State attorneys want to attend law meeting
Published: Saturday, May 27, 2017State attorneys are seeking permission to attend a special general meeting of the Law Association where a motion calling for the resignation of the Chief Justice and...
View ArticlePNM: Local Govt reform one step closer
Kalifa ClynePublished: Sunday, May 28, 2017Local Government reform is one step closer as the Government has a policy paper and is in discussions with the Chief Parliamentary Council to bring forward...
View ArticleNIB will have to reform or sell off assets
Joel JulienPublished: Sunday, May 28, 2017Executive director:Please do not panic. This is the plea from executive director of the National Insurance Board (NIB) Niala Persad-Poliah as she tried to...
View ArticleCJ’s action unlawful ...threatens legal action
Joel JulienPublished: Sunday, May 28, 2017Ramdeen:The Judiciary and the administration of justice in this country are currently under the greatest threat in this nation’s history, attorney Gerald...
View ArticleDillon dismisses calls to resign
Published: Sunday, May 28, 2017Minister of National Security Edmund Dillon has dismissed calls for him to resign over the current crime situation. The murder rate up to yesterday was 212 for the year....
View ArticleCunupia woman chopped to death
Published: Sunday, May 28, 2017A Cunupia woman was chopped to death yesterday. Her identity was not revealed up to late yesterday. It is alleged that a relative went to check on the woman who lived on...
View ArticlePeople get the banks they deserve
Joel JulienPublished: Sunday, May 28, 2017Trevor Hosten spent $1.3m to wage war against banking sector:It is not uncommon to see people on social media complaining about banking in this country,...
View ArticleHDC turns sod for $40m Moruga project
Sharlene RampersadPublished: Sunday, May 28, 2017Turning the sod for a $40 m Housing Development Corporation (HDC) in Moruga yesterday, Housing Minister Randall Mitchell has promised to shift HDC’s...
View Article‘NIS funds not properly managed
Rhonda Krystal RamballyPublished: Sunday, May 28, 2017The National Insurance Board (NIB) needs to focus on its investment portfolio which has the potential to generate higher rates of return. This is...
View ArticleVigilante residents to go on ID parade
Sharlene RampersadPublished: Sunday, May 28, 2017As police prepare to put several vigilante Claxton Bay residents on ID parade tomorrow for the beating of a man whom they had mistaken for a thief, an...
View ArticleIndian Arrival Day celebrates spirit of survival
Published: Sunday, May 28, 2017It happens every year as we celebrate Indian Arrival Day. I get phone calls and emails, and it comes up in conversation with friends, colleagues and family. And it always...
View ArticleMan attacks home for elderly
Published: Sunday, May 28, 2017A physical attack on several senior citizens, a nurse and a visitor at a home for the elderly in Woodbrook on Saturday is now engaging the attention of the...
View ArticleBrinsley’s moving search for his roots
Yvonne BaboolalPublished: Sunday, May 28, 2017University of the West Indies history professor, Dr Brinsley Samaroo, great-grandson of indentured Indians, in a moving search for his roots in India,...
View ArticleSports hotel fees realistic
Hotel body’s bossYvonne BaboolalPublished: Sunday, May 28, 2017Hassel Thom, president of the Trinidad Hotels, Restaurants & Tourism Association (THRTA) says the $92,000 bill chalked up by Minister...
View ArticleMinister of Labour says: Retrenchment Act revision coming soon
Published: Sunday, May 28, 2017Government is moving ahead with revisions to the country’s labour laws to improve and clarify redundancy and workers’ retrenchment severance benefits, Labour Minister...
View ArticleEx-Caroni Green CEO suing state for $1.5m
Sharma Lalla claims breach of contractGail AlexanderPublished: Sunday, May 28, 2017Ex-CEO of Caroni Green Ltd, Sharma Lalla is suing the state-owned company and Government for $1.5 million, claiming...
View ArticleEnterprise businessman shot dead
Published: Sunday, May 28, 2017Enterprise Businessman Joey Basdeo, owner of Joey and Laura Wholesalers of Enterprise Street, was fatally shot yesterday while exiting Reuben Lane in the...
View ArticleMan feared drowned at Guayaguayare
Published: Sunday, May 28, 2017RALPH BANWARIE Tragedy struck when three friends went for swim at Frontier Beach Guayaguayare in the early hours of Sunday morning. One man disappeared under the water...
View ArticleAnand sticks to his story
Yvonne BaboolalPublished: Sunday, May 28, 2017Former attorney general, Anand Ramlogan SC, who led a legal challenge against the Government’s property tax exerciseHe is holding on to his position the...
View ArticleAmbassadors express solidarity with Venezuela
Andre AlexanderPublished: Sunday, May 28, 2017Two regional ambassadors based in Port-of-Spain along with the leader of a local political party signed a declaration in solidarity with the government of...
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