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Airport staff protest faulty gloves for Ebola
Public Services Association (PSA) president Watson Duke yesterday called for Health Minister Fuad Khan to step down, amid complaints that staff at Piarco Airport were given defective gloves to deal...
View ArticleHRM lawsuit against highway- Trial begins next year
The Highway Re-route Movement (HRM) will have to wait until next year for the trial of its lawsuit challenging the controversial Debe to Mon Desir segment of the Point Fortin Highway. High Court judge...
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Relief on the way for Savannah dwellers
Housing Development Corporation (HDC) chair Jearlean John says a ground-floor apartment will be available on Monday for a couple now camping in a tent in the Queen’s Park Savannah, Port-of-Spain....
View ArticleHackett: Forensic audit of LifeSport needed
Deputy Commissioner of Police (Crime) Glen Hackett says the police will most likely need to commission a forensic audit of the scrapped LifeSport programme in order to help them conclude their...
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Robbery video stuns country
Crime Watch host Ian Alleyne shocked many viewers this week when he aired disturbing footage of a father and his three-year-old daughter being robbed at gunpoint by bandits as they were about to enter...
View ArticleEnergy Minister: T&T unfazed by falling oil prices
The Caribbean’s largest fossil fuel producing nation is unfazed by the falling price of oil. Energy Minister Kevin Ramnarine yesterday said analysis submitted to Cabinet on Thursday shows that gas is...
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‘Mediation? I am not sure what a mediation is?’
Executive Chairman of the National Infrastructure Development Company (Nidco) Dr Carson Charles has described environmental activist Dr Wayne Kublalsingh as a street fighter. The Nidco top honcho also...
View ArticlePresident should seek professional help
One of the main, ongoing responsibilities of presidents of T&T under the Republican Constitution is the appointment of citizens of the country to offices and bodies, established by statute, that...
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Caricom heads talk Ebola strategy
Caricom’s heads of government will hold a special meeting on the Ebola virus and chikungunya disease here on Tuesday, a release from the Office of the Prime Minister said yesterday. The release said...
View ArticleRobbery suspect shot dead by security guard
Three bandits went to commit a robbery at a Gasparillo restaurant on Saturday night, but only two came out alive after one of them was shot dead by a security guard. The surviving suspects were...
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Khan denies trying to influence cocaine surgery case
Health Minister Dr Fuad Khan has admitted to being a very close friend of Dr Dinesh Ariyanayagam, the surgeon at the centre of a controversial procedure in which 17 cocaine pellets were allegedly...
View ArticleNo witnesses, valid evidence in case—Griffith
National Security Minister Gary Griffith said yesterday the controversial surgery performed on a patient to remove 17 cocaine pellets is a either a massive fabrication or a massive cover-up. He made...
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FBI closing in on ex-Fifa bosses
Former Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (Concacaf) executive member Chuck Blazer, once a close friend and confidant of Jack Warner, spent months compiling...
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Impact will be big—ecologist
“I feel compelled to say the environmental impacts have not been properly studied.” This is the conclusion arrived at by one ecologist who presented information before the Joint Consultative Council...
View ArticleStill no sign of Paria family
Law enforcement officers searched the Blanchisseuse forest for several hours yesterday, but there was still no sign of a family of four from Paria who disappeared under mysterious circumstances over a...
View Article23 per cent of teens smoke
A report from the Ministry of Health shows that almost a quarter of the T&T young people between the ages of 15 and 24 are smokers. The results of the survey were revealed by County Medical Officer...
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Teacher injures boy, 9, at Vance River RC
A Point Fortin mother is calling for the immediate suspension of a male teacher at the Vance River RC school who allegedly collared her nine-year-old son, violently shook him and hit his head on a wall...
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She sells seashell earrings from the seashore
As told to BC PiresMy name is Linda Daniel and I make jewels from coconut pieces, coral, seashells and haematite stone I find on the beach in Tobago.I come from a small family: my mom, my stepfather,...
View ArticlePre-action letters a last resort
Before filing a civil claim, the court expects that parties comply with pre-action protocols to act reasonably in exchanging relevant information and documents and in trying to avoid litigation....
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Antigua/Barbuda PM on Ebola: Caricom must stand together
Caribbean leaders have adopted a ten-point plan of action to ensure the deadly Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) does not reach the region. Cuba is also expected to play an integral part in the initiative. The...
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