National Diversity minister: No election gimmick in $55m church grant
Amidst rumours that government’s $55 million allocation to churches for the Christmas season is an election gimmick, Inter-Religious Organisation (IRO) President Harrypersad Maharaj has defended the...
View ArticleFired CNMG employee receives death threats
“You will end up like Dana Seetahal.”This was the unnerving message former CNMG employee Eve George received after being dismissed from the state-run media company when she rejected the sexual advances...
View ArticleMore carnage on roads
CrimeWatch host Ian Alleyne is appealing to citizens to be more cautious on the roads. He made the call after arriving on the scene of yet another horrific accident on the Uriah Butler Highway near the...
View ArticleNo construction of community centres in Bon Air, Laventille, but Contractor...
There are conflicting stories surrounding the payment of over two million dollars for work on two community centres in east Port-of-Spain that never got off the ground. McEachrane’s Rental and...
View ArticleMcDonald blames former PNM politician for witch-hunt
MP for Port-of-Spain East Marlene McDonald has accused a former PNM politician of colluding with external forces in a bid to ruin her political career. McDonald, who has been gagged by her legal...
View ArticleGovt plans for deeper cuts in spending
Finance Minister Larry Howai says the Government has started an internal conversation about the possibility of deeper cuts in spending due to the continued decline in the international price of oil,...
View ArticleKamla wants to bring back hangings
With murders skyrocketing—399 up to yesterday—Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar says the Government will be making another attempt to reintroduce the death penalty. The “hanging bill” will be...
View ArticleRowley: Manning’s constituents misguided
People’s National Movement (PNM) leader Dr Keith Rowley says former prime minister Patrick Manning may have deliberately misguided his constituents regarding the nominations for the San Fernando East...
View ArticleShoppers swarm Princes Town, Chaguanas
Shopping has remained steady in the bustling towns of Princes Town and Chaguanas, but in the industrial capital of San Fernando shopping remains slow in the lead-up to Christmas. In Princes Town, on...
View ArticleCaroni’s 77,000 acres of land auctioned, pilfered, abandoned
Looking at the undulating hills where sugar cane once grew creates a feeling of nostalgia for 75-year-old Ramrajie Ramdeo. For most of her life, Ramdeo worked on the sugar estates with her husband...
View ArticleChristmas wish list from people of T&T
Daphne Bartlett, president of the San Fernando Business Association: “My personal wish is that I would continue to be thankful and grateful for what God has given to me and my family thus far. My wish...
View ArticleMunro wants bigger share of economic pie for ‘black community’
The Black Caucus is taking the lead to ensure that Trinbagonians of African origin have a greater share in the economic prosperity of this country. Chairman of the Black Caucus, Keenan Munro, feels...
View ArticlePeacemaker killed in hammer attack
This country recorded its 400th murder on Saturday when a 35-year-old Carapo man was bludgeoned to death with a hammer by a friend on Dump Road, Arima. According to an eyewitness, who spoke on the...
View ArticleWilliams: We haven’t achieved our target
As the country recorded its 400th murder for the year, Acting Police Commissioner Stephen Williams says the murder rate is way beyond what the service had projected. “We wanted a massive reduction but...
View ArticleCrackdown on drunk drivers
Chaguanas Mayor Gopaul Boodhan is calling in police to ensure that the breathalyzer is used with increased frequency over the Christmas season. He was speaking with the media yesterday after he joined...
View ArticleProbe ordered into ACP’s conduct
Acting Police Commissioner Stephen Williams has appointed Deputy Commissioner Glen Hackett to investigate allegations that Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Peter Reyes was non compliant on a...
View ArticleSearch continues for four escapees
The search continues for four illegal immigrants, a Nigerian, a Guyanese, a Jamaican and a Barbadian, who escaped from the Immigration Detention Centre, in Aripo on Friday night. National Security...
View ArticleMixed views over Manning’s exit
Nominations for People’s National Movement San Fernando East constituency closes today but many party loyalists are sad that the tenure of T&T’s longest serving MP, Patrick Manning, would finally...
View ArticleBleak Christmas for oil-spill communities
Last Christmas there was no yuletide joy for oil-spill affected residents of Coffee Beach, La Brea, and this year, they say, it’s no different. This was evident when the T&T Guardian visited...
View ArticleThree illegal guns seized; five held
Chaguanas Police arrested five people and seized three guns and a quantity of ammunition in two separate incidents yesterday. Senior Superintendent Johnny Abraham said around 8 am officers from the...
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