Pig farmer jailed for drug possession
Sascha WilsonWednesday, March 26, 2014A Rio Claro pig farmer who confessed to selling drugs after the police found 21.96 grams of marijuana in his parlour was sentenced yeste
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Rowley wants pay hike for MPs
Sascha WilsonWednesday, March 26, 2014PNM political leader Dr Keith Rowley greets supporters on his arrival at the Canaan Presbyterian School, Duncan Village, San Fernando, on Monday night for the PNM...
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$50,000 bail for Canadian fraud accused
Sascha WilsonWednesday, March 26, 2014Canadian Ryan Bridgelal, 23, is escorted from the San Fernando Magistrates Court on Monday after pleading not guilty to two charges of manufacturing and...
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Mexican Foreign Minister begins working trip to Caribbean
Gerard BestWednesday, March 26, 2014
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After Glenn is fired, mom refuses to comment on dismissal
Sascha WilsonThursday, March 27, 2014Leah Smith, programme co-ordinator US Television, left, and Carleen Krug, regional, manager US Television, greet Tourism Minister Chandresh Sharma at a function to...
View ArticleAfter Cabinet member axed, ministers sorry he’s gone
Richard LordThursday, March 27, 2014While Government ministers said yesterday they were saddened by the sacking of their colleague, Dr Glenn Ramadharsingh, they supported Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bisse
View ArticleIntegrity probe into ‘donations’ to Warner
Reshma RagoonathThursday, March 27, 2014Jack Warner The Integrity Commission has summoned the heads of several state agencies to account for “donations” allegedly given to Jack Warner to f
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Oil worker’s widow calls for full probe
Sascha WilsonThursday, March 27, 2014Lolita Maharaj, 19, the widow of Arvitar Ramkhelawan, who was killed on Tuesday while working on a Petrotrin oil well, cradles her sons — Alex, three, and...
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Judge warns jurors in Vindra murder trial not to research case online
Derek AchongThursday, March 27, 2014Justice Malcolm HoldipHigh Court judge Malcolm Holdip warned jurors hearing the Vindra Naipaul-Coolman murder trial not to use the Internet to research or discuss...
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Bail with curfew for teen accused of killing sister
Jensen LaVendeThursday, March 27, 2014The brother of shooting victim, Murchannah Lavia, is hidden from media photographers by relatives as he left the Port-of-Spain Magistrates Court yesterday. PHOTO:...
View ArticleRowley on Ramadharsingh’s firing: We’re not impressed
Richard LordThursday, March 27, 2014Opposition Leader Dr Keith Rowley says sacked minister Glenn Ramadharsingh should have never been in the Cabinet. He made the comment at a meeting at Bon Air High Schoo
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Carolyn wants to end scourge of school bullying
Yvonne WebbThursday, March 27, 2014Minister of Public Administration Carolyn Seepersad-Bachan, left, chats with Michael Maurice of the Community Policing Unit and president of the Anti Bullying...
View ArticleConstituents: Glenn was a hard worker
Kevim FelmineFriday, March 28, 2014Despite the sacking of former people and social development minister Dr Glenn Ramadharsingh being reported internationally, members of his Caroni Central constituenc
View ArticleNew seat for sacked MP in Parliament
Friday, March 28, 2014Sacked government minister Dr Glenn Ramadharsingh is expected to occupy a new seat in Parliament when it meets this afternoon.
View ArticleDyer-Griffith backs PM’s firing of Glenn
Friday, March 28, 2014Vice-chairman of the Congress of the People (COP) Nicole Dyer-Griffith, yesterday joined the chorus of support for Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar’s decision to dismiss...
View ArticleImbert on Penny’s fight for PNM leadership: If she wins she can’t lead...
Joshua SurteesFriday, March 28, 2014Diego Martin North East MP Colm Imbert told a PNM crowd in St Joseph Pennelope Beckles-Robinson could not be the leader of the Opposition, according to the Constitut
View ArticleLawyers concerned over closure at BIR
Friday, March 28, 2014The Law Association is adding its concern about the closure of the stamp duty department and also of the closure of the cashier at the Board of Inland Revenue office,...
View Article32 workers added to Children’s Authority
Kalifa ClyneFriday, March 28, 2014The Children’s Authority has hired 32 new staff members and will be fully functioning by September, says Child Protection Task Force chair Diana Mahabir-Wyatt.
View ArticlePNM to surround Parliament today
Friday, March 28, 2014PNM supporters are expected to assemble outside Parliament this afternoon to protest the Government’s award of a $1.6 billion contract to construct the Beetham Waste Water...
View ArticleWoman on drug charge freed after retrial
Jensen LaVendeFriday, March 28, 2014Shirley Charles of Penal thanked Jesus, her attorneys and the nine-member jury yesterday after she was freed of a charge of trafficking 2.4 kilos of cocaine in 2008.
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