Woman escapes abductors through car trunk
Radhica SookrajPublished: Tuesday, May 2, 2017A 30-year-old Barrackpore woman was rescued by police yesterday after she escaped from the trunk of a car.Police said the woman’s hands were tied and a...
View ArticleCommunity leader held
Rhondor DowlatPublished: Tuesday, May 2, 2017Beetham highway contract threatsA well-known Beetham community leader has been arrested by police and is expected to be questioned in connection with...
View ArticleNo Marcia in court yet
Rosemarie SantPublished: Tuesday, May 2, 2017As debate over future ragesFormer High Court judge Marcia Ayers-Caesar, who once sat as the Chief Magistrate of this country, is now in limbo as there has...
View ArticleFill out property tax forms please
Published: Tuesday, May 2, 2017Finance Ministry valuators to citizensThe Ministry of Finance yesterday started its public relations campaign to educate citizens on the Property Tax, as it seeks to...
View ArticleMan crushed to death while demolishing house
Radhica SookrajPublished: Tuesday, May 2, 2017Marabella handyman Brian Ifill went to do a day’s work to demolish an abandoned house in Gasparillo yesterday, but he never made it back home after the...
View ArticleMASSA DAY DONE
Radhica SookrajPublished: Tuesday, May 2, 2017Roget at May Day celebrations:Saying massa days are over, OWTU’s president general, Ancel Roget, yesterday criticised the Government for not standing up to...
View ArticleNorth Oropouche Road residents protest bad roads
Published: Tuesday, May 2, 2017Works and Transport Minister, Rohan Sinanan, has made a commitment to residents of North Oropouche Road and Fishing Pond, Sangre Grande, to begin paving roads in the...
View ArticleEverything is in place—Ministry
Anna-Lisa PaulPublished: Tuesday, May 2, 2017As 18,240 pupils prepare for SEA on ThursdayAll systems are in place for pupils to write the Secondary Entrance Assessment (SEA) exam on Thursday.According...
View ArticleFormer NOC head: Venezuela situation too close for comfort
Yvonne BaboolalPublished: Tuesday, May 2, 2017Former head of the National Operations Centre, Commander Garvin Heerah, said ongoing violent protests against the Maduro regime in Venezuela is “too close...
View ArticleMemo asks staff to fork out $20
Kevon FelminePublished: Wednesday, May 3, 2017Treasury too broke to buy water, toilet paperHard times have fallen upon the Treasury Division. Yesterday an internal memo sent out to staff stated there...
View ArticleFake ‘kidnap victim’ gets $15,000 bail
Sascha WilsonPublished: Wednesday, May 3, 2017A Penal woman who claimed she freed herself from a car trunk on Monday, after she was kidnapped and held captive for three days, allegedly fabricated the...
View ArticleTickets in mail for traffic light breakers soon
Gail AlexanderPublished: Wednesday, May 3, 2017Move over Property Tax—Government’s next big revenue earner might be coming from traffic fines under upcoming Motor Vehicle legislation.And under that...
View ArticleFiery protest for water in Penal
Sascha WilsonPublished: Wednesday, May 3, 2017Scores of Penal residents staged a fiery protest yesterday morning as they called for a regular supply of water in their communities. Complaining that for...
View ArticleSea Lots walkover to cost $10m—Sinanan
Geisha KowlessarPublished: Wednesday, May 3, 2017Four years after Sea Lots residents, 28-year-old Haydee Paul and her two daughters Akasha, seven, and Shakira, eight were killed after a car ploughed...
View ArticleGarcia: One-hour lunch stays for primary schools
Anna-Lisa PaulPublished: Wednesday, May 3, 2017There will be no change to the one-hour lunch break for primary school pupils.This was the announcement yesterday by Education Minister, Anthony Garcia,...
View ArticleState to call 17 witnesses
Derek AchongPublished: Wednesday, May 3, 2017Seales back in court on sedition charges...Paper committal proceedings against Police Service Social and Welfare Association president Insp Michael Seales...
View ArticleEstimate value of unfurnished homes
Gail AlexanderPublished: Wednesday, May 3, 2017Valuation Division advises residential ownersThe rental value of residential properties should be estimated by homeowners on an unfurnished basis, in the...
View ArticleProperty tax in effect from 2016
Published: Wednesday, May 3, 2017Ministry of Finance ad states...The Ministry of Finance has signalled to property owners that the Government proposes to collect property tax for the 2016 calendar year...
View ArticleNational bird being hunted, cooked
Kevon FelminePublished: Wednesday, May 3, 2017The graceful flamingoes and Scarlet Ibis that tourists venture to the Caroni Swamp to view are now finding their way into hunters’ pots.The worrisome and...
View ArticleBharath: Sabga was a man of "sterling business acumen with a heart of...
Published: Wednesday, May 3, 2017Former Minister of Trade and Industry, Vasant Bharath has described the late Dr Anthony Sabga as a man of "sterling business acumen with a heart of compassion".Bharath...
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