Man, 31, missing
A 31-year-old man whom relatives have described as a “people person” who goes out of his way to help others and does charity work for the community has been missing for almost a week. Robert “Peter”...
View ArticleAG to JPs, officers: Look out for ‘citizenship’ marriages
Attorney General Anand Ramlogan has told Commissioners of Affidavits, Justices of the Peace (JPs) and Marriage Officers that documentary evidence is important in their jobs and had become even moreso...
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‘I have multiculture’
Former 1990 coup commissioner Dr Hafizool Ali Mohammed wants to return to Trinidad to join National Security Minister Gary Griffith in the fight against crime. Yesterday, Mohammed, a former US veteran...
View ArticleMajor flaws in T&T deportation system
There are major flaws with respect to how deportation matters are being conducted in T&T. This concern was raised by Dr Richard Ramoutar, in the aftermath of the recent deportation of 11 illegal...
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Cascade under siege
At the height of the Christmas season, two areas in Cascade—Knightsbridge and Idlewild—are under attack by criminal elements. The robberies have residents of the two upscale neighbouring communities...
View ArticleThe struggle continues
With oil prices in decline, Petrotrin complaining about poor financial results, and Christmas just around the corner, it is not surprising that the Oilfields Workers Trade Union took the decision not...
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Look at legislative reform
President Anthony Carmona says it is time for the Central Bank to take an additional look at legislative reform targeted at the very banks over which it is statutorily required to regulate. He said as...
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Manning can withdraw if he wants
San Fernando East officials are awaiting official response from the party after PNM general secretary Ashton Ford said that nominations including from MP Patrick Manning could be submitted by December...
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Williams: Nothing threatens me
Acting Commissioner of Police (CoP) Stephen Williams says if his colleagues are not happy with his leadership he will walk away from the T&T Police Service (TTPS). He made the comment in a...
View ArticleCanadian consultant to examine greyfriars
The National Diversity Ministry is engaging the services of a Canadian consultant to examine the Greyfriars building to see if it should be listed with the National Trust before any further discussions...
View ArticleTTHI director: No Nigerians enrolled for study in 2013
Executive director of the T&T Hospitality and Tourism Institute Dr Patricia Butcher is denying that Nigerian students suspected to be involved in terrorism had enrolled for study at the institute...
View ArticlePM: Crime continues to be a matter of concern
Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar says the upsurge in murders continues to be a matter of concern for the Government and has assured that the fight against crime remains the “number one priority”...
View ArticleMinister: Make use of Sando Park and Ride
San Fernando West MP Carolyn Seepersad-Bachan is calling on visitors to the city to utilise the Park & Ride service provided by the Public Transport Service Corporation (PTSC) during the hectic...
View ArticlePM: I’m not fazed by poll
Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar says she is unfazed by the findings of the recent North American Caribbean Teachers Association (NACTA) poll which says the PNM is leading marginals Sangre...
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Self Drive
My name is Jason Mills and I’m a driver with the Tobago House of Assembly. I’m from Black Rock. Fort Bennet Street. The one with the fort. And the history. Is kind of strange: when you live next to the...
View ArticleJudge charged with refusing to take ‘breath test’
Vice-president of the Industrial Court Ramchand Lutchmedial pleaded not guilty when he appeared before Chaguanas Magistrate Brahmanand Dubay charged with failing to submit a specimen of breath for a...
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$300,000 bail for pastor on rape charges
Pastor Bernard Andrews of the Dow Village Open Bible Church was granted $300,000 bail yesterday on two rape charges. The 47-year-old Siparia father of one appeared in the Siparia Magistrate’s Court...
View ArticleSchoolboys charged with beating officer
Noting the prevalence of youths before the court on criminal offences, a Siparia magistrate yesterday granted bail totalling $450,000 to three schoolboys charged with beating and robbing a security...
View ArticleDuke: Govt’s 13% offer not enough
Although the Public Services Association (PSA) has not rejected the 13 per cent offer from the Chief Personnel Officer (CPO) Stephanie Lewis, the association’s president Watson Duke says it is not...
View ArticleIntegrity body clears Marlene
A letter from the Integrity Commission has cleared People's National Movement whip Marlene McDonald. The letter, dated December 23, 2013, states the MP for Port-of-Spain South was cleared of any...
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