Coudray criticises PDRC officials
Kevon FelmineMonday, March 10, 2014At a function to honour students and community leaders on Saturday night, officials of the Penal/Debe Regional Corporation (PDRC) were c
View ArticleA long weekend
Monday, March 10, 2014The long weekend in bags.The grocery store I’m in has no paper napkins. In fact, most of the shelves are empty.
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A Hand of Fig, a Pan of Fish and Cow
As told to BC PiresMonday, March 10, 2014Gailann KalawanMy name is Gailann Kalawan and I am a supermarket shelf replenisher.
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Case forwarded to Ministry of People
Monday, March 10, 2014Each week, the Guardian Angel column highlights complaints sent in by you, the consumer, and provides solutions or directs you to the appropriate resource.
View ArticlePM lobbies for Arms Trade Treaty secretariat
Tuesday, March 11, 2014BUCCAMENT—Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar yesterday called on Caricom leaders to support T&T’s bid to have the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) secretariat headquartered in...
View ArticleKamla: Referendum first on marijuana ease
Tuesday, March 11, 2014BUCCAMENT—Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar says while decriminalising marijuana for medical use may be something worth considering, as other countries have done it, she...
View ArticleNo show so acting PM gets $3,000 legal bill
Tuesday, March 11, 2014Acting Prime Minister Suruj Rambachan was slapped with a $3,000 legal bill as well as a stern warning from a High Court judge after he and his attorneys failed to ap
View ArticleT&T Govt criticised for deporting Jewish sect
Geisha KowlessarTuesday, March 11, 2014A spokesman for the Lev Tahor sect, Lee Bolton, has condemned the T&T Government for deporting nine of its members back to Canada.
View ArticleEugene Laurent’s funeral today
Tuesday, March 11, 2014Former principal medical officer of the Ministry of Health Dr Eugene Laurent will be cremated after a funeral service at Belgroves Memorial Centre, Trincity, this morning.
View ArticleImbert to seek PNM’s VC post
Tuesday, March 11, 2014Leader of the People’s National Movement Dr Keith Rowley and his slate of candidates for the May 18 internal elections yesterday signed their nominations at Balisier
View ArticleFormer cop turned lawyer held in million-dollar bank robbery
Tuesday, March 11, 2014A former police officer turned defence lawyer has been arrested in connection with the multi-million-dollar bank robbery on Carnival Saturday after he was allegedly caught with...
View ArticlePromising T&T cricketer, 16, murdered
Jensen LaVendeTuesday, March 11, 2014Sixteen-year-old Ackinton Walker, an avid cricketer, was selected to try out for T&T’s national under-16 team yesterday but instead his relatives spent the day a
View ArticleJoint Trade Unions on water plant contract: A shameless act
Raphael John-LallWednesday, March 12, 2014The Joint Trade Union Movement (JTUM) has accused the People's Partnership Government of being “unscrupulous” over the controversial awa
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Five in court charged with $4m bank heist
Jensen LaVendeWednesday, March 12, 2014Navin JuteramFive men accused of robbing Republic Bank of over $4 million earlier this month appeared before a Sangre Grande magistrate yesterday and
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T&TEC in $2.5b debt
Geisha KowlessarWednesday, March 12, 2014Officials of the T&T Electricity Commission (T&TEC) during yesterday’s Public Accounts Committee hearing in Parliament. Photo courtesy parliamentA grim...
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I rejected two resignations over PNM’s vote on PR—Rowley
Richard LordWednesday, March 12, 2014PNM political leader, Dr Keith Rowley, centre, front row, with his team for the party’s internal election at a meeting in Barataria on Monday night. Front row, from...
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Aviation Institute to be opened by year’s end
Reshma RagoonathWednesday, March 12, 2014 Homwatie Ramlal, right, of the graduating class of UTT avionics programme receives her certificate from Kemchand Rampaul, chairman of T&T Aviation...
View ArticleCaricom leaders discuss slavery reparation
Gail AlexanderWednesday, March 12, 2014BUCCAMENT—Caricom’s proposals to seek reparation from European states for hardship suffered by people during the slave trade range from seeking a forma
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Morvant teen missing
Wednesday, March 12, 2014Ronaldo RodriguezPolice are searching for a 15-year-old student of Woodbrook Secondary School who has been missing since February 27. His mother, Rose Rodriguez, a cashier in...
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Explosion flattens Harlem buildings
Wednesday, March 12, 2014Emergency workers respond to the scene of an explosion that leveled two apartment buildings in the East Harlem neighborhood of New York, today.NEW YORK — A thunderous explosion...
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