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Family of ten gets new home
A dry bed is a simple comfort that most people can take for granted. But nine-year-old Lorenzo Gilbert and his seven siblings never knew this comfort until Friday night when they received a new house...
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Repurposing of Woodford Square
The NGO Citizens for Conservation, which has been advocating for the preservations fo the former Greyfriars Church of Scotland on Frederick Street, is proposing the creation of a Woodford Square...
View ArticleKarim: New UWI Open Campus to cost $561m
Minister of Tertiary Education and Skills Training Fazal Karim has estimated the cost of the Esmond Ramesar Open Campus Centre in Chaguanas at $561 million. Construction is under way on ten acres of...
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The Lady in Red Suspenders
My name is Princess Simone Donelan and the film I co-produced, Dubois, won the last Trinidad & Tobago Film Festival Best Local Short Film Jury Prize.I was born in Trinidad but, my parents being...
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Landlords: Do you know your rights?
Randalyn Rowe Student, Hugh Wooding Law SchoolA tenancy is a contractual relationship between two parties, namely a landlord and a tenant. The essence of a tenancy is a grant by the landlord to the...
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Reward, hotline for Keils’ case
Acting Police Commissioner Stephen Williams yesterday signalled his intention to give the investigation into the murders of German couple Hubertus and Birgid Keil top priority by naming an experienced...
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Expats prepare to honour Keils
JENSEN LA VENDE and KALIFA CLYNE German authorities are discussing whether they will send police to Tobago to help investigate the murders of German citizens Hubertus and Birgid Keil. The Keils were...
View ArticleCourt extends stay in NP workers dismissal case
The Appeal Court yesterday extended its order blocking the reinstatement of 68 workers of the National Petroleum who were fired by the state-owned company last year. Justice Allan Mendonca, after...
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Hosein gives up association post Integrity body chairman changes position
Two days after he said there was no conflict of interest between his appointments as Integrity Commission chairman and head of the Retired Judges’ Association, Zainool Hosein has resigned as head of...
View ArticleReport of Manning’s return to polls premature—PRO
Reports that PNM San Fernando East MP Patrick Manning is contemplating contesting the seat again, depending on his health, are “premature” and have been blown out of proportion, says San Fernando East...
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PCA looking at police killing in Diego Martin
Director of the Police Complaints Authority (PCA) David West says the organisation is carefully looking at the police killing of 20-year-old Ray Phillip. West, who was appointed earlier this month,...
View ArticleLawyer: Police yet to question Azmon
After three days in police custody, the prisoner dubbed the most wanted man in T&T, Azmon Alexander, has not been interrogated, according to his attorney Fareed Ali. In a telephone interview with...
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Protesters stop work at HDC site
Fed up of gaping potholes and muddy roads caused by heavy-duty equipment, La Brea residents mounted a barricade of tyres and bamboo across Pier Road, Point D’Or, causing work to stop on a Housing...
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Workers march in Tunapuna over ‘owed backpay’
Acting treasurer of the National Union of Government and Federated Workers (NUGFW) and president of the local government section, Heston Lambert, says the Government owes workers at the Tunapuna/Piarco...
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Bird kill in Couva
The Forestry Division is investigating the deaths of a number of birds of different species at the Housing Development Corporation development, Couva. While residents suspect the birds are being...
View ArticleThree ministers favour highway mediation
GEISHA KOWLESSAR and RADHICA SOOKRAJThree government ministers are in favour of mediation to discuss issues raised by the Highway Re-Route Movement. At day two of the fifth annual mediation symposium...
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Acting CoP to Paria residents: More police for Brasso Seco
Residents of the Paria, Brasso Seco and surrounding areas yesterday were promised an increased police presence, help to set up a youth club and professional counselling by acting Commissioner of Police...
View ArticleTourism backlash coming—London
The killing of retired German couple Birgid and Hubertus Keil will have a backlash on visitors coming to Tobago, said Chief Secretary of the Tobago House of Assembly (THA) Orville London yesterday....
View ArticleActing CoP mum on help from Germans
Acting Commissioner of Police Stephen Williams yesterday said he was unable say if an official request was made to the German authorities for assistance in the chopping deaths of two of their...
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Khalid sees no quick end to Petrotrin losses
Workers at State-owned Petroleum Company of T&T Ltd (Petrotrin) will not be getting a pay hike or backpay any time soon as the company has suffered a $346 million net loss for fiscal 2013/2014. The...
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