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PNM chooses Berkley, Cudjoe for Tobago seats
The 2015 general elections political campaign has officially started in Tobago. On March 8, People's National Movement (PNM) chair Frankyn Khan annouced the names of the candidates for the two Tobago...
View ArticleGo-slow by police, prison hits Port-of-Spain court
The Port-of-Spain Magistrates' Court was disrupted on March 9 by a go-slow by police and Prison Guards. Case after case was adjourned because police officers who were state complainants did not show...
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‘Blue’ Flu attacks security forces: CPO under fire again
Hundreds of officers under the branch of National Security yesterday made good on threats and stayed away from duty. Officers from the Fire, Prisons and Police Services called in “sick” from Sunday...
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Scores wait in line to apply for HDC homes
Scores of applicants gathered outside the Housing Development Corporation (HDC) at South Quay, Port-of-Spain, yesterday, hoping they will be chosen for a new government home. This comes after Housing...
View Article14 PSA workers walk out PoS office
Public Service Association (PSA) president Watson Duke has been slammed by his own employees who complained of being forced to work in “sick buildings.” Duke, who is known for being vocal over poor...
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Visiting Saudis hold project talks with THA
A Saudi Arabian team which leaves T&T today after exploring local business potential has visited Tobago and will be dealing further with Tobago House of Assembly (THA) chief secretary Orville...
View ArticleEngineer: HDC gave us no drainage info
Absolutely no documents or drawings detailing the drainage and sewer systems for the Las Alturas housing project were ever presented to Trintoplan engineer Andrea Claire Abel for review by the Housing...
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Wage talks with cops hit snag again CPO not budging
Talks between the Police Service Social and Welfare Association and the Chief Personnel Officer reached a stalemate yesterday, with the association describing meetings with the CPO as a waste of time....
View ArticleSouth cops almost out in full force
Only nine officers did not report for duty in T&T Police Service’s Southern Division yesterday, despite a threat from all the major arms of national security that there would be a day of rest and...
View ArticleCourts disrupted by action
The Magistrates Court in Port-of-Spain was upended yesterday, with many cases being adjourned because police and prisons officers had engaged in a planned sickout. Case after case was adjourned to a...
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Woman tells of being lost at sea: I survived on ice and water
Surviving only on ice and water for three days, the 11 Trinidadians and two Jamaicans who were lost at sea never lost hope though choppy waters threatened to capsize their boat. With her skin tanned...
View ArticlePolice sickout 'no threat to public safety'
Blue flu is still in effect.Divisional heads of the T&T Police Service say they weren't badly affected by the mass sick-out action, but Prison and Fire Services both reported low staff...
View ArticleSecurity forces sick out across island
Security personnel in Tobago stayed away from work for a second day. On March 10, Police, Fire and Prison officers continued a sickout action over stalled salary negotiations. At the Roxborough Police...
View ArticleSir faces legal battle
Alfaz Hosein, the teacher at the centre of a stand-off with the Parent Teachers Association over allegations of misconduct at the San Fernando TML Primary School, was forced to vacate the premises...
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Video: Man cow-ties woman over stolen peppers
A video of a man herding a Gasparillo woman through a farming community with a rope tied around her body has sparked outrage among social media users.The video was posted to Facebook by Moruga...
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New leads in case of missing designer
Police say they have new leads in the disappearance of missing businessman Kirby Mohammed, but up to yesterday no one had been held.Investigators said the search for Mohammed and his white Nissan AD...
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73-year-old graduates in computer literacy
Some 312 participants, including a 73-year-old woman, on Monday graduated from a computer literacy class hosted by the National Poverty Reduction and Eradication Programmes Coordinating...
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Hunting ban to be lifted
While hunting associations are happy that the two-year hunting moratorium will be lifted in October, they are concerned that government has not addressed the critical problem of poaching. Prime...
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Rowley supports Antigua over T&T
The Opposition PNM is supporting Antigua’s proposed candidate for the post of Commonwealth secretary general and has called on the Prime Minister to withdraw T&T’s proposed candidate, Planning...
View ArticleUdecott refused to cut number of units
The Urban Development Company of T&T (Udecott) refused two proposals in 2005 from project managers Planning Associates Limited (PAL) to reduce the number of apartment units in the Las Alturas...
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