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Robbery victim in need of $70,000 for surgery
Doubles vendor Donald Ramroop, who was shot when bandits stormed his Barataria home seven months ago, is seeking the public’s help to raise $70,000 to get back on his feet. Speaking with the media...
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HRM will deliver letter to PM today
The Highway Re-route Movement (HRM) claims the Government embarked on a four-year campaign to escalate and prolong the impasse relating to the Debe to Mon Desir segment of the Solomon Hochoy Highway...
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Chairman: There will be sense of fairness
Chairman of the Las Alturas commission of enquiry Mustapha Ibrahim said yesterday the enquiry would “adhere to the principles of fundamental justice” and he intended to “ensure a sense of fairness...
View ArticleCutback in foreign travel
Given the current financial crisis over falling oil and natural gas prices, Government Ministries have reduced foreign travel expenses, slashed performance bonuses and reduced spending for social...
View ArticlePolice hired to guard highway contractors
Taxpayers will have to bear the cost of sabotage and protests that delay work on the $7.5 billion Solomon Hochoy Highway extension to Point Fortin, says National Infrastructural Development Company...
View ArticleGhany in running for top job at ACP
UWI lecturer Dr Hamid Ghany is among nominees from Guyana and Jamaica vying for the post of secretary general of the African, Caribbean and Pacific group (ACP) which will be finalised between today and...
View ArticleRoget: PM’s the bully, not me
President general of the Oilfields Workers’ Trade Union (OWTU) Ancel Roget remains unapologetic for his tirade on Friday against Government as he dismissed allegations that he was a bully. Instead,...
View ArticleGroup still trying to save Greyfriars
Citizens for Conservation (CFC) president Rudylynn Roberts said the demolition of a wall of the Greyfriars church, Port-of-Spain, will not affect the decision to save the rest of the building. In a...
View ArticlePraetorian fund gains $0.10
Overall market activity resulted from trading in 14 securities of which six advanced, three declined and five traded firm. Trading activity on the first tier market registered a volume of 537,260...
View ArticleBrazil’s OAS bosses charged, locals mum
Local executives of Brazilian construction giant OAS Construtora are tight-lipped about whether the arrests of top company executives in Brazil will have any impact on the construction of the Solomon...
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Vendor killed in brazen Broadway attack
A 25-year-old sidewalk clothing vendor was gunned down in front of his store in yet another brazen attack in Downtown Port-of-Spain on Wednesday night, a short distance from the mobile police post on...
View ArticleEyewitnesses: Killer returned to crime scene
As killers return to the scene of the crime, eyewitnesses said, so did Stephen “Tee Tee” Pollard’s attacker yesterday morning at Broadway, Port-of-Spain. Vendors along Broadway said hours after the...
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Doma’s Aboud on PoS killings: Season’s rampage
Downtown Owners and Merchants Association (Doma) president Gregory Aboud says more could be done to prevent the ongoing spate of crimes this holiday season. He was speaking in the wake of three murders...
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Kangaloo in Sando East running
The name of former government minister Christine Kangaloo has arisen in some of the party’s San Fernando East circles in the event the incumbent MP Patrick Manning does not wish to contest the seat,...
View ArticleUS war veteran goes missing in Princes Town
The search is on for 59-year-old US Army veteran Kevin Petway, who went missing on Wednesday night after setting out for a Princes Town supermarket. Petway, a US citizen who fought in the Vietnam war,...
View ArticleManzanilla/Mayaro Road to open before Christmas
Contractors working on the flood-damaged Manzanilla/Mayaro Road have been given a Christmas deadline to restore the link between the two communities to allow for light to medium traffic. The...
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More security but work on highway stalls
Construction on the Point Fortin end of the Solomon Hochoy Highway extension project remained at a standstill yesterday, even though three security firms were hired to protect OAS workers. Two...
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Chag CEO on Boardwalk pond: It’s not breeding mosquitoes
Part of the second phase of the Chaguaramas boardwalk will be completed and launched this month, says CEO of the Chaguaramas Development Authority (CDA) Jocelyn Hargreaves. In a phone interview, she...
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‘Breaking Barriers’ off air after threats
Shaken and disturbed, activist, broadcaster and media owner Inshan Ishmael says his TV programme, “Breaking Barriers”, will not return to the airwaves unless threats against him have been removed....
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Giuliani, Bratton back next month—Griffith
Two US crime fighters will be returning to T&T to help improve the dismal detection rate of the police service, says National Security Minister Gary Griffith. Griffith, speaking to the media at the...
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