Burke: I wasn’t invited
Kalifa ClynePublished: Sunday, July 2, 2017Cedric Burke, a businessman dubbed “community leader,” who was arrested and charged with being a gang leader during the 2011 state of emergency was not...
View ArticleCorporations to collect property tax as part of LG reform
Published: Sunday, July 2, 2017Once legislation to reform local government is passed in the Parliament, the Government intends for regional corporations to collect and retain property tax.This was...
View ArticleGovt hits brakes on shifting school repairs to corporations
Kalifa ClynePublished: Sunday, July 2, 2017In mid-June chairmen and mayors of the 14 regional corporations were summoned to a meeting with Education Minister Anthony Garcia and Local Government and...
View Article‘Blows’ for Hinds in Laventille West
Rhonda Krystal RamballyPublished: Sunday, July 2, 2017Angry, disenchanted and fed-up is how several constituents of Laventille West feel about their MP Fitzgerald Hinds.As news spread on Thursday that...
View ArticleFour more storms to come
Kalifa ClynePublished: Sunday, July 2, 2017Met Office estimates...There are an estimated four storms which could pass near T&T for the hurricane season. Climatologist Kenneth Kerr said this in a...
View ArticleCascade residents blame developer as Flash floods wreak havoc
Geisha KowlessarPublished: Sunday, July 2, 2017Angry and frustrated Cascade residents are calling on the relevant authorities to probe a land developer. They are alleging that work being done on the...
View ArticleSuspect still in custody
Threatening post against PM’s familyRadhica SookrajPublished: Sunday, July 2, 2017Rio Claro resident Rayad Ryan Mohammed remained in custody last night, after being arrested on Saturday in connection...
View ArticleFirefighters dig man out of muddy trench
Published: Sunday, July 2, 2017Fire officers from the Four Roads, Diego Martin station have come in for high praise after rescuing a plumbing contractor who was buried at a jobsite on Saturday.Kendall...
View ArticleCall elections now—Kamla
Marlene’s firing another sign of poor leadershipGail AlexanderPublished: Sunday, July 2, 2017Seek a fresh mandate.That’s what the People’s National Movement (PNM) Government should do now following the...
View ArticleJeremie: T&T still seeking enlightened leadership
Published: Sunday, July 2, 2017Even with Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley at the helm, People’s National Movement stalwart and former attorney general John Jeremie believes that T&T is still...
View ArticleChild beating video goes viral: Mom arrested
Published: Sunday, July 2, 2017A 41-year-old mother of eight was arrested by police yesterday, mere hours after a Facebook video showing the woman beating her 22-month-old son about the body with her...
View ArticleManning’s legacy lives on—Hazel
Tough time without himRadhica SookrajPublished: Sunday, July 2, 2017Hazel Manning says she’s faced a tough time dealing with the death of her husband, former prime minister Patrick Manning, who died a...
View ArticleCops kill homeless man
Radhica SookrajPublished: Sunday, July 2, 2017A homeless man has died after being shot by the police during a fracas at Cross Crossing, San Fernando, yesterday. Up to press time the deceased had not...
View ArticleWomen’s League disappointed
Published: Sunday, July 2, 2017The PNM Women’s League said yesterday it is disappointed over “all that has transpired” since McDonald’s re-appointment and revocation of the post.The league had lauded...
View ArticleMarlene fired again
Gail AlexanderPublished: Sunday, July 2, 2017In what’s probably the shortest-lived Government appointment in recent memory, Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley yesterday fired Marlene McDonald from his...
View ArticleT&T vball men begin CAZOVA defence
Published: Monday, July 3, 2017Glamorgan spiker, Ryan Stewart will lead this country’s 12-member senior men’s volleyball team in their quest for a third Senior Caribbean Zonal Volleyball Association...
View ArticleWe’re Expecting third time lucky
Published: Monday, July 3, 2017Torcello is again journeyed a ‘million miles’ from his Kingsclere base for an ‘aged’ Maiden Stakes over nine furlongs of ‘good to soft’ Hamilton today; last month Andrew...
View ArticleGovt can’t be compromised
Gail AlexanderPublished: Tuesday, July 4, 2017McDonald wrong to align herself with Burke—PMIt “certainly” was the appearance of Sea Lots community leader Cedric “Burkie” Burke with Marlene McDonald at...
View ArticlePeople being hurt in process
Gail AlexanderPublished: Tuesday, July 4, 2017PM accuses Integrity body of playing in politicsIt’s unfortunate in T&T that there’s an Integrity Commission that has no integrity, says Prime Minister...
View ArticleIntegrity body meets today
Rosemarie SantPublished: Tuesday, July 4, 2017The Integrity Commission is meeting later today, but commission officials are refusing to say whether the issues under investigation involving...
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