Seales hopes to make headway with CPO
While the Police Service Social and Welfare Association is expected to resume talks with Chief Personnel Officer Stephanie Lewis today in a bid for increased salaries, the membership is adamant that it...
View ArticleAlfonso as he meets police top brass on roadblocks: I don’t think it was...
National Security Minister Carl Alfonso yesterday endorsed acting Police Commissioner Ann Marie Alleyne-Daly’s apology to the public for yesterday’s traffic disruptions due to police roadblocks. He...
View ArticleSchools dismissed early
Yesterday’s nationwide roadblocks by police left thousands of workers and school children stranded in hours of gridlocked traffic which caused many to return home frustrated and upset. But those who...
View ArticleNow Armour quits Rowley’s team
Opposition Leader Dr Keith Rowley’s legal team suffered another blow yesterday as Senior Counsel Reginald Armour withdrew himself as lead attorney in all court matters with the PNM’s political leader....
View ArticleAfter allegations of flouting rules for ex-AG, T&TEC launches probe
The T&T Electricity Commission (T&TEC) has engaged auditing firm Ernst and Young Ltd to conduct an investigation into claims that it flouted rules in order to facilitate former Attorney General...
View ArticleRoadblocks cripple courts
Almost all the cases in High and Magistrates’ Courts in Port-of-Spain had to be postponed because of yesterday morning’s nationwide police roadblocks. Judges, magistrates, lawyers and even police...
View Article$750,000 bail for five students on ‘terrorism’ charges
Five students of a Islamic school in Cunupia who were arrested over the weekend for terrorising residents of Munroe Road, have been granted a total of $750,000 bail. Abdul Aleem Mohammed and Zaheer...
View ArticleNow Sancho bats for Bravo
Minister of Sport Brent Sancho is standing behind the decision by former West Indies Captain Dwayne Bravo to appear on the political platform of the United National Congress (UNC), saying Bravo was...
View ArticleImbert on no confidence motion: Empty and absurd
Opposition Leader Dr Keith Rowley led his MPs in a dramatic walkout from Parliament yesterday, moments after Opposition MP Colm Imbert described Government’s motion of no confidence against Rowley as...
View ArticleUNC out in full force for Rowley motion, PNM support stays away
While the United National Congress (UNC) brought out many supporters around the Parliament for yesterday’s no-confidence motion debate against Opposition PNM Leader Dr Keith Rowley, the PNM...
View ArticleImbert: Waste of time
“Foolishness and a waste of time.” That was how People’s National Movement MP Colm Imbert dismissed government’s no-confidence motion against Opposition Leader Dr Keith Rowley during yesterday’s debate...
View ArticleCrime Watch back today
Prime-time CNC3 television programme Crime Watch is back from today with host Ian Alleyne live in studio. The programme has been off the air since last week Monday with only pre-recorded shows airing...
View ArticleRC archbishop at signing of election code of ethics: Stop playing blame game
Roman Catholic Archbishop Joseph Harris has called on society and by extension political parties to stop playing the blame game and to focus on developing the society. He was one of the speakers at the...
View ArticleJeremie to Anand: What about taxes on Range Rovers?
Former attorney general Anand Ramlogan must clear the air on whether legal advice he received on motor vehicle taxes in 2012 was related to two controversial Range Rovers he bought for his personal...
View ArticleRowleys asks Moonilal about Dutch mall
Opposition Leader Dr Keith Rowley is calling on Housing Minister Dr Roodal Moonilal to say whether or not he owns a mall in Holland. Rowley posed the question while delivering the feature address at a...
View ArticleGroome-Duke: Report on Sheppards’ deaths soon
Secretary for Health and Social Services, Claudia Groome-Duke, has confirmed that a report on the maternal and neonatal death of 35-year-old Lecianna Sheppard and her baby Ajani Sheppard on October 31,...
View ArticleJudge worried over trend: Prison chief summoned over prisoners’ absence
Acting Prison Commissioner Sterling Stewart has been summoned to appear before a High Court Judge today to give information about the failure of remand prisoners to attend court. For the past three...
View ArticlePoor quality of water is insulting
I live in Couva. I am concerned about the quality of water we have been receiving over the past few years. I have learnt that pure water is tasteless, odourless and colourless. Well, sad to say, the...
View ArticleNow UNC commends Rowley's apology for cat comment
kevon.felmine@guardian.co.tt United National Congress (UNC) Women’s Arm chairman Stacy Roopnarine says Opposition Leader Dr Keith Rowley did the right thing by apologising for his “cat and dog” comment...
View ArticleFisherman killed in Tobago
A domestic dispute led to the killing of a Tobago fisherman this morning. Dead is Kevin Waldron, 40, of Silk Cotton Trace, Bon Accord. Police have since detained a male relative. According to reports,...
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