Duke warns of repercussions
Concerned by the various incidents of violence against health care workers, president of the Public Services Association (PSA), Watson Duke, has warned that they will be closely monitoring the...
View ArticlePupils back in school
Pupils of Princes Town ASJA Primary School returned to classes yesterday after their parents kept them away for the first week of the new school term because of electrical problems at the school.While...
View ArticleWanted cop held in court
Police officer Ronnie Sahadeo, for whom a warrant was issued last week, was arrested in the San Fernando High Court yesterday when he appeared on a charge of assault and larceny before Justice Gillian...
View ArticleCWC to beam Olympics to 15 million in region
More than 15 million people across the Caribbean will benefit from a strategic broadcast rights deal agreed and signed between Cable and Wireless Communications and CANOC Broadcasting Inc to televise...
View ArticleOWTU steps up call for probe into Soldado project
The Oilfields Workers’ Trade Union (OWTU) stepped up its call for an investigation into allegations of criminal activity relating to the South West Soldado Development project at Petrotrin when it met...
View ArticleNOC director: We knew of roadblocks
Director of the National Operations Centre (NOC) Garvin Heera says his agency was aware of the police roadblocks before they were implemented on March 23.He said so in an interview in response to...
View ArticleFive dogs for blind finally arrive in T&T
After a week long delay, two Labrador dogs and three pups have been brought into T&T from Germany to assist blind people.The animals were kept in quarantine in Curacao since last week and because...
View ArticleAutopsy on first-time mom shows 13 gallstones led to infection
An autopsy performed on the body of first-time mom Keisha Ayers has revealed had 13 gallstones in her bladder which caused an infection. It also revealed she developed blood clots.The autopsy was done...
View ArticleRelatives claim man killed as he gave up
Relatives of Avalon Sanchez, who, along with Kevin Thomas, was killed by police last week, yesterday claimed Sanchez was killed as he was surrendering to police.Speaking outside the Forensic Science...
View ArticleCar dealer ambushed, slain
The red motorcycle believed to be the getaway vehicle used by the men who murdered central businessman Mark Mohammed was found abandoned in St Augustine yesterday afternoon.According to police reports,...
View ArticleFarrell tells Karen sorry
The Integrity Commission wrote to former Finance Minister Karen Nunez-Tesheira in November 2011 admitting it made an error in submitting a report to the DPP alleging that she committed an offence under...
View ArticleFire guts Woodbrook house
Seven people are homeless after a fire destroyed their Petra Street, Woodbrook home, LoopTT reported.The fire started around 6 pm, leaving the wooden structure completely gutted within 10 minutes.A...
View ArticlePM: No job cuts if PP returned to power
Despite fluctuating oil and gas prices, Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar promises there will not no cutback of jobs and development programmes if the People’s Partnership is re-elected into...
View ArticleMan fatally shot in Barataria
A 44-year-old man was fatally injured last night following a shootout in the Barataria area.According to police reports around 10pm officers attached to the Morvant CID and Hotspot Patrol responded to...
View ArticleThreat to shut down landfills over wages
Daily paid workers from the Solid Waste Management Company Limited (SWMCOL) are demanding an increase in wages or the country’s landfills may be shut down.Members of the Industrial General and...
View ArticleThree more murdered
RACHAEL ESPINET and RHONDOR DOWLATThree men were killed In T&T between Monday night and yesterday in three separate incidents. In the first incident, police said Nigel “Kumo” George, 44, was killed...
View ArticlePostal workers step up protest action
Scores of workers from the T&T Postal Workers Union (TTPWU) yesterday gathered outside the Chief Personnel Officer’s (CPO) St Vincent Street, Port-of-Spain, offices to protest against stalled wage...
View ArticleNow they playing lovey-dovey with PNM
Despite the People’s Partnership saving three trade unions from decertification in 2010, the Joint Trade Union Movement (JTUM) says the UNC has betrayed workers of T&T.Speaking at the Peoples...
View ArticleBlame the PP Govt
The Government could have directed last Friday’s Parliament agenda to debate several motions which the Opposition PNM had filed, before the PNM walked out on Government’s no-confidence motion against...
View ArticleHealth officials reach out to grieving dad
As investigations continue into the death of first-time mother, Keisha Ayers, officials of the North West Regional Authority (NWRHA) has reached out to the common-law-husband, Juma Charles.TT Guardian...
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