Parliament in 5th session Monday
Friday, August 1, 2014Monday’s opening of the new session of Parliament will not be a ceremonial one since Government wants to settle down to work due to a hectic agenda ahead, says PP House leader...
View ArticleTwo charged with killing ex-teacher
Friday, August 1, 2014Two men appeared before a Sangre Grande magistrate yesterday charged with murdering 62-year-old former school teacher and gardener John Ramoutar. The men—Arnold Ashton 19 and...
View ArticleResidents suffering from oil spill
Friday, August 1, 2014Sharlene RampersadDespite assurances from several press releases from State-owned Petrotrin in the past two days stating its latest oil spill is “being contained,” residents of...
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I am disappointed, distressed, says PM
Friday, August 1, 2014FLASHBACK: Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar congratulates former sport minister Anil Roberts following his response during Life Sport debate in the House of Representatives...
View ArticleWhat Anil said
Friday, August 1, 2014Following is the resignation letter of former sport minister Anil Roberts which he penned to the Prime Minister yesterday. To: Honourable Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar:
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MSJ praises power of people
Friday, August 1, 2014The Movement for Social Justice (MSJ) yesterday praised the power of the people following the resignation of Anil Roberts. Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar made the...
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Anil: PM buckled under pressure
Friday, August 1, 2014Shaliza HassanaliPrime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar, centre, receives the Child Protection Task Force report yesterday from the organisation’s chairman, Diana Mahabir Wyatt,...
View ArticleAl-Rawi: He should have been fired
Friday, August 1, 2014Geisha KowlessarAnil Roberts should have been fired rather than having to resign. This was the collective cry of the PNM and trade union leaders following the announcement by...
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After mounting calls Anil quits
Friday, August 1, 2014Reshma RagoonathFormer sport minister, Anil Roberts, is comforted by his wife, Shandell, during an interview with the T&T Guardian at the home of a friend in Diego Martin...
View ArticleBacchanal in Carnival came from Emancipation—Historian
Friday, August 1, 2014Kalifa ClyneThe nudity, misbehaviour and bacchanal which characterise modern Carnival celebrations are not that different from what was seen at post-Emancipation celebrations. So...
View ArticleArmy close to wrapping up GML probe
Friday, August 1, 2014The Regiment says it is near to completing its investigation into why soldiers were parked outside Guardian building and questioning of a security guard about a car which was...
View ArticleWelder dies after shooting
Friday, August 1, 2014A Chaguanas welder who went out with friends on the Eid-ul-Fitr holiday on Tuesday and was shot about the body died at the Eric Williams Medical Complex one day later. According...
View ArticleMosque chairman: Malala was not banned
Friday, August 1, 2014Rhondor DowlatEducation advocate Malala Yousafzai, 17, was not banned from speaking at the Masjid un Nur in Carapichaima during Eid prayers on Tuesday. Chairman of the Working...
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PM notably absent again as Emancipation Day march fills city streets
Saturday, August 2, 2014Geisha KowlessarMembers of the Civilian Conservation Corp chant Bob Marley's 'Redemption Song' along Independence Square, Port-of-Spain, during yesterday's annual Emancipation...
View ArticleGhanaian loses bid to stay in T&T
Saturday, August 2, 2014Dereck AchongImmigration officials have been given a two month deadline to deport an illegal immigrant from Ghana who has failed in his bid to stay in T&T while seeking...
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PM visits family of highway crash victims
Saturday, August 2, 2014Sascha WilsonPrime Minister Kamla Persad Bissessar, centre, prays with orphan brothers Rikash Ramcharan, left, and Nigel during her visit to their home at Rochard Road, Penal on...
View ArticleNobel nominee calls out world leaders on Gaza
Saturday, August 2, 2014Two-time Nobel Peace Prize nominee Malala Yousafzai has slammed world leaders for their apparent silence over the ongoing killing of children and innocent civilians in Gaza by...
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UTT to offer two Malala fund full scholarships
Saturday, August 2, 2014Taureef MohammedTwo full scholarships will be awarded to girls from developing countries to study in T&T, which, Malala Yousafzai says, is an example for the world.
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NIB planning for pension bomb
Sunday, August 3, 2014Natalie BriggsNIB staff register members of the public for their Pension Ready packages.From 2015 to 2020, 127,000 people between the ages of 55 to 59 will become eligible for...
View ArticleDC Tent Rentals boss goes into hiding
Sunday, August 3, 2014Shaliza HassanaliDavoughn Cummings, who earned $5.5 million in less than two years renting tents, tables, chairs and portable toilets to the controversial Life Sport programme,...
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