Knee-jerk reaction: Manning-Alleyne knocks two-year internship
Wednesday, July 2, 2014ANNA-LISA PAULDr Petronella Manning-AlleyneThere is no plan, neonatologist Dr Petronella Manning-Alleyne said yesterday, in response to Health Minister Dr Fuad Khan’s proposal to...
View ArticleMake meaningful change: NorthGate College gives heavy charge to graduating...
Thursday, July 3, 2014NorthGate College Director Yolande La Pierre delivers remarks at the school's graduation ceremony at The University of the West Indies, St Augustine, on June 28. Photo courtesy:...
View ArticleRead the 66 words from Abu Bakr's son that prompted today's strong statement...
Thursday, July 3, 2014Gerard BestSenator Gary Griffith, Minister of National SecurityFast-spreading rumours of various threats to the State prompted the National Security Minister to issue a strongly...
View ArticleMessage to PM from Bakr’s son: Fix your act
Friday, July 4, 2014A stern message to “get her government right” was sent to Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar by Fuad Abu Bakr, son of the leader of the Jamaat Al Muslimeen Imam Y
View ArticleFrustration after early morning line-up in city
Friday, July 4, 2014Drenched in sweat, scores of people, including a young lady who had plans to attend her grandmother’s funeral in New York, gathered yesterday morning outside the pas
View ArticleHostile staff in South—customers
Friday, July 4, 2014Scores of people went to the Immigration Division in San Fernando yesterday hoping to collect their passports but even though the office was open, many left disappoi
View ArticleCentral schools cry foul
Friday, July 4, 2014Yvonne BaboolalA quarrel is brewing between primary schools in central Trinidad and the Education Ministry over what appears to be inequitable and questionable markdowns for their
View ArticleRow over CAC marking system brings SEA of turmoil
Friday, July 4, 2014ANNA-LISA PAULChief Education Officer Harrilal Seecharan yesterday admitted that there were some discrepancies with the scoring system used by teachers to assess students in the C
View ArticleStabbing victim to seek counselling
Friday, July 4, 2014Rhondor DowlatStabbing victim Akil Thomas lies at the Port-of-Spain General Hospital yesterday recovering from injuries sustained during an attack on Sunday. PHOTO: RHONDOR...
View ArticleCuba wants more trade with T&T
Friday, July 4, 2014Raphael John-LallDirector of International Relations of the Cuban Chamber of Commerce, Mirtha Rippes, wants to see closer trade and business ties between Cuba and T&T.
View ArticleChikungunya virus warning for T&T
Friday, July 4, 2014Geisha KowlessarThe Chikungunya virus has quickly spread to some 25 Caribbean countries and it is only a matter of time before this country starts recording cases, said Dr James...
View ArticlePancho discharged
Friday, July 4, 2014Parmanand YarnaRestaurateur Parmanand “Pancho” Yarna was discharged from hospital yesterday.
View ArticleProbe almost complete
Friday, July 4, 2014Jensen LaVendeNaim DeanPolice say they are close to completing three investigations involving shooting deaths at the hands of police.
View ArticleRamesar wants police recruitment process revisited
Saturday, July 5, 2014Kevon FelmineAnand RamesarPresident of the Police Social Welfare Association Insp Anand Ramesar is calling on acting Commissioner of Police Stephen Williams to re-evaluate the...
View ArticleDefence Force apologises to journalists
Saturday, July 5, 2014Civil military affairs officer of the Defence Force Major Al Alexander has apologised to CNC3 reporter Samuel Mc Knight and cameraman Mano Ragbir for what they claim
View ArticleAdmin assistant on murder charge
Saturday, July 5, 2014Sascha WilsonThe common-law wife of 25-year-old Joash Ali appeared yesterday in the Mayaro Magistrates Court charged with his murder, five days after he was stabbed to death at t
View ArticleDry start to rainy season
Saturday, July 5, 2014T&T has recorded a dry start to the rainy season with rainfall declining some 56 per cent below the expected average for June.
View ArticleImmigration workers back out in PoS
Saturday, July 5, 2014TAUREEF MOHAMMEDThe passport office on Frederick Street, Port-of-Spain resumed normal operations yesterday, remaining open for its usual working hours—7 am to 3 pm—and offering rene
View ArticleSouth passport applicants still suffering
Saturday, July 5, 2014Radhica Sookraj“No one has the right to hold the nation to ransom,” said Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar as she read the riot act to protesting immigration workers.
View ArticleClash in Parliament over procurement bill
Saturday, July 5, 2014Gail AlexanderSpeaker Wade Mark, left, and Opposition leader Dr Keith Rowley discuss issues during yesterday’s sitting of Parliament. PHOTO: MARYANN AUGUSTEHouse Speaker Wade Mark...
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