SIS denies funding drive
Terrence Lalla, the owner of Super Industrial Services Limited (SIS), has denied that his company is funding the Prime Minister’s million dollar Christmas toy drive, whilst benefitting from lucrative...
View ArticleNigerian student cleared of Ebola, but has malaria
Hours before the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Management presented three thermal scanners to the Airports Authority yesterday, a Nigerian student was admitted to hospital with malaria. The...
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Scanners to detect Ebola at T&T airports
Three thermal scanners were handed over to the Airports Authority of T&T (AATT) to assist in detecting suspected cases of Ebola entering Trinidad and Tobago. The scanners were purchased from a US...
View ArticleAG to probe allegations against McDonald
The 2011 Lake Asphalt (LATT) audit report containing allegations of corruption, which mentions PNM Deputy Leader Marlene McDonald and other PNM officials, is being scrutinised by the Attorney General...
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Tourism gets boost as phase two of Chag project opens
The diversification of T&T’s economy through tourism received a boost with the completion of the second phase of the Chaguaramas Development Authority’s (CDA) Boardwalk project on Williams Bay. The...
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NJAC: Coalitions the way forward
New political leader of the National Joint Action Committee (NJAC) Kwasi Mutema says the party will deepen its commitment to coalition politics in the future as it seeks to bridge gaps and bring people...
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National Diversity minister: No election gimmick in $55m church grant
Amidst rumours that government’s $55 million allocation to churches for the Christmas season is an election gimmick, Inter-Religious Organisation (IRO) President Harrypersad Maharaj has defended the...
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Fired CNMG employee receives death threats
“You will end up like Dana Seetahal.”This was the unnerving message former CNMG employee Eve George received after being dismissed from the state-run media company when she rejected the sexual advances...
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More carnage on roads
CrimeWatch host Ian Alleyne is appealing to citizens to be more cautious on the roads. He made the call after arriving on the scene of yet another horrific accident on the Uriah Butler Highway near the...
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No construction of community centres in Bon Air, Laventille, but Contractor...
There are conflicting stories surrounding the payment of over two million dollars for work on two community centres in east Port-of-Spain that never got off the ground. McEachrane’s Rental and...
View ArticleMcDonald blames former PNM politician for witch-hunt
MP for Port-of-Spain East Marlene McDonald has accused a former PNM politician of colluding with external forces in a bid to ruin her political career. McDonald, who has been gagged by her legal...
View ArticleGovt plans for deeper cuts in spending
Finance Minister Larry Howai says the Government has started an internal conversation about the possibility of deeper cuts in spending due to the continued decline in the international price of oil,...
View ArticleKamla wants to bring back hangings
With murders skyrocketing—399 up to yesterday—Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar says the Government will be making another attempt to reintroduce the death penalty. The “hanging bill” will be...
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Rowley: Manning’s constituents misguided
People’s National Movement (PNM) leader Dr Keith Rowley says former prime minister Patrick Manning may have deliberately misguided his constituents regarding the nominations for the San Fernando East...
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Shoppers swarm Princes Town, Chaguanas
Shopping has remained steady in the bustling towns of Princes Town and Chaguanas, but in the industrial capital of San Fernando shopping remains slow in the lead-up to Christmas. In Princes Town, on...
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Caroni’s 77,000 acres of land auctioned, pilfered, abandoned
Looking at the undulating hills where sugar cane once grew creates a feeling of nostalgia for 75-year-old Ramrajie Ramdeo. For most of her life, Ramdeo worked on the sugar estates with her husband...
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Christmas wish list from people of T&T
Daphne Bartlett, president of the San Fernando Business Association: “My personal wish is that I would continue to be thankful and grateful for what God has given to me and my family thus far. My wish...
View ArticleMunro wants bigger share of economic pie for ‘black community’
The Black Caucus is taking the lead to ensure that Trinbagonians of African origin have a greater share in the economic prosperity of this country. Chairman of the Black Caucus, Keenan Munro, feels...
View ArticleWilliams: We haven’t achieved our target
As the country recorded its 400th murder for the year, Acting Police Commissioner Stephen Williams says the murder rate is way beyond what the service had projected. “We wanted a massive reduction but...
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Crackdown on drunk drivers
Chaguanas Mayor Gopaul Boodhan is calling in police to ensure that the breathalyzer is used with increased frequency over the Christmas season. He was speaking with the media yesterday after he joined...
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