APO fails
Published: Thursday, April 27, 2017The T&T Stock Exchange announced last night that the First Citizens additional public offering of 48,495,665 ordinary shares at $32 a share attracted...
View ArticlePublic won’t fall for scare tactics
Anna-Lisa PaulPublished: Thursday, April 27, 2017PM slams those playing property tax games:“There is a lot of confusion being generated by people who know better,” Rowley said after attending the NGC...
View ArticleSuspects identified in gas station attack
Rhondor DowlatPublished: Thursday, April 27, 2017Police officers investigating a vicious assault of an elderly attendant at Unipet’s Service Station in El Socorro said that they have identified the...
View ArticleUWI on financial brink
Richard LordPublished: Thursday, April 27, 2017Caribbean Govts owe US$105mThe inability of Caribbean governments to keep its commitment for the first time to help fund the The University of the West...
View ArticleBaby drowns in bucket of urine
Published: Thursday, April 27, 2017Police are investigating the death of a five-month-old baby who reportedly drowned in a bucket of urine at his Laventille home sometime between Wednesday night and...
View ArticleGang rivalry blamed for teen’s death
Derek AchongPublished: Thursday, April 27, 2017A Laventille teen was fatally shot in downtown Port-of-Spain on Wednesday night.Residents of Duncan Street, Port-of-Spain, called the police after hearing...
View ArticleKamla: Forgive me for not axing the tax
Yvonne WebbPublished: Thursday, April 27, 2017Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar has asked for forgiveness from citizens for not repealing the proposed Property Tax, which she has now dubbed...
View ArticleNo medicine for cancer patients
Published: Thursday, April 27, 2017Shortage of pharmacists at Sando hospitalScores of cancer patients in desperate need of chemotherapy are being turned away from the oncology centre of the San...
View ArticleImbert starts education campaign today
Gail AlexanderPublished: Friday, April 28, 2017Imbert made this clear yesterday along with OPM Minister Stuart Young, who said the reported the $500 fine is not an issue since people may not fall into...
View ArticleGirl, 6, and father murdered at home
Rhondor DowlatPublished: Friday, April 28, 2017The rural village of Mammoral in Central Trinidad was shaken up this morning following the brutal murder of a six-year-old girl and her...
View ArticleVillagers shocked
Rhondor DowlatPublished: Saturday, April 29, 2017Girl, 5, dad shot to death in sleepFive-year-old Solisha Faith Joseph, who was killed along with her father Solomon Joseph at their Mamoral No 1 home...
View ArticleShe has no locuds standi
Published: Saturday, April 29, 2017Khan on Ayers-Caesar’s return to casesThe most senior practicing attorney at the Criminal Bar, Israel Khan SC, says former judge and chief magistrate Marcia...
View ArticleStandard procedure
Gail AlexanderPublished: Saturday, April 29, 2017AG: Trinis deported from Turkey interrogatedThe 12 people who arrived in T&T after being deported from Turkey were last night being interrogated by...
View ArticleCops hope to get info from Turkey officials
Jensen La VendePublished: Saturday, April 29, 2017Twelve people who had been detained in Turkey since 2015 returned to Trinidad and Tobago yesterday after being deported.In a special media briefing...
View ArticleLaw fraternity divided on Marcia mess
Rosemarie SantPublished: Saturday, April 29, 2017Judicial crisis! Marcia Mess! Comedy of Errors!Three descriptions yesterday from three different legal minds on the unfolding scenario involving former...
View ArticleGoods shortage looms in Tobago—chamber boss
Rosemarie SantPublished: Saturday, April 29, 2017Truckers fight for space on domestic vesselsAlthough there are now two vessels taking cargo to Tobago, the island has experienced a 20-25 per cent...
View ArticleHealth minister: $8.7bn a year to treat lifestyle diseases
Gail AlexanderPublished: Saturday, April 29, 2017The economic cost to T&T of non-communicable diseases such as cancers, diabetes and hypertension is $8.7 billion annually, Health Minister Terrence...
View ArticleFormer LSA boss: Plan to tax squatters a recipe for disaster
Shaliza HassanaliPublished: Saturday, April 29, 2017Former CEO of the Land Settlement Agency (LSA) Dr Allen Sammy fears that if Government imposes property tax on squatters it would legitimise their...
View Article$9,000 fine for trying to bribe cop
Sascha WilsonPublished: Saturday, April 29, 2017Drunk driver admits to crimeA Debe contractor who admitted he offered a policeman $4,800 as a bribe to forego a drunk driving charge has been ordered to...
View ArticleI’ll seek opinion from Cabinet
Anna-Lisa PaulPublished: Saturday, April 29, 2017PM on calls to remove VAT from literary books:Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley says he will be seeking the Cabinet’s input regarding a request to remove...
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