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Caribbean chikungunya deaths hit 113
The number of deaths linked to the chikungunya virus is estimated at 113. And all of the fatalities are reported in the Caribbean.
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BrightPath Foundation brings TechLink to T&T
Gerard BestSecondary school teachers and students will be immersed in a day of technology gadgets, spacemen and science experiments when the BrightPath TechLink progr
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Walcott appointed as CEO of TSTT
Irving WardRonald Walcott has been appointed new hief executive of majority state-owned TSTT.
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ICC chooses Henderson for war crimes case against Gbagbo
Former Director of Public Prosecutions Geoffrey Henderson was named by the International Crimina
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Two schools shut down
Radica SookrajTwo schools in Port-of-Spain have been shut down because of several confirmed cases of the chikungunya virus. Sources said that the Newtown Boys’ and Girls’ RC Schools were closed...
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Holly remembered for ‘giving nature’
Peter Ray BloodMembers of the media turned out in their numbers yesterday for the funeral of popular radio personality Holly Thomas at St Theresa’s RC Church, Woodbrook. Thomas’ eulogy was delivered...
View ArticleTCL shareholders withdraw lawsuit
Derek AchongA group of Trinidad Cement Ltd (TCL) minority shareholders has decided to withdraw its year-old lawsuit which served as the catalyst for the recent removal of management at the Claxton...
View ArticleEbola scare at Mt Hope
Rhondor DowlatThere was an Ebola scare at the Eric Williams Medical Sciences Complex, Mt Hope, yesterday when a Trinidadian man who recently visited Equatorial Guinea was brought into the Accident and...
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AG dons robes over ILP’s lawsuit
Derek AchongThe Independent Liberal Party (ILP) now faces the prospect that its lawsuit challenging the controversial Constitution (Amendment) Bill may be dismissed before getting off the ground.
View ArticleChanges please Debe residents
Radica SookrajWhile activist Dr Wayne Kublalsingh continues his hunger strike, Debe residents are supporting minor adjustments being made to the controversial Debe to Mon Desir section of the Point...
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Kublalsingh on second day of hunger strike: PM handling it wrong
Geisha KowlessarLeader of the Highway Re-Route Movement Dr Wayne Kublalsingh said Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar is wrong in her handling of the disputed Debe to Mon Desir leg of the Point...
View ArticleRowley: Lawyers will benefit most
Opposition Leader Dr Keith Rowley and Opposition Senator Faris Al-Rawi say they are ready for the commission of enquiry into the construction of the Las Alturas Towers housing complex in Morvant. B
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Probe into failed housing project
Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar yesterday announced the establishment of a commission of enquiry into the construction of the Housing Development Corporation’s (HDC) Las Alturas Towers housin
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Al Rawi: Land slippage could not be predicted
Richard LordOpposition Senator Faris Al Rawi told journalists it would have been impossible to know about land slippage at the site of the Las Alturas housing project in Morvant before 2009. Al Rawi...
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Dick-Forde on Las Alturas fisaco: I was the minister
Former housing, planning and the environment minister Emily Dick-Forde says when the contract for the second phase of the Las Alturas housing development was signed between the Housing Development
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Life Sport ghost raised yet again
Gail AlexanderFifteen acres of state land at Ravine Sable, Sangre Grande, which were “bequeathed” by one Ishmael Shah to Hassan Ali, of Malabar, in 2000, are associated with money laundering, terrorist...
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Mom seeks justice after losing twins
In a heartbreaking story this week, a mother brought her daughter, Jillian Murray, to chat with Crime Watch host Ian Alleyne, after she lost her twins at the Mt Hope Women’s Hospital on September 1
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Claxton Bay residents angry about bridge
Claxton Bay residents are appealing to Works Minister Suruj Rambachan to speed up repairs to a main bridge leading to their community. Their fears grew once again on Thursday, after more than 200 r
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Maraval schools stay closed
Derek AchongAlmost a month after the start of the school term, students of two private schools, whose controversial relocation to Maraval has been blocked, will remain home as a legal battle over...
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Gafoor echoes CJ’s call for control of funds
Jensen La VendePiggy-backing on the call by the Chief Justice Ivor Archie for greater financial autonomy for the Judiciary, chairman of the Tax Appeal Board Justice Anthony Gafoor yesterday called for...
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