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40 HRM members in ‘relay fast’
Geisha KowlessarPublished: Tuesday, October 14, 2014Forty members of the Highway Re-route Movement (HRM), mostly young people, have begun a 40-day “relay fast” outside the Office of the Prime Minister...
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Karate tutor held for buggery of three schoolboys
Published: Monday, October 13, 2014At least three boys at a denominational school in San Fernando had to be screened for HIV last month after they were buggered by a martial arts instructor. Cpl...
View ArticleCocorite braces for ‘war’ after killing of Ex-Jamaat coup
Jensen La VendePublished: Tuesday, October 14, 2014Residents of Cocorite are bracing for further murders that they fear may take place in their community after the shooting death of former...
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Protesters shut down 12 sites on Point highway
Battle over lack of compensationRadica SookrajPublished: Monday, October 13, 2014Protesters have crippled the construction of the $7.4 billion Solomon Hochoy highway extension by shutting down 12...
View ArticleBorder security critical—Griffith
African nationals on Ebola watchlist...Gail AlexanderPublished: Wednesday, October 15, 2014Minister of National Security Gary Griffith yesterday confirmed T&T was officially monitoring migrants...
View ArticleNESC stops African batch of students
Published: Wednesday, October 15, 2014National Energy Skills Centre (NESC) chairman Feroze Khan confirmed yesterday that they had, on the advice of the Chief Medical Officer (of Health), postponed the...
View ArticleWayne awaits today’s talks with Suruj
…‘Fate of hunger strike rests on meeting’Geisha KowlessarPublished: Wednesday, October 15, 2014As members of civil societies meet with Works Minister Surujrattan Rambachan today, leader of the Highway...
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Mom: We don’t own land in Mon Desir
Kalifa ClynePublished: Wednesday, October 15, 2014Vilma Kublalsingh, mother of environmentalist and hunger striker Wayne Kublalsingh, says government supporters have been spreading false rumours about...
View ArticleChinese national falls to death at construction site
Published: Wednesday, October 15, 2014A Chinese national fell to his death at the National Tennis Centre construction site, Tacarigua. The Sport Company of T&T (SPORTT) confirmed the death in a...
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Protesters chase highway workers
Radica SookrajPublished: Wednesday, October 15, 2014Under the watchful eyes of police, protesters from Guapo marched through two construction zones in Golconda and Debe and interrupted work on the Debe...
View Article$100,000 for two beaten prisoners
…Judge: Revamp the systemDerek AchongPublished: Wednesday, October 15, 2014A High Court judge has issued a plea for the revamping of the Prison Services which he says will protect the safety of both...
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Griffith on denial of 13 Jamaicans entry: Let’s talk
Published: Wednesday, October 15, 2014National Security Minister Gary Griffith is inviting Jamaica’s Foreign Affairs Minister and his Opposition counterpart to join him for talks. He said so yesterday...
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Parents question death of baby
Yvonne WebbPublished: Wednesday, October 15, 2014A Gasparillo couple is calling on the San Fernando General Hospital to release the body of their baby, who died hours after his birth so they could give...
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Lee Heung dies at 93
Days after book launch...Peter Ray BloodPublished: Wednesday, October 15, 2014Days after the launch of a book commemorating his work, veteran masman Stephen Lee Heung, 93, died on Monday night from...
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Highway meeting flops
Geisha KowlessarPublished: Thursday, October 16, 2014Despite nearly four hours of intense discussions between Government and members of civil society organisations, the controversial Debe to Mon Desir...
View ArticleAbu Bakr refused entry to Jamaica
Richard LordPublished: Thursday, October 16, 2014Leader of the Jamaat-al-Muslimeen Yasin Abu Bakr was denied entry to Jamaica last night and then detained there. He is expected to be deported back to...
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T&T opts for quarantine
Regional colleagues initiate Ebola lockdown but...Gail AlexanderPublished: Thursday, October 16, 2014While neighbouring Caribbean islands yesterday initiated “lockdown” measures against the Ebola...
View ArticleHealth Ministry spends $10m on protective gear
Derek AchongPublished: Thursday, October 16, 2014The Ministry of Health is procuring a specialised bio-containment unit for the treatment of possible cases of Ebola, Chief Medical Officer Dr Colin...
View ArticleCoast Guard keeping closer watch on borders
Published: Thursday, October 16, 2014National Security officials are denying allegations that a group of immigrants from Ebola-ravaged Liberia passed through T&T recently en-route to the United...
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Healthcare workers demand big bucks
Ebola scare at hospitals so...Kalifa ClynePublished: Thursday, October 16, 2014Public Services Association president Watson Duke yesterday demanded $10 million in insurance for doctors, nurses and all...
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