Warner ‘jumbied’ outside Parliament
One of the men who allegedly assaulted foreign media personnel outside the Parliament on Friday is today denying the incident transpired the way it was reported yesterday.On Friday, foreign journalists...
View ArticleWork to start soon on $1.3b Sando waterfront
Work is set to begin on the long-awaited $1.37 billion San Fernando Waterfront project, regarding which citizens will see things moving ahead before the 2015 general election, says Planning and...
View ArticleFixin’ T&T wants police probe of UNC financing
Leader of the watchdog group Fixin’ T&T, Kirk Waithe, will today deliver a letter to acting Police Commissioner Stephen Williams, requesting that a police investigation be launched to determine...
View ArticleNew Yorker drowns in Tobago
Crown Point police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the drowning of a New York man at the Bon Accord Lagoon in Tobago. He has been identified as 48-year-old Derek Alleyne, a ramp...
View ArticleTim Kee stands by claims Jack paid for UNC banquet
Port-of-Spain Mayor and president of the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA), Raymond Tim Kee, yesterday said he was standing by statements he made last week, confirming that embattled...
View ArticleRamesh: Jack financed PP
Three days after Chaguanas West MP Jack Warner stated there was a link between Fifa’s millions and the successful People’s Partnership 2010 political campaign, former attorney general Ramesh Lawrence...
View ArticleRoodal’s bonus to long-waiting HDC clients: 500 to get homes in random draw
Five hundred of the thousands of people who have been waiting for a Housing Development Corporation (HDC) home for 15 years or more will finally get their homes on July 8, Housing Minister Dr Roodal...
View ArticleEmail connects Fifa boss in scandal, paper: Blatter in talks for $10m bribe
CAPE TOWN—A 2007 email shows Fifa president Sepp Blatter and then-South African President Thabo Mbeki held “discussions” over the US$10 million that ultimately went to allegedly corrupt senior soccer...
View ArticlePrinces Town fire leaves 7 homeless
A Princes Town family of seven is today homeless after a fire destroyed their home on Saturday morning. Mother of two Lizelle La Foucade made an appeal for help when the T&T Guardian visited the...
View ArticleKey party financing issues overlooked—Bas
A diversion and a red herring. That is how former United National Congress political leader Basdeo Panday described Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar’s announcement that she will launch a forensic...
View ArticleExtradition a long process
The issuance of a warrant for the arrest of a person suspected of committing crimes abroad is the first step in a technical process. This process may lead to a series of hotly contested legal battles...
View ArticleSweet, sweet T&T...and KFC!
My name is Giselle Williams and I sell fancy ales at a high-end liquor store.I was born, raised and grew up in Laventille. It was very ADVENTUROUS. And eventful. Every day there was something to look...
View ArticleHowai forced into review
Finance Minister Larry Howai will review documents from both axed Clico chairman Gerald Yetming and Central Bank Governor Jwala Rambarran in connection the recent Clico payout to four former directors,...
View Article$350,000 bail for son of senior cop
Justin Abraham, the son of Central Division head Senior Superintendent Johnny Abraham, was granted $350,000 bail yesterday when he appeared in court charged with three offences stemming from an...
View ArticleOpposition MP seeks answers on four projects
St Joseph Opposition MP Terrance Deyalsingh said yesterday four major infrastructural projects are now immersed in alleged controversy and corruption.He is asking for an official report and update from...
View ArticleMan critical after road rage incident; security officers held
Two security guards remain in police custody and a man in critical condition at the Eric Williams Medical Sciences Complex following a shooting incident yesterday morning arising out of what police...
View ArticleSSA delivered on mandate—report
The Strategic Services Agency (SSA) was expected to buy new equipment in 2014 to improve the confidentiality of information developed, gathered and analysed by it for intelligence purposes.This is...
View ArticleNo justification for dismissals—Browne
Former Minister in the Ministry of Finance Mariano Browne says fired Clico chairman Gerald Yetming and managing director Carolyn John were used as scapegoats in the controversial payment of more than...
View ArticleWe’ll stink up Sando
Sanitation workers employed with the San Fernando City Corporation are planning to “stink up the city” if money is not found to employ casual workers this fortnight.Ainsley Matthews, president general...
View Article‘Uninvited’ Natuc going to Fyzabad
The National Trade Union Centre (Natuc) intends to be present at Charlie King Junction, Fyzabad, for Labour Day celebrations on June 19.Responding directly to the public withdrawal of an invitation by...
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