Officers get sick over broken septic tank
Published: Friday, August 22, 2014The Santa Cruz Fire Station was shut down yesterday with most of its staff being taken to hospital after complaining of feeling unwell due to fumes from a broken...
View ArticleWorkers begin Ebola training
Anna-Lisa PaulPublished: Friday, August 22, 2014Chairman of the North Central Regional Health Authority (NCRHA) Dr Shehenaz Mohammed yesterday assured that health workers who had previously expressed...
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$120m flood ease for city begins in December
Published: Friday, August 22, 2014Port-of-Spain is due for an upgrade, starting in December, when Government will begin component one of the Inter-American Development Bank’s (IDB) $120 million loan to...
View ArticleFuad: Help for NGOs until ‘We’ll continue until there’s something better’
Published: Friday, August 22, 2014While Cabinet has approved $4.7 million to assist three medical organisations, Health Minister Dr Fuad Khan says the Government will continue to provide financial...
View ArticleSuruj and Griffith on e-mail probe: We are not worried
Published: Friday, August 22, 2014National Security Minister Gary Griffith and Works Minister Suruj Rambachan say they are not worried about the progress of the probe into e-mails read in Parliament by...
View ArticleHighest national award for two former PMs
Published: Friday, August 22, 2014Patrick Manning and Basdeo Panday will receive this country’s highest honour, the Order of the Republic of T&T as the country celebrates its 52nd Independence...
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Former PM declines top national award
Published: Friday, August 22, 2014Following is the full statement released by former Prime Minister Patrick Manning announcing his decision to decline the nomination for the Order of the Republic: I...
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Manning: Nobody called me about ORTT
Gross disrespectRadica SookrajPublished: Saturday, August 23, 2014Former prime minister Patrick Manning will not take the nation’s highest award—the Order of the Republic of T&T. Prime Minister...
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Mother of two beaten to death
Radica SookrajPublished: Saturday, August 23, 2014Devlyn Simpson, a mother of two, screamed for her life as a man beat her to death with a gas tank inside her apartment in Princes Town on Thursday...
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Grandfather wants probe into prisoner’s death
Jensen La VendePublished: Saturday, August 23, 2014The grandfather of Akim Alexander, who reportedly hanged himself at the Maximum Security Prison on Thursday morning, is calling for an investigation...
View ArticleAutistic child dies in fire
Jensen La VendePublished: Saturday, August 23, 2014Latoya Meyers tried unsuccessfully to hold back the tears as she recounted the last moments she spent trying to rescue her six-year-old autistic child...
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Dead man ‘had turned his life around’
Jensen La VendePublished: Saturday, August 23, 2014David “Junior” Baker, one of three men killed by police on Tuesday, had turned his life around and was trying to live a law-abiding and productive...
View ArticleNew south cinema stays closed
Radica SookrajPublished: Saturday, August 23, 2014Developer of Caribbean Cinemas South Park ten multiplex cinema, Joseph Rahael, has confirmed that the newly opened facility will remain closed over the...
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All 31 senators urged to reject Bill
Kevon FelminePublished: Saturday, August 23, 2014Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar’s olive branch to civil society, when she invited recommendations on the proposed Constitution (Amendment) Bill...
View ArticlePenny wins post in landslide
…offering herself as PNM 2015 election candidateGail AlexanderPublished: Saturday, August 23, 2014After retaining chairmanship of People’s National Movement’s (PNM) Arima Women’s League unit on...
View ArticleIt’s misleading and mischievous
Judiciary on Duke’s cancer claim at courthouse...Sascha WilsonPublished: Saturday, August 23, 2014Inflammatory, misleading and mischievous. This is the Judiciary’s response to a claim by Public...
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Business owners, homeless at odds
Differing views at street dwelling symposiumSascha WilsonPublished: Saturday, August 23, 2014Stroke victim Vidya Ramlogan lives on the streets not because she wants to, but because she has nowhere else...
View ArticleDebe residents complain of fumes , NP finds no leak at station
RADHICA SOOKRAJRadica SookrajPublished: Saturday, August 23, 2014It has been over a month since residents complained they were falling ill because of strong hydrocarbon fumes close to the NP Quik...
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Flooding woes: Rousillac residents beg for help
Sascha WilsonPublished: Saturday, August 23, 2014Rousillac residents were forced to remain in their homes after parts of the road in their community were submerged in flood water on Thursday. Residents...
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Fugitive surrenders in Point
Published: Saturday, August 23, 2014Crime WatchCrime Watch host Ian Alleyne ventured to Point Fortin this week to apprehend a fugitive who had evaded capture for some time. Tiba David was wanted for...
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