Carnival Cash promotion prize worth $3,500
The number drawn on Crime Watch yesterday was 001404.If the mask on the back of your yesterday’s T&T Guardian has that number you win the prize of $3,500. You have until 3 pm today to come to the...
View ArticleUWI lecturers reject payments by June
Lecturers from the University of the West Indies (UWI) and the auxiliary staff stormed the St Augustine Campus’ principal’s office yesterday to demand their backpay owed to them from their 2011 wage...
View ArticlePM off to US for energy talks on Sunday
Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar is scheduled to leave for Washington, DC, United States, on Sunday to attend the first ever Caribbean Energy Security Summit hosted by US vice-president Joe Biden....
View ArticlePt Fortin too far so Gopee-Scoon opts out
PNM Point Fortin MP Paula Gopee-Scoon has withdrawn her nomination to re-contest the seat because the distance to travel the constituency was a problem and she feels constituents should have an MP who...
View ArticleWarner halted at Cemex
Warner, starting the motion, said if Sunshine publications lifted the information from him, it was fine. He said he had brought the motion on Howai’s ability and competence as Howai had been FCB’s CEO...
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Police still butting heads with ‘Goat’
Police yesterday continued their search for the person of interest in the murders of Sharlene Charles and Salma Chadee. According to police, the man is wanted for questioning in connection with the...
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Peace at UWI after three protests
Arrears of $87 million owned by UWI to the West Indies Group of University Teachers (WIGUT) will be made in tranches by May 31 following yesterday’s accord on the issue, says Science and Tertiary...
View ArticleParties get more time to decide on Greyfriars
The Port-of-Spain City Corporation and property developer Alfred Galy have been given a little over two weeks to come to a compromise over the future of the Greyfriars’ Church of Scotland, Frederick...
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PNM picks Dillon for Point
Retired Maj Gen Edmund Dillon was given the all clear to contest the Point Fortin seat for the People’s National Movement (PNM) following the screening of four possible candidates at the party’s South...
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Couple accused of beating boy in video held
Two relatives of a 10-year-old boy featured in a video crying and clearing bushes with a garden hoe were detained by police yesterday, even as members of the public expressed outrage that the child was...
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Accountant on $1.5m fraud charge remanded
A 42-year-old accountant will spend the weekend in prison after appearing in Port-of-Spain Magistrates Court yesterday evening charged with defrauding her employer of more than $1.5 million. Joanne...
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Despers: Laventille will always be home
Despite high crime and band members’ fears for their safety, steelband Witco Desperadoes says the community of Laventille will always be home. Band Manager Finbar Fletcher said this yesterday, as the...
View ArticleLicensing staff in PoS to continue half-day work...
The union representing employees of the Licensing Office in Port-of-Spain says they will continue to work half-day only, until the Transport Ministry presents a structural engineer’s report attesting...
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Salma’s killer elusive
The country was left reeling this week with the murder of 20-year-old Salma Chadee, of Chadee Street, Caroni. Chadee’s life’s was cut tragically short at the hands of a jealous ex-boyfriend who is now...
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PCA director stands firm on statement
Director of the Police Complaints Authority (PCA) David West said he is prepared to defend a witness statement he made in a defamation matter brought by the Attorney General Anand Ramlogan against...
View ArticleThe Background
Queen’s Counsel James Lewis, who was retained by former attorney general John Jeremie on the Steve Ferguson/Ish Galbaransingh extradition matter, had said it was unlawful, unconstitutional and unfair...
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Ramlogan maintains innocence
Ramlogan says it was not the practice for the Attorney General to be consulted by the President in appointments of the PCA head and such, since that involved the Prime Minister and other officers.He...
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Speaker sorry for big error
House Speaker Wade Mark yesterday came under further criticism after he admitted he made a mistake in the statements he made in last Friday’s Parliament session on Independent Liberal Party MP Jack...
View ArticleManning wants Sando East seat again
After months of uncertainty, former prime minister and political leader of the People’s National Movement (PNM), Patrick Manning, yesterday told his constituents he intends to offer himself as the...
View ArticleNo problem
Attorney General Anand Ramlogan says he feels vindicated and now has no problem with the default judgment in the Emailgate defamation lawsuit against Opposition Leader Dr Keith Rowley being set...
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