Indian High Commissioner: Carnival my number one memory
Sunday, July 28, 2013Indian High Commissioner to Trinidad and Tobago Malay MishraT&T politicians need not be so confrontational in the discharging of their duties, whether in government or the...
View ArticleEconomists, analyst on return of property tax: PP to face political backlash
Shaliza HassanaliSunday, July 28, 2013Economist Selby WilsonIf and when the People’s Partnership Government implements property tax it is likely to lead to a political fallout.
View Article‘Kamlamania’ dead says ILP executive
Yvonne BaboolalWednesday, July 31, 2013Independent Liberal Party (ILP) executive member Inshan Ishmael is not happy with the present composition of the People’s Partnership Go
View ArticleAccident victim wants to sue ‘AG’s driver’
SHASTRI BOODANWednesday, July 31, 2013Garth DavidGarth David, one of two men who were injured in an accident involving a vehicle in Attorney General Anand Ramlogan’s security detail, sa
View Article‘People put me in power’
Gail AlexanderWednesday, July 31, 2013United NationalCongress (UNC) St Joseph MPHerbert Volney, who resignedfrom the UNC with immediateeffect yesterday, says he is notgiving up the seat.And he’s not...
View ArticlePartap guilty, fined $5,000
Derek AchongWednesday, July 31, 2013Former junior national security minister Colin Partap, right, leaves the Port-of-Spain Magistrates Court with his attorneys Ravi Rajcoomar, left and Jagdeo Singh...
View ArticleMan gets 15 years for crushing wife’s skull with rock
Derek AchongWednesday, July 31, 2013A 38-year-old man, who admitted to crushing his common-law wife’s head with a rock after she danced with strangers during a Carnival fet
View ArticleRival gangs war over Nelson Street contract
Wednesday, July 31, 2013A couple of tourists pass police officers along Duncan Street, Port-of-Spain, yesterday, hours after warring gangs confronted each other over a contract. PHOTO : MARCUS...
View ArticleCops seek help to ID woman found dead in D’Abadie
Wednesday, July 31, 2013Homicide detectives are seeking the public’s assistance in identifying a woman who was found murdered in D’Abadie, yesterday. The victim, who police said was in her 20s and of...
View ArticleEmancipation celebrations start with a roar
Joshua SurteesWednesday, July 31, 2013The Queen's Park Savannah in Port-of-Spain, usually an oasis of calm at lunchtime, was buzzing Monday with the sound of drumming, singin
View ArticleFather of two shot dead by ‘friends’
Kevon FelmineTuesday, August 6, 2013A jovial lime among friends ended tragically when a San Fernando father of two was shot dead at his home on Sunday night. Grap
View ArticleRowdy passenger taken off CAL flight
Wesley GibbingsTuesday, August 6, 2013A Caribbean Airlines (CAL) flight bound for Guyana out of Piarco International Airport was delayed for close to half-an-hour yesterday, after a New York-based Guyana
View ArticleWarner: Shorten govt’s term in office
Tuesday, August 6, 2013Independent Liberal Party (ILP) leader Jack Warner says government’s term in office should be shortened. “With all the talk of constitutional reform, I am beginning to seriously...
View ArticlePlea from pulpit to Jack, mayor: Celebrate your differences
Tuesday, August 6, 2013Former independent senator Rev Daniel Teelucksingh says parliamentarians must celebrate each other’s differences, as the citizens of T&T were told to do the same during...
View ArticlePolice find guns, marijuana in forested area
Derek AchongTuesday, August 6, 2013Police raided a forested area of Santa Cruz on Sunday and found two illegal guns they believe may be linked to two sets of murders which took place last week and ove
View ArticleEarthquake hits northwest Trinidad
Tuesday, August 6, 2013Image courtesy: The University of the West Indies, Seismic Research Centre.A 4.1-magnitude earthquake struck near Trinidad at 10.56 am on August 6. At this time, we are not aware...
View ArticleWhen parenting kills
Caroline C RavelloWednesday, August 7, 2013This is a photo of Daniel Pelka—the four-year-old boy who was starved and beaten to death in Coventry, UK. His mother and stepfather were sentenced to a...
View ArticleCops unhappy with George
Geisha KowlessarWednesday, August 7, 2013As far as the Police Service Social and Welfare Association is concerned National Security Minister Emmanuel George has done nothing for
View ArticleTOP chairman quits
Wednesday, August 7, 2013Leader of the Tobago Organisation of the People (TOP) Ashworth Jack says the resignation of party chairman Lionel Coker is a wake-up call for the party to “buckle down
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