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Protesters stop work at HDC site
Road rage in La BreaKevon FelminePublished: Wednesday, November 26, 2014Fed up of gaping potholes and muddy roads caused by heavy-duty equipment, La Brea residents mounted a barricade of tyres and...
View ArticleWorkers march in Tunapuna over ‘owed backpay’
Camille ClarkPublished: Wednesday, November 26, 2014Acting treasurer of the National Union of Government and Federated Workers (NUGFW) and president of the local government section, Heston Lambert,...
View ArticleBird kill in Couva
Residents suspect poisoningReshma RagoonathPublished: Wednesday, November 26, 2014The Forestry Division is investigating the deaths of a number of birds of different species at the Housing Development...
View ArticleThree ministers favour highway mediation
Published: Wednesday, November 26, 2014GEISHA KOWLESSAR and RADHICA SOOKRAJThree government ministers are in favour of mediation to discuss issues raised by the Highway Re-Route Movement. At day two of...
View ArticleNew Credo home offers hope for homeless boys
Kalifa ClynePublished: Thursday, November 27, 2014A new home for boys was opened on Nelson Street yesterday, eight years after the home’s first building was destroyed by fire in 2007. The Credo Drop-In...
View ArticleDaly on Hosein’s resignation: Media was speaking good English
Reshma RagoonathPublished: Thursday, November 27, 2014Former Law Association head Martin Daly, SC, has welcomed Integrity Commission chairman Zainool Hosein’s decision to resign as head of the Retired...
View ArticleMarlene: Manning within his rights
Kalifa ClynePublished: Thursday, November 27, 2014Opposition Whip Marlene McDonald says if former prime minister and San Fernando East MP Patrick Manning believed he could properly serve constituents,...
View ArticleTeachers hit streets for more money
Geisha KowlessarPublished: Thursday, November 27, 2014Chanting and bearing placards, teachers protested yesterday outside the Office of the Chief Personnel Officer, St Vincent Street, Port-of-Spain,...
View ArticleAzmon charged! DPP finds solid evidence in Brasso Seco case
Published: Friday, November 28, 2014Azmon Alexander and his accomplice, a 17-year-old boy, were last night charged with the triple murders of a Brasso Seco family.Director of Public Prosecutions Roger...
View ArticleSecond bite for bidders: Nidco eyes other options on Curepe interchange
Renuka SinghPublished: Friday, November 28, 2014Bidders for the heavily-contested Curepe interchange project may get a second chance at the multi-million-dollar roadway construction as the National...
View ArticleOil pressure: Howai to address House today
Richard LordPublished: Friday, November 28, 2014With the oil price plummeting to US$77 a barrel yesterday, Finance and the Economy Minister Larry Howai is expected to make a statement on the matter in...
View ArticlePetrotrin workers ready for strike
Yvonne WebbPublished: Friday, November 28, 2014Petrotrin workers have given their representative union, the Oilfields Workers’ Trade Union (OWTU), instructions to institute legal strike action against...
View ArticleGovt in bad situation, say senior economists
Rapheal John-LallPublished: Friday, November 28, 2014Falling oil prices put the Government in a difficult situation, economist Dr Ronald Ramkissoon said yesterday. Commenting on the decision by OPEC...
View ArticleBlackouts averted by plant shutdowns
Published: Friday, November 28, 2014Electricity supplies to residential and commercial customers of T&TEC are not expected to suffer any disruptions because of the shutdown of Trinidad Generation...
View ArticleManning to Rowley: Why discipline me?
Richard LordPublished: Friday, November 28, 2014Former PNM leader Patrick Manning has written to Opposition Leader Dr Keith Rowley asking why he is being hauled before the party’s national executive...
View ArticleMotorcycle cop hurt after falling off bike
Published: Friday, November 28, 2014A female police motorcyclist suffered a blackout while riding and collided with a police car on the Beetham Highway yesterday. She was treated for a fractured arm...
View ArticlePrison, fire officers seek $1,000 backpay
Published: Friday, November 28, 2014The Prisons and Fire Services are giving the Prime Minister a week to address the non-payment of the $1,000 special monthly allowances they say are due to them. The...
View ArticleKublalsingh in court
Yvonne WebbPublished: Friday, November 28, 2014In a wheelchair, hunger striker Dr Wayne Kublalsingh appeared before a Siparia Magistrate on Friday morning.Kublalsingh, leader of the Highway Reroute...
View ArticleShot dead after road accident
Published: Friday, November 28, 2014An argument between two drivers is suspected to have triggered the country's latest murder.Dead is Dennison Rodney, 42, of Cocorite, whose body was found near his...
View ArticleVehicle abandoned after road rage murder
Cops hunt for faceless killerJensen La VendePublished: Saturday, November 29, 2014Police are hunting for a man who shot Dennison Rodney ten times after the two began arguing after an accident in Diego...
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