3 held with drugs off North Coast
Three men were arrested on Wednesday night aboard their fishing boat with 37 packets of marijuana, off the North Coast.Around 9.20 pm, the men were seen near Fuller Bay, west of Maracas Bay, and...
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Timothy questions Rowley’s integrity
Third Force Movement chairman Timothy Hamel-Smith has questioned the integrity of Opposition PNM leader Keith Rowley.He said so during TFM’s inaugural public meeting on Wednesday outside the Bottlestop...
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Law body to discuss CCJ position today
Members of the Law Association are scheduled to meet today to discuss the organisation’s stance on replacing the Privy Council with the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) as T&T’s final court of...
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She was a person of light, not darkness
President Anthony Carmona believes principles the late special prosecutor Dana Seetahal stood for will live on through the people whose lives she has impacted positively. He said the perpetrators who...
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Bid to push serious crimes down to 10,500
Acting Commissioner of Police Stephen Williams says the T&T Police Service has a strategy to combat escalating gang violence in Chaguanas as it plans to reduce serious crimes by 14 per cent by the...
View ArticleTwo murders in Diego, Chaguanas
Two men were shot and killed in separate incidents on Wednesday, taking the murder toll to 208 for the year.For the corresponding period last year the murder toll stood at 225. In the first killing,...
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COP facing void in Sando West
A hurt and disappointed Carolyn Seepersad-Bachan yesterday opted to bow out of the 2015 general election race.The incumbent Member of Parliament for San Fernando West became the second founding member...
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Relocated tenants confused about where to vote
Housing Development Corporation (HDC) Carlton Lane tenants from the San Fernando West constituency, who were relocated to Corinth Hills in San Fernando East, say they are confused as to where they...
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Incumbents feel confident
With much fanfare and excitement, the United National Congress (UNC) kicked off its screening of prospective candidates for four constituencies last evening at the Rienzi Complex in Couva.Candidates...
View ArticleCustomers still eating Chinese
Consumers who patronise Chinese fast food restaurants are concerned they may have been deceived into eating dog meat, but not concerned enough to stop purchasing the food.Following the spread of a...
View ArticleEnterprise residents blank peace march
Enterprise residents have turned down an invitation to participate in a “peace walk” in the area tomorrow (Sunday) organised by the Inter-Religious Organisation (IRO), which is expected to be attended...
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Those who forget history doomed to repeat it
Congress of the People (COP) leader Prakash Ramadhar has issued a message “to those with noble intentions” to remember how splits in parties like the National Alliance for Reconstruction (NAR) and the...
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Boodram appointed NOC head
Retired major Sarwan Boodram has been appointed as director of the National Operations Centre (NOC).Boodram, who replaces former director Lieutenant Commander Garvin Heerah, took up duty yesterday, a...
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Chinese brain surgeons come to Teaching Hospital
Despite the new technology, knowledge and skills being provided by the Chinese neurosurgery team, young local doctors are not availing themselves of the opportunities being provided.South West Regional...
View ArticleTime for overhaul of education systems
President Anthony Carmona is calling for Caribbean educators to “face some hard facts” and urgently explore much-needed reforms.Caribbean education systems are in dire need of overhauling, evidenced by...
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Supporters of UNC, ILP clash
Confusion erupted on Thursday night as Independent Liberal Party (ILP) supporters and United National Congress (UNC) supporters confronted each other during an ILP meeting in Carapichaima. During the...
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‘Carolyn, Dookeran starved of state funds’
With Congress of the People (COP) founding members Winston Dookeran and Carolyn Seepersad-Bachan out of the 2015 election race, accusations are now flying fast that the dominant coalition party, the...
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COP will not accept foolishness
Following rumours that the UNC “may not” give the COP as many seats to contest as it may like, COP leader Prakash Ramadhar says the COP will not accept foolishness since he has placed his trust in...
View ArticleHeerah unclear on reason for new post
Former head of the National Operations Centre (NOC), Commander Garvin Heerah, was not told why he was reassigned to the post of director general of the National Security Training Academy (NSTA).The...
View ArticlePNM rejects debate date
It was the People’s National Movement (PNM) that rejected the July 30 date previously set for the election debate between Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar and their Leader Dr Keith Rowley.Rowley,...
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