Matt: Highway ads an attack on media
The Media Association of Trinidad and Tobago (Matt) has expressed “serious concern” over the advertising campaign being run by a group called Citizens 4D Highway. MATT described the campaign as an...
View ArticleMinister on Rowley’s claims: We are just mordernising public service
Public Administration Minister Carolyn Seepersad-Bachan says the Government is not interfering in the recruitment and selection of individuals for permanent (established and pensionable) positions in...
View ArticleBring back my ‘heart’
The grandfather of the missing one-year-old child from Brasso Seco is calling on whoever has his “heart”, as he called her, or has information on her whereabouts to divulge it so that the family and...
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Cop shot but 2 robbers killed
JENSEN LA VENDE and SHARLENE RAMPERSADPolice have shot and killed two suspected robbers in two separate incidents in north and south Trinidad. The first incident took place in Couva on Monday afternoon...
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Ramadhar on Govt, HRM impasse: Mediation in doubt
Legal Affairs Minister Prakash Ramadhar yesterday expressed doubt that mediation efforts were possible in the current impasse between Government and the Highway Re-Route Movement (HRM). Speaking to...
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Project designed for 1,600 cars an hour
The man whose expertise lies at the centre of the Solomon Hochoy Highway extension to Point Fortin, Dr Rae Furlonge, amid all the controversy, stands by the design. Furlonge, a senior traffic engineer,...
View ArticleHomeless couple refuse old home
Even though former national lightweight boxer Wendell Joseph and his disabled wife Erica have been living rough in the Queen’s Park Savannah for 39 days, the couple have refused an offer by the Housing...
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Flawed discipline for cops
A flawed disciplinary system within the Police Service has resulted in suspended police officers being paid salaries for years while they await disciplinary action. In 2014, 28 officers were charged...
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Scotiabank closing 35 Caribbean branches
Canada’s Scotiabank announced in Toronto yesterday that it would close 35 of its over 200 branches in the Caribbean and that it would sever 1,500 full-time employees, including 500 in its international...
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Teacher jumped for parting fight
Two incidents at secondary schools over the last 72 hours have again thrust the issue of gang violence into the media glare and the Ministry of Education, T&T Unified Teachers Association (TTUTA),...
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Trinis in security scare at India jail
Two Trinidadians had a brush with the law in India earlier this week, after they were suspected of attempting to hatch a jailbreak in Ajmeer, Rajasthan. Cousins Mariel and Amanda Sabga, in India to...
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Wayne still hoping for mediation
Either the Government accept the process as outlined in the Armstrong Report or accept the optimum connectivity proposal alternative to the Debe to Mon Desir Highway or face the irreparable harm or...
View Article42 civil groups knock Ramadhar
Some 42 civil society groups have knocked Legal Affairs Minister Prakash Ramadhar who had expressed doubt whether mediation would solve the current Debe to Mon Desir impass. While fielding questions...
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Death from flesh-eating bacterium
A Princes Town mother wants to know how her son, Navin Bheesham-Singh, died from a rare flesh-eating bacterium, five days after a doctor diagnosed and treated him for a pinched nerve. An autopsy at the...
View ArticleEx-PNM senator’s daughter screened for Bon Air seat
Human resource official Cherrie Ann Crichlow-Cockburn, daughter of late PNM Senator Nathaniel Crichlow, was among nominees screened yesterday by the PNM for the Lopinot/Bon Air seat. PNM general...
View ArticleCoP renews call for officers to wear vests
The official call by acting Commissioner of Police Stephen Williams on Tuesday for his men to wear their bulletproof vests was just a reiteration for the adherence of safety protocols, public...
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Warner and Suruj to mediate over lawsuit
Works and Infrastructure Minister Suruj Rambachan has agreed to enter into mediation talks to settle his defamation lawsuit against his former Cabinet colleague and leader of the Independent Liberal...
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Man begs CoP to find missing son
With pain etched on his face grieving father Eric Knights begged acting Police Commissioner Stephen Williams for help to find his son Michael, who has been missing since August. The Gasparillo father,...
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Route changes could inflate cost
The Solomon Hochoy Highway extension to Point Fortin project is 34 per cent complete and with several sections already open, traffic experts say the effects are already being felt. Despite the project...
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Cable and Wireless acquires Columbus
Cable and Wireless Communications (CWC) has entered into an agreement to acquire Columbus International Inc. for US$1.85b.If completed, the purchase will make CWC by far the Caribbean’s largest...
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