Howai on fuel subsidy removal: CAL needs push to profitability
Nadaleen SinghPublished: Thursday, September 12, 2013Finance Minister Larry Howai has denied that the removal of the subsidy to Caribbean Airlines Limited (CAL) was as a result of the criticisms by St...
View ArticleSuruj during debate on PR Bill: Beetham gunmen running workers
Gail AlexanderPublished: Thursday, September 12, 2013Gunmen have “run” corporation workers out of Beetham Gardens and the employees of some contractors working in Diego Martin have been kidnapped and...
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UNC begins screening for 14 corporations
Sascha WilsonPublished: Thursday, September 12, 2013Former councillor for Montrose/Chaguanas Gopaul Boodan, left, awaits an interview with the screening committee at the UNC head office, Rienzi...
View ArticleGriffith plans for maritime lockdown
Geisha KowlessarPublished: Thursday, September 12, 2013New Security Minister tackles crime... A “maritime security lockdown” of T&T is one of the new initiatives National Security Minister Gary...
View ArticleDrones go into action next year
Geisha KowlessarPublished: Thursday, September 12, 2013By the middle of next year, T&T is expected to have at least two of the four drones the government has planned to acquire, National Security...
View ArticlePolice figures show 20% drop in road deaths
...More pedestrians killed while crossing highwaysDerek AchongPublished: Thursday, September 12, 2013The T&T Police Service has recorded a 20 per cent decrease in road fatalities for this year....
View ArticleSiparia gets the biggest slice of corporation pie
Gail AlexanderPublished: Thursday, September 12, 2013The Siparia Corporation has been allocated the largest estimated development funding—$28.8 million—out of all the regional bodies in the draft...
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Energy Chamber sees positive signs
Reshma RagoonathPublished: Thursday, September 12, 2013Members of the Energy Chamber attend a post-budget breakfast meeting at Cara Suites, Claxton Bay, yesterday. PHOTO: KRISTIAN DE SILVAPresident of...
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Govt to ban ‘dangerous’ pesticides, chemicals
Geisha KowlessarPublished: Thursday, September 12, 2013Environment Minister Ganga Singh, centre, speaks with colleagues, from left, United Nations Development Programme representative Rosemary Lall,...
View ArticleAbdulah: No vison in budget
Sascha WilsonPublished: Thursday, September 12, 2013Leader of the Movement for Social Justice (MSJ) David Abdulah says the $61.3 billion 2014 budget has no vision, philosophy or strategic plan. “There...
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$750m Flood Plan
Move to upgrade city’s drainageRichard LordPublished: Friday, September 13, 2013GANGA SINGHThe day after severe flooding along the East-West Corridor, from Barataria to Tunapuna, Cabinet yesterday...
View ArticleCricket board wants Brian Lara Stadium
Kevon FelminePublished: Friday, September 13, 2013Former T&T and West Indies batsman Suruj Ragoonath believes the controversial Brian Lara Stadium should be given to the T&T Cricket Board...
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Fabien sets sight on St Joseph seat
...wants to fight by-election as an independentKalifa ClynePublished: Friday, September 13, 2013Errol FabienMedia professional and comedian Errol Fabien has thrown his hat into the ring as an...
View ArticleGanga to assume role of constituency ‘caretaker’
Kalifa ClynePublished: Friday, September 13, 2013Minister of the Environment and Water Resources Ganga Singh will return to St Joseph, not in his former role as CEO of the Water and Sewerage Authority,...
View ArticleGovt to spend $12m on electronics for primary schools
Kalifa ClynePublished: Friday, September 13, 2013Multimedia projectors, 55-inch Smart TVs and radios with CD players will be distributed to schools in six weeks in a bid to make T&T’s primary...
View ArticleHighway squatters get lots at Picton
Gail AlexanderPublished: Friday, September 13, 2013The Government has allocated lots at Picton Phase One to 44 squatters affected by the extension of the Solomon Hochoy Highway to Point Fortin, Works...
View ArticleCDA moves to evict Military Museum: Founders want $25m to move
Joshua SurteesPublished: Friday, September 13, 2013The Chaguaramas Development Authority (CDA) has served an eviction notice on the Chaguaramas Military Museum, even though the museum’s owners have a...
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Kublalsingh threatens another hunger strike
Geisha KowlessarPublished: Friday, September 13, 2013Environmental activist Dr Wayne Kublalsingh refers to the Re-route Movement’s alternative route for the Debe to Mon Desir leg of the Point Fortin...
View ArticleTHA to seek budget back pay
Published: Friday, September 13, 2013The Tobago House of Assembly (THA) may trigger provisions of the Dispute Resolution Commission (DRC) in the THA Act to seek arrears of funding of hundreds of...
View ArticleNo move to declare Manning’s seat vacant
Published: Friday, September 13, 2013People’s National Movement (PNM) chairman Franklin Khan says the party will resist any move to have the San Fernando East seat declared vacant. The seat is held by...
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