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Sando mayor hears complaints about illegal vending
Angry vendors at the San Fernando Market are accusing officers of the San Fernando Municipal Police of encouraging illegal street vendors to occupy the pavement along Mucurapo Street. But not that...
View ArticleNGO head: Raise income level of women
A huge gender wage gap has been identified as one of the biggest challenges facing women in T&T today.Making the statement was co-ordinator of the Network of Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs)...
View ArticleFuad seeks more funds for Carenage Health Centre
Health Minister Dr Fuad Khan is to seek Cabinet’s approval for an additional $3.5 million to hasten the completion of the $79-million Carenage Health Centre and the Women’s Hospital in Mt Hope. Khan...
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Contractors knew early the site was dangerous
The main contractor hired to build nine multi-storey apartment buildings for the Housing Development Corporation (HDC) at the Las Alturas site had written to the project’s civil engineers four weeks...
View ArticleSix face charges in pawn shop heist
Five men and a woman are expected to appear in court today in connection with last month’s $15 million jewelry heist at More Money (M&M) Pawn Shop in East Port-of-Spain. The suspects, who include a...
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Police, prison bodies walk out on CPO
Negotiating teams representing the Police and Prison Services yesterday stormed out of their meeting with the Chief Personnel Officer (CPO) Stephanie Lewis yesterday.In a telephone interview with the...
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Transport woes hit commuters
Commuters who usually use the Public Service Transport Corporation (PTSC) bus services this morning opted to heed the warnings that bus drivers were on a work-to-rule protest action and sought...
View ArticlePhotos: Commuters feel the heat, as PTSC drivers strike
Commuters across Trinidad were under pressure this morning, as the effect of a nationwide strike by bus drivers set in. Post by Trinidad Guardian.Seeking alternative transport, South commuters who...
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Tobago PTSC drivers on work-to-rule
School children were among angry commuters left stranded in Tobago after a bus drivers went on work-to-rule on March 4. All arms of the Public Transport Service Corporation (PTSC) in Tobago and...
View ArticleSuruj, Gary hope for quick end
Works Minister Dr Suruj Rambachan and former minister Gary Griffith said yesterday they hope the E-mailgate investigation can be concluded quickly. They said so yesterday after being contacted for...
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Union queries disparity in wages: PTSC drivers want level field
Public Service Transport Corporation (PTSC) bus drivers are expected to return to work this morning but will continue their work-to-rule action until their demands for salary negotiations are met. The...
View ArticlePBR traffic jam adds to woes
A traffic pileup on the Priority Bus Route yesterday added to the woes of commuters who were forced to use maxi taxis as an alternative mode of transportation due to the industrial action taken by...
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Moonilal on no-confidence motion: We need to expose Rowley
Leader of Government Business Dr Roodal Moonilal says government is proceeding with its move of no confidence against Opposition Leader Dr Keith Rowley despite criticisms that it will have no effect on...
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Legal hurdle stumps QC
The commission of enquiry into the Las Alturas housing project adjourned early yesterday after the lead attorney Vincent Nelson, QC, representing the Housing Development Corporation (HDC) was unable to...
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UNC rises, COP arises, PNM rolls
When the election bell is finally rung, this week will be remembered as the launch pad of the major players in their bid for certain political turf which will make the difference between victory and...
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No bail for 3 on robbery, attempted rape charges
Three St James men pleaded not guilty yesterday on charges of armed robbery and attempted rape. The trio—Leekemus Murphy, 20, of Isaac Terrace, Bournes Road; Jessie Walters, 19, of Bombay Street and...
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Rowley hires Ramesh for E-mailgate defence
Opposition Leader Dr Keith Rowley last night revealed for the first time his private conversation with former Integrity Commission chairman Ken Gordon in the E-mailgate affair.He also said he had hired...
View ArticleQuestions remain over source of WASA contamination
The probe continues into the source of an oily substance that contaminated the Water and Sewerage Authority's Caroni Water Treatment Plant last week.A release issued today by the Environmental...
View ArticleZoo announces contest to name new tigers
A ticket to the zoo could get you a chance to name a tiger.The Emperor Valley Zoo has invited the public to name its newest babies, two white tiger cubs born in January.People wishing to participate...
View ArticleOpposition Leader on West: I had no idea Al-Rawi had sourced him as witness
Opposition Leader Dr Keith Rowley has accused Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar of having double standards in the handling of the David West witness-tampering controversy. He was speaking at a...
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