14 PSA workers walk out PoS office
Public Service Association (PSA) president Watson Duke has been slammed by his own employees who complained of being forced to work in “sick buildings.” Duke, who is known for being vocal over poor...
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Visiting Saudis hold project talks with THA
A Saudi Arabian team which leaves T&T today after exploring local business potential has visited Tobago and will be dealing further with Tobago House of Assembly (THA) chief secretary Orville...
View ArticleEngineer: HDC gave us no drainage info
Absolutely no documents or drawings detailing the drainage and sewer systems for the Las Alturas housing project were ever presented to Trintoplan engineer Andrea Claire Abel for review by the Housing...
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Wage talks with cops hit snag again CPO not budging
Talks between the Police Service Social and Welfare Association and the Chief Personnel Officer reached a stalemate yesterday, with the association describing meetings with the CPO as a waste of time....
View ArticleSouth cops almost out in full force
Only nine officers did not report for duty in T&T Police Service’s Southern Division yesterday, despite a threat from all the major arms of national security that there would be a day of rest and...
View ArticleCourts disrupted by action
The Magistrates Court in Port-of-Spain was upended yesterday, with many cases being adjourned because police and prisons officers had engaged in a planned sickout. Case after case was adjourned to a...
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Woman tells of being lost at sea: I survived on ice and water
Surviving only on ice and water for three days, the 11 Trinidadians and two Jamaicans who were lost at sea never lost hope though choppy waters threatened to capsize their boat. With her skin tanned...
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Police sickout 'no threat to public safety'
Blue flu is still in effect. Members of the Fire, Police and Prison Services entered the second day of a sickout action over a collapse in salary negotiations. Divisional heads of the T&T Police...
View ArticleSecurity forces sick out across island
Security personnel in Tobago stayed away from work for a second day. On March 10, Police, Fire and Prison officers continued a sickout action over stalled salary negotiations. At the Roxborough Police...
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No criminal charges for man who tied woman, herded her along Gasparillo road
The woman seen in a Facebook video tied with rope and being walked along a Massy Lands, Gasparillo road won't be pressing criminal charges.The man could have been charged for assault, unlawful...
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Cop offers bribe after alleged sex assault: $1,800 to stay quiet
Two policemen were put on an identification parade last evening in connection with the sexual assault of a woman and bribery. They are accused of sexually assaulting the woman in a squad car while they...
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Husband of cow-tied woman: I am thinking of legal action
Furious that his common-law wife Zaheeda Mohammed was herded like an animal through their community by a Gasparillo farmer, Kimchan Mohammed says he is now contemplating legal action. Days after a...
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PSA members rejoice: Duke gets 14% increase
Public servants rejoiced with cheers and hugs yesterday, after the Public Service Association (PSA) settled with the Chief Personnel Officer (CPO) for a 14 per cent salary increase for the years 2011...
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Man gets 8 years for raping daughter
A 39-year-old man, who was sentenced to eight and a half years in prison for raping his 14-year-old daughter, has claimed he did so because of his own experience with sexual abuse as a child. The...
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Sando TML parents drop injunction as Teacher agrees to take transfer
The Parent Teachers Association (PTA) of the San Fernando TML Primary School scored a major victory yesterday when controversial teacher Alfaz Hosein agreed to a transfer from the school after parents...
View ArticleEx-CJ backs PM’s breach claim: Al-Rawi wrong says Sharma
Former chief justice Sat Sharma says People’s National Movement (PNM) Senator Faris Al-Rawi is wrong to insist he is doing nothing illegal by being a witness in a case in which he is also the...
View ArticleAttack mode in Barrackpore
“They going to get licks as if they ent ‘christen’.”That strong (but curious) war cry was thrown at the PNM by PP’s Clifton De Coteau at UNC’s Monday night forum in Barrackpore. The usually...
View ArticleBus drivers, and Cadiz to talk salaries
The Transport and Industrial Workers Union (TIWU) is expected to meet again today with Transport Minister Stephen Cadiz and Junior Finance Minister Rudranath Indarsingh to discuss salary negotiations...
View ArticleHDC said less units ‘unacceptable’
Former general manager of the Housing Development Corporation (HDC) Noel Garcia was reportedly told to “cut his losses” and accept a reduced number of housing units at the Las Alturas housing project,...
View ArticleTwo cops charged after woman alleges sexual assault in squad car
A police constable and a special reserve police officer were charged with criminal offences including grievous sexual assault.The charges arise from an incident occurring on February 25th, in which a...
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