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The Government could have directed last Friday’s Parliament agenda to debate several motions which the Opposition PNM had filed, before the PNM walked out on Government’s no-confidence motion against...
View ArticleHealth officials reach out to grieving dad
As investigations continue into the death of first-time mother, Keisha Ayers, officials of the North West Regional Authority (NWRHA) has reached out to the common-law-husband, Juma Charles.TT Guardian...
View ArticleHeat for Fuad over ‘war’ claim
Firefighters, sanitation and postal workers and nursing personnel at the Maternity Department, Port-of-Spain General Hospital, embarked on protest action in Port-of-Spain yesterday, as they pressed for...
View ArticleFirefighters clamour for Govt housing
President of the Fire Service Association Leo Ramkissoon says firefighters are threatening to take action regarding the non-provision of government housing to members.The association is calling on...
View ArticleCauseway a PNM idea
Former works and transport minister Colm Imbert has described Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar’s promise to build a causeway from Port-of-Spain to Chaguaramas as a new political low, saying that...
View ArticleUNC destroyed Fyzabad accord, says MSJ leader
One of the signatories to the Fyzabad Declaration, the Movement for Social Justice (MSJ), says the accord which gave birth to the People’s Partnership no longer exists.MSJ leader David Abdulah made the...
View ArticleDrivers flee Port-of-Spain as fire rages at Beetham Landfill
A cloud of thick black smoke rises from a fire at Beetham Landfill, close to the National Petroleum (NP) building in Sea Lots.The fire, which started earlier this afternoon, is near the main exit route...
View ArticleWilliams halts recruiting because of Criminal Cops
Acting Police Commissioner Stephen Williams has directed that the recruitment of Special Reserve Police officers (SRPs) be put on hold immediately. This, he says, is now critical because the Police...
View ArticleNurses want retraction from Fuad
Nurses at the Maternity Department of the Port-of-Spain General Hospital are calling for Health Minister Dr Fuad Khan to retract statements he made questioning their conduct and commitment to provide...
View ArticleAfter fire at Beetham landfill Smoke covers city again
Business owners and people working in Port-of-Spain once again were bracing for the worst yesterday after the capital became engulfed in smoke due to a fire at the Beetham landfill. The fire occurred...
View ArticleMinister: Act is reckless
Minister of the Environment and Water Resources Ganga Singh has condemned the setting of the fires at the Beetham landfill which were believed to have been deliberately set yesterday, describing the...
View ArticleHubby gives Keisha farewell kiss: Family calls for proper probe
After mustering up the courage to walk up to the coffin bearing the body of his common-law wife, Vanessa Keisha Ayers, Juma Charles planted a goodbye kiss on her face and said a few words. Overwhelmed...
View Article40 parents get baby care cards
Unemployed mother Letticia Paul, who suffers with seizures, was one of the first 40 recipients of a Baby Care Grant Debit Cards from the Government yesterday as the card was launched during a ceremony...
View ArticleDrivers urge moderation in law banning alcohol
“I think it should be in moderation. If they ketch yuh with one bottle...what is dat,” was Richard Hernandez’s response to the proposed Motor Vehicle Bill which can result in a $5,000 fine and six...
View ArticlePM cupcake for Rowley as she opens school in Carenage
Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar celebrated her 63rd birthday yesterday and following the ribbon-cutting ceremony to open the new $13 million St Peter’s RC Primary School, Pt Cumana, Carenage, she...
View ArticleMaking health, wellness a priority in the workplace
Having an unhealthy workforce in large companies can impact productivity significantly, resulting in an uptake of costs amounting to millions of dollars. It is therefore imperative for large companies...
View ArticleMSJ takes on HDC
Hundreds of Housing Development Corporation (HDC) clients who are occupying homes under the Lease to Own (LTO) or Rent to Own (RTO) programmes are being given 30-day notices to complete payments on...
View ArticleProtective services got 650 homes, says Jearlean
Since 2010, approximately 650 members of the protective services have either bought properties or are in a rental arrangement for properties from the Housing Development Corporation (HDC).Over the...
View ArticlePH driver killed in Belmont
A PH taxidriver who stopped to drop off passengers in Belmont was killed after a gunman fired several shots at him last night.The dead man was identified as Jason Williams Jr.Williams Jr had just...
View ArticleT&TEC to sell vibrating chair
A T&T Electricity Commission (T&TEC) audit team has recommended that the controversial vibrating $26,558 boardroom chair be sold at a reasonable sum to recover the monies spent for it.In an...
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