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OWTU calls for public inquiry on Petrotrin
Monday, August 4, 2014Reshma RagoonathPetrotrin workers carry out clean-up operations at the Guaracara River in Pointe-a-Pierre. PHOTO:RISHI RAGOONATHPresident general of the Oilfields Workers’ Trade...
View ArticleTewarie: Petrotrin assets to be audited
Monday, August 4, 2014Yvonne WebbFollowing two oil spills, which has already cost state-owned Petrotrin millions of dollars and affected the national revenue earnings, acting Energy Minister Dr Bhoe Te
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WASA: More water in Petit Curacaye by year end
Monday, August 4, 2014Problem: Earla Sylvester, of Petit Curacaye, off Santa Cruz Old Road, said, “In my community there is a WASA booster pump that services the whole Petit
View ArticleYouths energise Emancipation celebrations
Monday, August 4, 2014Melissa DoughtyThe sound of steelpan rocked the Lidj Yasu Omowale Emancipation Village on Saturday at the Queen’s Park Savannah as five youth steelbands added to the weekend-long...
View ArticleFixed dates for future elections
Tuesday, August 5, 2014Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar is seeking term limits for the prime minister’s post. During her contribution at the opening of the first and last session of curr
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PP out to wipe up Life Sport mess
Tuesday, August 5, 2014Geisha KowlessarFormer prime minister Patrick Manning shares a light moment with a member on the government bench during the opening of the new parliamentary term yesterday....
View ArticleRun-off election could change voter habits
Tuesday, August 5, 2014Nigel HenryA run-off election for Members of Parliament was one of the significant new legislative provisions offered for inclusion by Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar in Par
View ArticleNew standing order seeks to end cross-talk
Tuesday, August 5, 2014Gail AlexanderThe Prime Minister will have to answer questions for 30 minutes during the new session of Parliament, MPs will have less speaking time and there is to be less of...
View ArticleAnil’s seat now vacant
Tuesday, August 5, 2014Gail AlexanderFormer minister Anil Roberts’ former D’Abadie O’Meara seat, which was declared vacant yesterday, has been shifted to the outermost Parliament backbench, next to...
View ArticleRowley on alleged Life Sport corruption: Cheque stubs found in dump
Tuesday, August 5, 2014Geisha KowlessarOpposition Leader Dr Keith Rowley has said he has fresh evidence of corruption and mismanagement in the Life Sport programme and showed several cheque stubs which...
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Mass demonstration over oil spill today
Tuesday, August 5, 2014Reshma RagoonathMarley King and President General OWTU Ancel Roget, right, show a sample of oil collected from the Guaracara River in Pointe-a-Pierre yesterday. PHOTO: RISHI...
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Gardener shot dead in Paria
Tuesday, August 5, 2014Rhondor DowlatPhillip NoreigaPhillip Noreiga, 31, was on his way home, yesterday, after working all morning in his vegetable garden in Paria, when he was gunned down.
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Couva hospital at advanced stage
Tuesday, August 5, 2014Yvonne BaboolalPrime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar, centre, members of her Cabinet and Chinese workers look on during the top-off ceremony at the site of the children's...
View ArticleMalala calls out world leaders on Gaza
Saturday, August 2, 2014Taureef MohammedTwo-time Nobel Peace Prize nominee Malala Yousafzai has slammed world leaders for their apparent silence over the ongoing killing of children and innocent...
View ArticleMoonilal on reform legislation: PNM missed boat to raise questions
Wednesday, August 6, 2014The Opposition People’s National Movement (PNM) missed two opportunities at Monday’s parliamentary session launch to query the holding of Parliament sessions this month
View ArticleAG: Election reform will empower voters
Wednesday, August 6, 2014Dereck AchongAttorney General Anand Ramlogan has dismissed mounting public criticism of sweeping changes to the electorial process proposed in the Constitution (Amendment) Bill...
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How runoff rules would have impacted 2007 polls
Wednesday, August 6, 2014Gerard BestIf the constitutional changes being proposed by Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar were in effect during the 2007 general election, former United National Congress (
View ArticleMissing pages in Life Sport audit
Wednesday, August 6, 2014Two pages from the Central Audit Committee report into the now defunct Life Sport programme were inadvertently omitted from the final report but it does not affect the
View ArticleProtest in La Brea over highway jobs
Wednesday, August 6, 2014Sascha WilsonOver 100 people from Vance River and Guapo blocked the road with burning debris yesterday protesting mainly for jobs in the construction of $7.5 billion Solomon...
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