I can’t make guarantees
Monday, August 18, 2014Joshua SurteesThe historic Greyfriars Church of Scotland in Port-of-Spain which was recently sold. The National Trust is now reportedly moving to protect it as a national...
View ArticleFormer PM celebrates 68th birthday- Manning mum on candidate for Sando East
Monday, August 18, 2014Former prime minister Patrick Manning turned 68 yesterday, confirming he’d be in Parliament for the upcoming Budget debate. Manning said he had nothing to say on the performance...
View ArticleT&T-based woman wants extradition
Monday, August 18, 2014Dwayne EstwickFive years after her son-in-law allegedly attempted to kill her, a Trinidad-based Guyanese woman has managed to track the man to Guyana, from where she is hoping he...
View ArticleThe art of divergence
Monday, August 18, 2014As told to BC PiresJonathan Mohess is unsure about religion but certain about wire jewellery. Photo: Heather BallMy name is Jonathan Mohess and I make wire art jewellery.I’m from...
View ArticleRight to join unions protected
Monday, August 18, 2014Roshan RamcharitarT&T has several active trade unions which are responsible for the protection of workers’ rights and the negotiation of collective bargaining agreements.
View ArticleCustomer gets her comfort
Monday, August 18, 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 ArticleHenry, Ghany lead public debate on constitutional change
Monday, August 18, 2014Gerard BestScreenshot from an explainer video by Nigel Henry, lead analyst of Solution By Simulation.The proposed runoff system is "more democratic" and will do no harm to voters...
View ArticleSix lawsuits filed in California
Wednesday, August 20, 2014Attorney General Anand Ramlogan yesterday provided six legal documents to the T&T Guardian. They all relate to an action in the Superior Court of California at Santa Clara.
View ArticleHamel-Smith on vacation for reform debate
Wednesday, August 20, 2014Kalifa ClyneSenate President Timothy Hamel-Smith says it will not be necessary to recuse himself from next Tuesday’s sitting of the Senate, where debate on the controversial...
View ArticleIndependents: Anti-terrorism Bill has flaw
Wednesday, August 20, 2014Independent Senator Helen Drayton, left, speaks to her colleague Dr Rolph Balgobin during yesterday’s sitting of the Upper House, at Tower D, International Waterfront,...
View ArticleProtest continues outside Senate over election bill
Wednesday, August 20, 2014Kalifa ClyneOne of the protesters among the small group that picketed the Parliament building at Tower D, International Waterfront Centre, Port-of-Spain, calling on senators...
View ArticlePM wants Caricom talks on Ebola
Wednesday, August 20, 2014Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar has asked for Caricom Health Ministers to meet to devise a plan to address the potential threat of the Ebola virus. Speaking at the...
View ArticleDuke to Judiciary: Back-to-work notices illegal
Wednesday, August 20, 2014Sharlene RampersadPublic Service Association (PSA) president Watson Duke disposes of warning letters sent to workers of the San Fernando Magistrates Court directing them to...
View ArticleKamla knocks race card use in reform debate
Wednesday, August 20, 2014Sascha WilsonA United National Congress (UNC) supporter chats with Community Development Minister Winston ‘Gypsy’ Peters, right, during the party’s Monday Night Forum at the...
View ArticleNo right way to do wrong
Wednesday, August 20, 2014Radica SookrajIf the Constitution (Amendment) Bill 2014 goes before a joint select committee (JSC) of Parliament the People’s National Movement (PNM) will not take any part in...
View ArticleSix TCL board directors quit but Defiant Bertrand stays as CEO
Wednesday, August 20, 2014Anthony WilsonNewly-installed Trinidad Cement Limited (TCL) director Glenn Hamel-Smith, second from right, raises his hand in support of TCL's new board during the company's...
View ArticleNew Board moves to suspend CEO
Wednesday, August 20, 2014The new TCL board met for the first time last night following the special (compulsory) meeting at the Radisson Hotel. The board elected Wilfred Espinet—who initiated the move...
View ArticleCrime victim cries at town meeting
Friday, August 22, 2014Kevon FelmineWoodbrook resident Shastri Sooknanan became emotional as he recounted his encounter with bandits during Wednesday’s Police Town meeting at Queens Royal College....
View ArticleDad and son executed
Friday, August 22, 2014Jensen La VendeA relative is consoled at the scene of last evening’s murder at St Helena, where Devanand Gokool and his son, Jeremy, were shot dead. With their hairnets still on,...
View ArticleUnlucky day for gangster
Friday, August 22, 2014Hamandeo Manichand, who police described as a gangster, escaped gunmen three times in six weeks but on Wednesday night he was not so lucky after he was shot dead in front of his...
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