Arima man first murder victim in Tobago for 2015
An Arima man is Tobago’s first murder victim for 2015. He has been identified as Vernon De Gannes, 40, of Mt Pleasant Local Road, Arima.According to police reports, De Gannes was killed around 6.30 pm...
View ArticleAnalyst: They need to compromise
The momentum the People’s National Movement has been building in the past few months has hit a snag as party groups and supporters in Diego Martin Central, Arima and Chaguanas East lock horns with the...
View Article‘Diego Central no safe seat for PNM’
Twelve of 19 Diego Martin Central (DMC) party groups and constituents will file a motion of no confidence against the People’s National Movement (PNM) constituency executive in two weeks.Lobbying for...
View ArticleNGC goes on the defensive
The National Gas Company (NGC) has gone on the defensive in the face of mounting criticisms over its alleged mismanagement of state funds as it outlined specific areas of its multi-million-dollar...
View ArticleNo cutbacks in housing, social programmes
Despite Moody’s Investors Services downgrade of T&T bond and issuer ratings, Housing Minister Dr Roodal Moonilal says there will be no cutbacks in the Government’s social and housing...
View ArticleMoody’s rating a bad sign
The party that forms the next government after this year’s general election will have a difficult task in managing the country’s financial crisis, according the Movement for Social Justice (MSJ) leader...
View ArticleFarmers cry victimisation
Los Iros farmers are now accusing state officials of facilitating a massive grab for beachfront property in their community.The lands were supposed to have been given to farmers who have been...
View ArticleTOP execs pay tribute to Coker
The Tobago Organisation of the People (TOP) has paid tribute to former party chairman and co-founder, Lionel Coker, whose funeral is scheduled for today at the Calvary Road Deliverance Tabernacle, Bon...
View ArticlePolls spell trouble for PP, analyst
The latest poll conducted in San Fernando West by Louis Bertrand of H.H.B and associates, which showed that incumbent MP Carolyn Seepersad-Bachan has a 60 per cent unfavourable rating, can spell...
View ArticleFitting farewell for female biker
Although sorrow filled motorcyclist Aislinn Mohammed’s home yesterday, the thunderous sound of motorcycles leading her coffin to the Preysal Cemetery was a fitting tribute to young rider’s...
View ArticleDana's friends are her Legacy
Ironic and sad. These were only two of the words used by close friend and former Magistrate Marcia Murray to describe the unsolved investigation into Dana Seetahal SC’s murder.During an interview at...
View ArticleGod is dead boring
My name is Kevin Baldeosingh and I’m probably Trinidad & Tobago’s best known atheist.I’m from South – Marabella. But I live now in Central. Where the Indos are more Indian but the same as Penal...
View ArticleCop injured at Borough Day
While there were not many reports of violence at Saturday’s Point Fortin Borough Day celebrations, an off-duty police officer almost died after being struck on his head with a brick.The incident...
View ArticleBritain's new princess named Charlotte Elizabeth Diana
LONDON (AP) — Britain's newborn princess has been named Charlotte Elizabeth Diana.The princess is the second child of Prince William and his wife Kate, the Duchess of Cambridge. The baby will be known...
View ArticleCops probe reported rape of student
kevon.felmine@guardian.co.ttAlthough a medical report on a 19-year-old sexual assault victim showed signs of physical abuse, investigators still aren’t sure whether she was actually raped.According to...
View ArticleSmall turnout for Dana's vigil
More than three dozen people gathered outside the Hall of Justice in Port-of-Spain on Sunday night to pay tribute to Senior Counsel Dana Seetahal on the one-year anniversary of her brutal murder. While...
View ArticleCudjoe gives maiden speech in Lambeau
People's National Movement (PNM) candidate for Tobago West Shamfa Cudjoe has described the People’s Partnership government led by Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar as "out of touch,""out of...
View ArticleDuke launches Tobago East campaign as independent candidate
Public Services Association (PSA) president Watson Duke says there is nothing in the labour union's constitution that debars him from running as an independent candidate for Tobago East in the upcoming...
View ArticleDad wants justice for wife and sons
Yet another family is calling for justice after a death in the public health sector.This time, however, Valerie Mc Bernie-Taylor’s family wants justice not only for her but her unborn twin sons after...
View ArticleMechanic on joyride crashes $m car
Police are looking for an auto mechanic who took a Nissan GTR supercar he was paid to service out for a joyride on Sunday and crashed it, destroying the vehicle completely. Businessman Imitiaz Edoo,...
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