Police, prison bodies walk out on CPO
Negotiating teams representing the Police and Prison Services yesterday stormed out of their meeting with the Chief Personnel Officer (CPO) Stephanie Lewis yesterday.In a telephone interview with the...
View ArticleTransport woes hit commuters
Commuters who usually use the Public Service Transport Corporation (PTSC) bus services this morning opted to heed the warnings that bus drivers were on a work-to-rule protest action and sought...
View ArticlePhotos: Commuters feel the heat, as PTSC drivers strike
Commuters across Trinidad were under pressure this morning, as the effect of a nationwide strike by bus drivers set in. Post by Trinidad Guardian.Seeking alternative transport, South commuters who...
View ArticleRowley hires Ramesh for E-mailgate defence
Opposition Leader Dr Keith Rowley last night revealed for the first time his private conversation with former Integrity Commission chairman Ken Gordon in the E-mailgate affair.He also said he had hired...
View ArticleQuestions remain over source of WASA contamination
The probe continues into the source of an oily substance that contaminated the Water and Sewerage Authority's Caroni Water Treatment Plant last week.A release issued today by the Environmental...
View ArticleZoo announces contest to name new tigers
A ticket to the zoo could get you a chance to name a tiger.The Emperor Valley Zoo has invited the public to name its newest babies, two white tiger cubs born in January.People wishing to participate...
View Article5,000 homes in 8 months
Housing Minister Dr Roodal Moonilal has unveiled an aggressive plan by the Government to distribute close to 5,000 homes over the remainder of this year, at a pace of 100 homes a week until year’s end....
View ArticleRamesh ‘not in bed with PNM’ but says: I am ready to defend Rowley
Despite accepting Opposition Leader Dr Keith Rowley’s offer to head his legal team for the impending lawsuit to be filed by Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar, former attorney general Ramesh...
View ArticleOpposition Leader on West: I had no idea Al-Rawi had sourced him as witness
Opposition Leader Dr Keith Rowley has accused Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar of having double standards in the handling of the David West witness-tampering controversy. He was speaking at a...
View ArticleLondon wants Baker fired
Tobago House of Assembly Chief Secretary Orville London is again calling for the firing of Minister of Tobago Development and Tobago West MP Dr Delmon Baker over a statement he made in a weekly paper...
View ArticleBoundary changes key to election, says Henry
One of this country’s leading pollster said the proposed changes to the electoral boundaries could be the single most important factor in determining the results of this year’s general election....
View ArticleEvicted by thugs from HDC home 6 years ago, Desperate mom seeking shelter
Six years after thugs drove her out of her Housing Development Corporation (HDC) apartment in Couva, Mary Paria is still homeless. The ailing woman is now desperately seeking a place to live so she can...
View ArticleArmour vs Jairam for law body head
Law Association president Seenath Jairam, SC, is going up against Reginald Armour, SC, and is seeking re-election to the post when the association’s elections are held on March 20. The notice of the...
View ArticleState’s main witness: Police pressured me
The State’s main witness in the Vindra Naipaul-Coolman murder trial, who claimed on Monday he never gave police a statement, changed his testimony yesterday, saying he was intimidated by police into...
View ArticleChevening scholar to local students: Follow your dream, not the money trail
When making a choice about your career, you should always follow your dreams. Never follow money, and if money is your dream, then you are lost. This was the advice from Chevening scholar, and winner...
View ArticleVideo: Protesters march from Chaguaramas to Port-of-Spain
Political parties and civil society groups are taking part in a joint protest that involves a march from Chaguaramas to Parliament.The march, which started this morning, is in part a protest against...
View ArticlePTSC negotiations on hold...pending approval by Howai
Salary negotiations between the Transport and Industrial Workers Union (TIWU) and Transport Minister Stephen Cadiz are expected to resume over the weekend.The delay comes after Cadiz indicated that...
View ArticleFresh probe ordered into discovery of Supreme Court documents in lawyer's office
A fresh police probe has been ordered into how several Supreme Court documents came to be discovered in the Port-of-Spain office of attorney Mark Seepersad in 2010.An initial investigation was launched...
View ArticleAppropriate thing to do
A five-year old sealed criminal investigation into how a box containing confidential Supreme Court documents ended up at the office of an attorney has been re-opened by the acting Commissioner of...
View ArticleEBC wants 10 boundary changes
The Elections and Boundaries Commission (EBC) has recommended boundary changes in 10 constituencies in North and South Trinidad, including San Fernando East, San Fernando West and Oropouche East, for...
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