Roadblock Gridlock: Sour start to work week for T&T commuters
Gridlock gripped hundreds of commuters this morning in north, south, central east and west Trinidad, and parts of Tobago.The Guardian understands commuters leaving San Fernando were delayed for up to...
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kevon.felmine@guardian.co.ttWhile many commuters were dealing with police roadblocks that caused standstill traffic across Tobago and Trinidad this morning, one Chaguanas Borough Corporation employee...
View ArticleMinister orders cops to stop rush hour roadblocks, after second day of...
Commuters' headaches over gridlock traffic caused by rush hour police roadblocks are one step closer to being over. National Security Minister Brigadier Carl Alfonso met with the executives of the...
View ArticleArmour steps down from Rowley's team
reshma.ragoonath@guardian.co.tt Opposition Leader Dr Keith Rowley’s legal team suffered another blow when Senior Counsel Reginald Armour withdrew himself as lead attorney in all court matters with the...
View ArticleBrace for afternoon rush hour headache
After a morning of horrible traffic, commuters were fleeing Port-of-Spain at midday. And taxi drivers on the Arima, Sangre Grande, Chaguanas and San Fernando taxi stands said they plan to do the same....
View ArticleBravo guest stars at UNC meeting; PM promises Marlenegate
Former West Indies captain Dwayne Bravo last night made a special appearance at the United National Congress’Monday Night Forum in Debe, hugging Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar at the end of her...
View ArticlePM to expose ‘Marlenegate’
Former West Indies captain Dwayne Bravo last night made a special appearance at the United National Congress’ Monday Night Forum in Debe, hugging Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar at the end of her...
View ArticleTobago grinds to a halt
A police exercise across Tobago yesterday caused major delays for commuters. Police were out as early as 5 am, setting up roadblocks on the Windward Road in Roxborough, Goodwood, Studley Park, Carnbee,...
View ArticlePolice executive in dark on nationwide roadblocks: ACP gets 14 days to find...
Acting Commissioner of Police Ann Marie Alleyne-Daly says yesterday’s nationwide roadblocks were not sanctioned by the leadership of the T&T Police Service. Speaking at a news conference at the...
View ArticleSeales hopes to make headway with CPO
While the Police Service Social and Welfare Association is expected to resume talks with Chief Personnel Officer Stephanie Lewis today in a bid for increased salaries, the membership is adamant that it...
View ArticleAlfonso as he meets police top brass on roadblocks: I don’t think it was...
National Security Minister Carl Alfonso yesterday endorsed acting Police Commissioner Ann Marie Alleyne-Daly’s apology to the public for yesterday’s traffic disruptions due to police roadblocks. He...
View ArticleSchools dismissed early
Yesterday’s nationwide roadblocks by police left thousands of workers and school children stranded in hours of gridlocked traffic which caused many to return home frustrated and upset. But those who...
View ArticleNow Armour quits Rowley’s team
Opposition Leader Dr Keith Rowley’s legal team suffered another blow yesterday as Senior Counsel Reginald Armour withdrew himself as lead attorney in all court matters with the PNM’s political leader....
View ArticleAfter allegations of flouting rules for ex-AG, T&TEC launches probe
The T&T Electricity Commission (T&TEC) has engaged auditing firm Ernst and Young Ltd to conduct an investigation into claims that it flouted rules in order to facilitate former Attorney General...
View ArticleRoadblocks cripple courts
Almost all the cases in High and Magistrates’ Courts in Port-of-Spain had to be postponed because of yesterday morning’s nationwide police roadblocks. Judges, magistrates, lawyers and even police...
View Article$750,000 bail for five students on ‘terrorism’ charges
Five students of a Islamic school in Cunupia who were arrested over the weekend for terrorising residents of Munroe Road, have been granted a total of $750,000 bail. Abdul Aleem Mohammed and Zaheer...
View ArticleNow Sancho bats for Bravo
Minister of Sport Brent Sancho is standing behind the decision by former West Indies Captain Dwayne Bravo to appear on the political platform of the United National Congress (UNC), saying Bravo was...
View ArticleTask force set up to tackle swine fever
Citizens are at risk of contracting infectious diseases from cows, says the permanent secretary in the Ministry of Food Production Richard Madray.Speaking at the opening ceremony of the Animal Disease...
View ArticleRowley apologises for sexist ‘cyat’ comment
GEISHA KOWLESSAR & RACHAEL ESPINETOpposition Leader Dr Keith Rowley last night apologised for the “dog and cyat” statement he made last week which has been seen by many as a sexist attack on women...
View ArticleI was there to support Sancho
Former West Indies cricket captain Dwayne Bravo yesterday allayed fears from some quarters that he may be joining the People’s Partnership Government.In dismissing concerns raised on social media that...
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