More youth needed to keep Palm Sunday alive
Nadaleen SinghMonday, April 14, 2014Roman Catholic faithful walk along Independence Square, Port-of-Spain, during the Society of St Vincent de Paul’s annual Palm Sunday procession yesterday. PHOTO:...
View ArticleBarrackpore family homeless after fire
Kevon FelmineMonday, April 14, 2014Suroogdaye Ramdass, second from left, looks on as her son Riyad Roshan, left, sifts through the ruins following a fire which destroyed their home at Congo Hill,...
View ArticleDomestic violence seminar tells of the pain of being Abused by my companion
Yvonne BaboolalMonday, April 14, 2014“It is not my enemies who taunt me, I could bear that. It is not my adversaries who deal insolently with me, I could hide from them.
View ArticleTotal lunar eclipse tonight
Monday, April 14, 2014Dr Shirin Haque, astronomer and lecturer, Department of Physics, The University of the West Indies, St Augustine.The first total lunar eclipse in more than two years will grace...
View ArticleNIB retirement claim being processed
Monday, April 14, 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 ArticleCountry comes first
As told to BC PiresMonday, April 14, 2014An undated photograph of former Prime Arthur NR Robinson, right, and American basketball legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar during his visit to this country in the...
View ArticleHow to sing sweetly
Monday, April 14, 2014 James, the elderly fix-it man in BuccooAs the saying goes: “Good ting no cheap, cheap ting no good.” So it's no surprise that the bargain electric kettle I bought two months ago...
View ArticleNew laws for old-age homes
Yvonne BaboolalMonday, April 14, 2014There is a lot of abuse of the elderly in old age homes, including administering insulin with sewing needles and leaving paralysed resid
View ArticleRamesar blames police killing on poor training
Yvonne BaboolalTuesday, April 15, 2014Naim DeanThe Police Social and Welfare Association is calling for a cessation of the Rapid Response Unit (RRU), whose officers were involved in the incident in...
View ArticleAG dealing with civil aspect of Calder Hart case
Tuesday, April 15, 2014Attorney General Anand Ramlogan yesterday clarified his statements over the possible arrest and extradition of former executive chairman of the Urban Development Corporation of...
View ArticleAutopsy: Police victim shot from three feet away
Jensen La VendeTuesday, April 15, 2014Naim Dean’s grandmother Janice Simon yesterday described his killing by a police officer as a cold blooded murder. She made th
View ArticleDumas presses ahead with PSC lawsuit
Richard LordTuesday, April 15, 2014Already operating without a chairman, the Police Service Commission now faces a legal challenge against the legality of two other members, which if successful, can...
View ArticleCNMG axes talk show
Gail AlexanderTuesday, April 15, 2014CNMG's Face-off talk show host David Fraser and Felipe Noguera as they left CNMG’s Maraval Road, Port-of-Spain station when they arrived for work yesterday. PHOTO:...
View ArticleCAL planes radar ready
Reshma RagoonathTuesday, April 15, 2014Civil aviation authorities have ramped up monitoring and safety checks on Caribbean Airlines’ fleet of 22 planes in direct response to the loss of Malaysia Airlines
View ArticlePastor appointed to replace Ramkhelawan
Tuesday, April 15, 2014A new Independent Senator has been appointed to fill the vacancy left by the sudden resignation of Subhas Ramkhelawan in the Senate. President Anthony Carmona announced the...
View ArticleDead pigeon shuts down courthouse
Sascha WilsonTuesday, April 15, 2014The stench of a decomposing pigeon in the ceiling of the Princes Town Magistrate Court forced the early closure of the court yesterday.
View ArticleCentre of Excellence not for sale, says Jack
Gail AlexanderThursday, April 17, 2014Chaguanas West MP Jack Warner has not filed any applications in the High Court to challenge or dispute world football governing body FIFA’s claims it provided over...
View ArticleGriffith: Experienced cops going to RRU
Yvonne BaboolalThursday, April 17, 2014Michael SealesNational Security Minister Gary Griffith has agreed to assign experienced officers to the Rapid Response Unit to patrol alongside the Special...
View ArticleLucky on leaking of flying squad report: Authority not political entity
Yvonne BaboolalThursday, April 17, 2014Gillian Lucky, director of the Police Complaints Authority (PCA), clearing the entity’s name, said the PCA is not a political entity and
View ArticleWidow’s husband under cross-examination: She was not worth more dead than alive
Derek AchongThursday, April 17, 2014Rennie Coolman, the widower of businesswoman Vindra Naipaul-Coolman, yesterday was forced to defend a barrage of accusations that he was
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