Guardian Poll: Rowley ‘the best candidate’
A new poll in the marginal constituency of Tunapuna has found that while Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar and Opposition Leader Dr Keith Rowley are running neck-and-neck in personal favourability...
View ArticleTwo years without uniforms, prisons officers call for probe
Prisons officers have not received uniforms to carry out their official duties at the nation’s prions for the past two years. In the absence of uniforms, prisons officers have no recourse but to wear...
View ArticleHormone-free chicken farm in T&T by year-end
By the end of this year, the first antibiotic-free and hormone-free chicken farm is expected to be established in T&T. The idea is being hatched by founder of Blooms Imports, businessman Jason...
View ArticleTTUTA threatens action ...if ECCE teachers don’t get pay hike
The T&T Unified Teachers Association (TTUTA) plans to take action if 263 Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) teachers who work with Servol do not get salary increases.Representatives of TTUTA...
View ArticlePM taking her time on election date: Last man to do that lost
Supporters who were eager to hear an election date at the United National Congress’ 26th Anniversary Celebration in Couva yesterday left disappointed last night, after Prime Minister Kamla Persad...
View ArticleEx-MP walks at Beetham: Hinds wants 16,000 votes
Opposition People’s National Movement Laventille West candidate Fitzgerald Hinds is seeking to get 16,000 votes from the constituency in upcoming general elections. Hinds confirmed the figure yesterday...
View ArticleWitness’ call to cops saves kidnap victims
Four men and one teenager are now in police custody following a robbery and kidnapping in Chaguaramas early yesterday. According to police reports, at about 12.30 am two couples were robbed by five men...
View ArticleWoman in court after $28m drug bust in Tobago
A 39-year-old woman employed as a cleaner at the THA’s Division of Infrastructure and Public Utilities’ Unemployment Relief Programme (URP) is expected to appear in the Scarborough Magistrates’ Court...
View ArticleCop held in bribe sting
A Siparia police constable has been arrested for allegedly accepting a $500 bribe from a man whom he arrested with two cocaine rocks in March and subsequently released without charge. Today, the...
View ArticlePublic should call CCJ’s fate
There should be a nationwide referendum to determine T&T’s final court of appeal. This was the unanimous view of the panellists at a public education programme on whether the Caribbean Court of...
View ArticleHDC lottery winners admit Pros and cons to method used
Some applicants for Housing Development Corporation (HDC) units believe that the recent lottery draw used to generate names for houses may not be fair to those who have been on a waiting list for...
View ArticleLife’s a Beach—with Bob
My name is Stuart Saldenah and I am a cashier in a gourmet grocery store.I’m from Diamond Vale. I went to St Anthony’s College. I was happy there, I wouldn’t lie. I did well but, honestly, I’m not a...
View ArticleBusy weekend for NEDTF
North Eastern Division Task Force (NEDTF) officers have arrested two suspects in connection with the latest murder in their division. The victim has been identified as Gerald Nelson, 43, of Second...
View ArticleRowley pledges major reform
Trinidad and Tobago will see sweeping reforms in the way the country is governed should the People’s National Movement become the next government following the 2015 general election, its political...
View ArticleCheaper fuel has airlines soaring to record profits
DALLAS—For airlines, the record profits keep coming, thanks to cheaper jet fuel. Like motorists, airlines have been saving money at the pump since oil prices began plunging last summer. Even with a...
View ArticleDiego Central could be Rowley's choice
Political leader of the Opposition PNM, Dr Keith Rowley may have to exercise his constitutional authority, this evening, to recommend a candidate for Diego Martin Central.Sources say this may happen if...
View ArticleJuror issue halts trial again
Hearings of the trial of 12 men accused of murdering businesswoman Vindra Naipaul-Coolman has been adjourned for the rest of this week because of yet another juror-related issue. Prosecutors were...
View Article3 lovers unite during autopsy
A bond was formed between three women at the Forensic Science Centre, St James, yesterday, after they all arrived at the facility teary-eyed to claim the remains of the same man, Lennox “Chin” Gibson,...
View ArticleMan ‘in the life’ murdered
Although he was “in the life,” the aunt of Shaquille Corrindon, who was shot in the head last Friday and died the following day, said he was not deserving of a bullet to the back of the head,...
View ArticleBusiness wanted to hear PP’s plans
Planning Minister Dr Bhoe Tewarie said yesterday that a meeting between Government ministers and businessmen, which was held at the Country Club, Maraval, last Friday, was not a fund-raiser but had...
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