PM gives order against criminals: Unleash the dogs of war
Jensen LaVendeThursday, June 12, 2014Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar said yesterday she had given an order to “unleash the dogs of war” against criminals. Speaking at the official opening of the...
View ArticleUnwilling goodbyes for baby Matai
Sharlene RampersadThursday, June 12, 2014Relatives console the parents of baby Matai Phillip (inset), national goalkeeper Marvin Phillip, centre, and Lesley-Ann Halls, right, during the funeral service...
View ArticleReport on baby Simeon’s death: Discipline doctor
Kalifa ClyneThursday, June 12, 2014Cuban nurses look at maps of Trinidad which they received in kits during the Ministry of Health foreign health care professionals orientation at the Radisson Hotel,...
View ArticleMap: Police killings for 2014 (by police division)
Gerard BestThursday, June 12, 2014There have been 26 police killings for 2014, of which 19 are under investigation by the Police Complaints Auth
View ArticleAnil safe for now
Gail AlexanderFriday, June 13, 2014Sports Minister Anil RobertsSports Minister Anil Roberts has told Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar he has never used drugs, including marijuana, during his...
View ArticleOpposition forces: PM will pay price
Friday, June 13, 2014The Prime Minister has tried to exculpate Sport Minister Anil Roberts, says People’s National Movement (PNM) PRO Faris Al-Rawi. He made the comment moments after the PM announced...
View ArticleStudent puts Hamel-Smith in hot seat: Why is Anil still in Govt?
Yvonne BaboolalFriday, June 13, 2014Senate President Timothy Hamel-Smith was put in the hot seat by a student during a function yesterday, after she asked him why Sport Minister Anil Roberts had not...
View Article3 desperate moms camp outside HDC hoping for homes
Friday, June 13, 2014Three desperate single mothers and their six children occupied the doorsteps of the Housing Development Corporation’s head office, South Quay, Port-of-Spain, yesterday, in the hope...
View ArticleSamba sizzles the city
Joshua SurteesFriday, June 13, 2014Brazilian ambassador to T&T Paulo Bozzi issued a last-minute cancellation yesterday afternoon and instead sent his deputy to officially “open” the World Cup at a...
View ArticleBirdie accepts award in song
Tremaine Soca WarnerFriday, June 13, 2014Any doubts as to whether the Mighty Sparrow’s signature bravado was still intact were quickly erased on Wednesday evening when he was awarded the country’s...
View ArticleCandlelight vigil for return of 230 abducted girls
Friday, June 13, 2014Powerful Ladies of T&T (PLOTT), an association of female business executives, will hold a candlelight vigil and an hour of silence for the abduction of 230 girls by the Islamic...
View ArticleHabitat for Humanity hosts Circle of Hope
Friday, June 13, 2014Habitat for Humanity T&T (HFHTT) will undertake its first major advocacy initiative in the form of a Circle of Hope in partnership with the T&T Heart Foundation (TTHF).
View ArticleCabinet not helping PM take country forward
Friday, June 13, 2014We are at the mid-way point of the year of promise, success and true happiness. A lot can be said about 2013 to justify what we are seeing today, but let us not dwell in the past.
View Article‘Mailbox politics’ a future offence
Gail Alexander Saturday, June 14, 2014St Joseph MP Terrance Deyalsingh and Minister of State in the Ministry of Works and Infrastructure, Stacy Roopnarine, speak on their cell phones during the lunch...
View ArticleStiff penalties for perpetrators
Saturday, June 14, 2014Griffith said in 2011 an inter-ministerial committee began developing a national cyber security strategy, which was approved in 2012. He said it would be an offence if
View ArticleAnil’s suspension remains
Saturday, June 14, 2014Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar chats with Sport Minister Anil Roberts during yesterday's sitting of the House of Representatives at Tower D, International Waterfront,...
View ArticleMedia main target of PP’s new cyber laws—Deyalsingh
Richard LordSaturday, June 14, 2014Opposition MP Terrence Deyalsingh says media workers will be facing heavy fines and jail terms for breaches under the new cybercrime legislation being debated in Parlia
View ArticleRBC guards axed for private firm
Nadaleen SinghSaturday, June 14, 2014Angry former security guards from RBC Royal Bank yesterday protested outside the bank’s Independence Square, Port-of-Spain, branch to ex
View ArticleMystery bullet strikes Pancho
Derek AchongSaturday, June 14, 2014Resturanteur Parmanand “Pancho” Yarna at his new outlet on Edward Street, Port-of-Spain last month. PHOTO: SHIRLEY BAHADURPopular restaurateur Parmanand “Pancho”...
View ArticleAG wants approval of anti-crime weapons
Gail Alexander Saturday, June 14, 2014T&T has more “cold” crime cases than “hot” ones and there’s been a marked increase in drug mules passing through T&T, Attorney G
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