Thursday, June 12, 2014
Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar said yesterday she had given an order to “unleash the dogs of war” against criminals. Speaking at the official opening of the Piarco Police Station yesterday,
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PM gives order against criminals: Unleash the dogs of war
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Unwilling goodbyes for baby Matai
Thursday, June 12, 2014
Relatives console the parents of baby Matai Phillip (inset), national goalkeeper Marvin Phillip, centre, and Lesley-Ann Halls, right, during the funeral service for their son at the Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church, Gasparillo, yesterday. PHOTO: RISHI RAGOONATH
National footballer Marvin Phillip knelt in the church where his son was christened four months ago, holding onto the infant’s small coffin, unwilling to say goodbye
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Report on baby Simeon’s death: Discipline doctor
Thursday, June 12, 2014
Cuban nurses look at maps of Trinidad which they received in kits during the Ministry of Health foreign health care professionals orientation at the Radisson Hotel, Wrightson Road, Port-of-Spain, yesterday. PHOTO: ROBERTO CODALLO
The report of the independent committee which investigated the circumstances surrounding the death of infant Simeon Cottle has alluded to negligence by medical pract
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Map: Police killings for 2014 (by police division)
Thursday, June 12, 2014
There have been 26 police killings for 2014, of which 19 are under investigation by the Police Complaints Auth
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Anil safe for now
Friday, June 13, 2014
Sports Minister Anil Roberts
Sports Minister Anil Roberts has told Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar he has never used drugs, including marijuana, during his tenure as minister and “never taken, used or experimented with i
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Opposition forces: PM will pay price
Friday, June 13, 2014
The Prime Minister has tried to exculpate Sport Minister Anil Roberts, says People’s National Movement (PNM) PRO Faris Al-Rawi. He made the comment moments after the PM announced that she was takin
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Student puts Hamel-Smith in hot seat: Why is Anil still in Govt?
Friday, June 13, 2014
Senate President Timothy Hamel-Smith was put in the hot seat by a student during a function yesterday, after she asked him why Sport Minister Anil Roberts had not been fired from the Cabinet. The q
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3 desperate moms camp outside HDC hoping for homes
Friday, June 13, 2014
Three desperate single mothers and their six children occupied the doorsteps of the Housing Development Corporation’s head office, South Quay, Port-of-Spain, yesterday, in the hope that authorities
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Samba sizzles the city
Friday, June 13, 2014
Brazilian ambassador to T&T Paulo Bozzi issued a last-minute cancellation yesterday afternoon and instead sent his deputy to officially “open” the World Cup at a packed bar in Woodbrook. Accord
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Birdie accepts award in song
Friday, June 13, 2014
Any doubts as to whether the Mighty Sparrow’s signature bravado was still intact were quickly erased on Wednesday evening when he was awarded the country’s highest honour — the Order of T&T.
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Candlelight vigil for return of 230 abducted girls
Friday, June 13, 2014
Powerful Ladies of T&T (PLOTT), an association of female business executives, will hold a candlelight vigil and an hour of silence for the abduction of 230 girls by the Islamic militant group B
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Habitat for Humanity hosts Circle of Hope
Friday, June 13, 2014
Habitat for Humanity T&T (HFHTT) will undertake its first major advocacy initiative in the form of a Circle of Hope in partnership with the T&T Heart Foundation (TTHF).
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Cabinet not helping PM take country forward
Friday, June 13, 2014
We are at the mid-way point of the year of promise, success and true happiness. A lot can be said about 2013 to justify what we are seeing today, but let us not dwell in the past.
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‘Mailbox politics’ a future offence
Saturday, June 14, 2014
St Joseph MP Terrance Deyalsingh and Minister of State in the Ministry of Works and Infrastructure, Stacy Roopnarine, speak on their cell phones during the lunch break at yesterday’s sitting of Parliament. PHOTO: SHIRLEY BAHADUR
Certain aspects of Government’s proposed cyber-crime legislation will outlaw “mailbox politics”, where people claim to mysteriously get
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Stiff penalties for perpetrators
Saturday, June 14, 2014
Griffith said in 2011 an inter-ministerial committee began developing a national cyber security strategy, which was approved in 2012. He said it would be an offence if
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Anil’s suspension remains
Saturday, June 14, 2014
Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar chats with Sport Minister Anil Roberts during yesterday's sitting of the House of Representatives at Tower D, International Waterfront, Port-of-Spain. PHOTO: SHIRLEY BAHADUR
Congress of the People chair, Public Administration Minister Carolyn Seepersad-Bachan, says she is disappointed by the decision of Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar
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Media main target of PP’s new cyber laws—Deyalsingh
Saturday, June 14, 2014
Opposition MP Terrence Deyalsingh says media workers will be facing heavy fines and jail terms for breaches under the new cybercrime legislation being debated in Parlia
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RBC guards axed for private firm
Saturday, June 14, 2014
Angry former security guards from RBC Royal Bank yesterday protested outside the bank’s Independence Square, Port-of-Spain, branch to ex
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Mystery bullet strikes Pancho
Saturday, June 14, 2014
Resturanteur Parmanand “Pancho” Yarna at his new outlet on Edward Street, Port-of-Spain last month. PHOTO: SHIRLEY BAHADUR
Popular restaurateur Parmanand “Pancho” Yarna was wounded in an early morning shooting in Port-of-Spain yesterday. Sixty-year-old Yarna remained warded at the Port-of S
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AG wants approval of anti-crime weapons
Saturday, June 14, 2014
T&T has more “cold” crime cases than “hot” ones and there’s been a marked increase in drug mules passing through T&T, Attorney G
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