a cookbook on the food of T&T that starts 5,000 years before Christ. Shakespeare, John, Donne, Blake, Byron, these were my friends. These are the people...
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Right to fair trial
The right to a fair trial in criminal cases is a fundamental human right. At a trial there is a lot at stake, especially for a defendant who may be imprisoned, become bankrupt, be forbidden to engage...
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Unit wants extra time for Manning
The stand-off in People’s National Movement’s San Fernando East constituency has deepened after PNM general secretary Ashton Ford officially informed the unit yesterday that it has until December 22 to...
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Griffith on deportations: Africans not target
Minister of National Security Gary Griffith says there is no witch-hunt to target illegal African immigrants as only nine out of 651 Africans have been deported for 2014. He was responding to...
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Robbery victim in need of $70,000 for surgery
Doubles vendor Donald Ramroop, who was shot when bandits stormed his Barataria home seven months ago, is seeking the public’s help to raise $70,000 to get back on his feet. Speaking with the media...
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HRM will deliver letter to PM today
The Highway Re-route Movement (HRM) claims the Government embarked on a four-year campaign to escalate and prolong the impasse relating to the Debe to Mon Desir segment of the Solomon Hochoy Highway...
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Chairman: There will be sense of fairness
Chairman of the Las Alturas commission of enquiry Mustapha Ibrahim said yesterday the enquiry would “adhere to the principles of fundamental justice” and he intended to “ensure a sense of fairness...
View ArticleCutback in foreign travel
Given the current financial crisis over falling oil and natural gas prices, Government Ministries have reduced foreign travel expenses, slashed performance bonuses and reduced spending for social...
View ArticlePolice hired to guard highway contractors
Taxpayers will have to bear the cost of sabotage and protests that delay work on the $7.5 billion Solomon Hochoy Highway extension to Point Fortin, says National Infrastructural Development Company...
View ArticleGhany in running for top job at ACP
UWI lecturer Dr Hamid Ghany is among nominees from Guyana and Jamaica vying for the post of secretary general of the African, Caribbean and Pacific group (ACP) which will be finalised between today and...
View ArticleRoget: PM’s the bully, not me
President general of the Oilfields Workers’ Trade Union (OWTU) Ancel Roget remains unapologetic for his tirade on Friday against Government as he dismissed allegations that he was a bully. Instead,...
View ArticleGroup still trying to save Greyfriars
Citizens for Conservation (CFC) president Rudylynn Roberts said the demolition of a wall of the Greyfriars church, Port-of-Spain, will not affect the decision to save the rest of the building. In a...
View ArticlePraetorian fund gains $0.10
Overall market activity resulted from trading in 14 securities of which six advanced, three declined and five traded firm. Trading activity on the first tier market registered a volume of 537,260...
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Granny found buried in yard
Less than a week after she was reported missing by relatives, 83-year-old pensioner Stephanie Millington was found yesterday buried in a shallow grave behind her Morvant home. While Crime Scene...
View ArticleGuyanese top list of deportees—AG
It is arrant nonsense to claim discrimination and racial profiling over the recent deportation of African nationals, since Guyanese nationals top the list of deportees from T&T and only a total of...
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AG: Date rape drugs in T&T
Parents be warned: date rape is a fact of life in T&T. Attorney General Anand Ramlogan delivered the warning yesterday while piloting legislation in the Senate. He was speaking on a bill to monitor...
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No change to deadline for Sando East nomination
PNM General Secretary Ashton Ford made it clear yesterday that the party’s executive would not grant the San Fernando East constituency executive’s request to postpone the deadline for nomination. The...
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Woman faces useless arm
Sherry Davis is thanking God for sparing her life after she was struck by a 20-foot beam which fell from the roof of the Super Foods Supermarket, Claxton Bay Junction, while she was working below. “I...
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