SOS to Carmona: Opposition Leader wants review of MPs’ pay
Tuesday, July 1, 2014Leader of the Opposition Dr Keith Rowley during a press conference yesterday at the office of the Leader of the Opposition, Charles Street, Port-of-Spain. PHOTO: SHIRLEY BAHADUR...
View ArticleAppeal Court ups libel award by $200,000
Tuesday, July 1, 2014A newspaper’s bid to reduce the damages of over $.5 million for defamation that it had been ordered to pay backfired last week with the Appeal Court instead increasi
View ArticleCarapo Life Sport supervisor: Anil the best MP ever
Tuesday, July 1, 2014A supervisor of the controversial Life Sport, Devoughn Cummings, during an interview at the Al Islamia Jumma Masjid, Carapo, yesterday. "Anil Roberts is the best MP that ever...
View ArticleMed interns seek transfers
Tuesday, July 1, 2014ANNA-LISA PAULMedical interns at UWI are asking to be transferred to Jamaica or Barbados to avoid having to do a new two-year internship instead of the one-year programme they wer
View ArticleT&T Pavilion draws crowds at NY food event
Tuesday, July 1, 2014A visitor samples food from Asma’s Roti at the T&T Pavilion.NEW YORK—There has been a constant stream of visitors to the T&T Pavilion at the 60th Summer Fancy Food Show at...
View ArticleWatching TV pays off
Tuesday, July 1, 2014Maybe I watch too much Crime Scene Investigation (CSI) but shouldn’t it be simple to prove or debunk the premise that these individuals who are killed by police bu
View ArticlePilots' sickout affects all Caribbean Airlines flights
Tuesday, July 1, 2014Scores of passengers seeking to leave the country for business, vacation and other reasons have been affected by an apparent sickout by Caribbean Airlines pilots, which has...
View ArticleHowai: Tight leash for Life Sport $$
Wednesday, July 2, 2014Gail AlexanderMinister of National Security Gary Griffith, left, chats with Minister of Finance and the Economy Larry Howai during yesterday’s Senate sitting. PHOTO: MARYANN...
View ArticleGriffith: Heads will roll
Wednesday, July 2, 2014Gary Griffith National Security Minister Gary Griffith told reporters he was awaiting the outcome of the audit to start making big changes in the programme. He said controversial...
View ArticleUS, Tobago routes hit hard as CAL pilots in sickout
Wednesday, July 2, 2014Rhondor DowlatPassengers and their family members and friends mill around in the international terminal at the Piarco International Airport yesterday. Thousands of passengers...
View ArticleMoonilal hopes offices will be reopened soon
Wednesday, July 2, 2014Radhica SookrajThe chaos caused by the closure of passport offices in San Fernando and Port-of-Spain may end this week, Minister of Housing and Urban Development Dr Roodal...
View ArticleEast Port-of-Spain residents: Masked soldiers assaulting us
Wednesday, July 2, 2014Jensen La VendeMembers of the Trinidad and Tobago Defence Force on patrol along Piccadilly Street, Port-of- Spain, shortly after 6 am yesterday. One of their colleagues, Lance...
View ArticleFamily of 18 homeless after fire razes house
Wednesday, July 2, 2014Kevon FelmineA distressed Desmond Jaiseree picks up burnt books from the rubble after his Penal home was destroyed by fire on Monday evening.Five-month-old Keshawn Kinsale’s...
View ArticlePM stops Fuad’s internship move
Thursday, July 3, 2014Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar yesterday ordered Health Minister Fuad Khan to stop his plan to extend the period of internship for graduating University of the W
View ArticleDuke on passport backlog: Workers will now work extra hours
Thursday, July 3, 2014TAUREEF MOHAMMEDImmigration staff has been asked to put in extra hours to deal with the backlog of cases which resulted from the shutdown of the San Fer
View ArticleLaventille residents after killing of corporal: It’s not police but soldiers...
Thursday, July 3, 2014Jensen La VendePolice say they have intensified their patrols in Laventille following the murder of Lance Cpl Kayode Thomas at Beverly Hills on Sunday
View ArticleStranded CAL passengers want back $$
Thursday, July 3, 2014Rhondor DowlatStranded passengers of Caribbean Airlines are calling for reimbursement of ticket fares. Those calls were made after CAL cancelled all flights to Tobago following sicko
View ArticleFarmer’s daughter tops examination
Thursday, July 3, 2014RADHICA SOOKRAJ and YVONNE WEBBA joyful Shivanna Chatoor, of Avocat Vedic Primary School, gets a kiss form her parents Shevanand and Gaiyatri Chatoor after receiving news...
View ArticleQueries over SEA placements
Thursday, July 3, 2014ANNA-LISA PAULStudents of Standard Five of Arima Girls’ RC School celebrate after receiving their SEA results yesterday. PHOTO: ABRAHAM DIAZ Keen competition among students in...
View ArticleRoget: PM waging war on workers
Thursday, July 3, 2014Sascha WilsonOWTU president general Ancel Roget, left, with protesting T&TEC workers yesterday outside the San Fernando district office. PHOTO: TONY HOWELLOilfields Workers’...
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