PM yet to name Child Task Force
Richard LordPublished: Tuesday, December 3, 2013Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar has not yet named the members of the proposed Child Protection Task Force as was promised on Sunday. In a release...
View ArticleBrown on PM’s task force: What about Daniel Guerra?
Published: Tuesday, December 3, 2013Opposition MP Dr Amery Browne says he is glad Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar has broken her silence on the murder of six-year-old Keyana Cumberbatch and has...
View ArticleChild rights advocate: It’s time for action
Melissa DoughtyPublished: Tuesday, December 3, 2013Child rights advocate Hazel Thompson-Ahye does not believe enough has been done to protect children. She said recommendations made for child...
View ArticleQuestions over Richardson’s new job
Geisha KowlessarPublished: Tuesday, December 3, 2013Retired DPC to head Rapid Response...The appointment of recently-retired deputy police commissioner Mervyn Richardson as the head of the Rapid...
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Killed security guard buried
Camille ClarkePublished: Tuesday, December 3, 2013Pastor Carl St Rose, left, anoints the body of slain security guard Bert Clarke at his funeral service at the Faith Assembly International, Five...
View ArticleMan accused of jewelry heist murder in court
Published: Tuesday, December 3, 2013A little over six months after security guard John Adams was shot dead during a jewelry heist at a mall in downtown Port-of-Spain, a 27-year-old man has appeared in...
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Another bleak Christmas for Ste Madeleine father and son
Sascha WilsonPublished: Tuesday, December 3, 2013Still living in burnt-out house a year after... Alan Maloney and his son, Daniel, stand in their burnt-out home in Ste Madeleine on Sunday, a year after...
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Journalist shines at Christmas concert
DAVID CUFFYPublished: Tuesday, December 3, 2013Members of the Alternative Quartet deliver a stirring performance during the Carols & Classics on Steel concert at the Hyatt Regency, Port-of-Spain,...
View ArticleCCSJ in call for action on child abuse: Strategy review needed urgently
Published: Tuesday, December 3, 2013The Catholic Commission for Social Justice (CCSJ) has added its voice to the call for the Government to establish speedily a fully-functional Children’s Authority...
View ArticleGuyana body knocks Kamla
Published: Tuesday, December 3, 2013More Jamaica deportation row backlashA New York-based organisation, the Caribbean Guyana Institute for Democracy (CGID), has condemned the deportation of 13 Jamaican...
View ArticleTrini suspect charged with sexual assault in Canada
Published: Tuesday, December 3, 2013Canadian police have arrested a Trinidad and Tobago national in connection with an alleged sexual assault in October, according to Canadian media reports. Henry...
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PM names Child Protection Task Force members
Published: Tuesday, December 3, 2013Diana Mahabir-WyattDiana Mahabir-Wyatt will chair the Child Protection Task Force whose formation was announced Sunday by Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar in...
View ArticleNewly appointed Opposition Senator fired from news anchor job
...TV6 "not aware" she was in talks with PNMRENUKA SINGHPublished: Tuesday, December 3, 2013Newly named People's National Movement (PNM) senator, TV6 weekend news anchor Diane Baldeo-Chadeesingh was...
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Strategic Move
Richard LordPublished: Wednesday, December 4, 2013Rowley eyes 2015 after shake-upPeople’s National Movement (PNM) senator Fitzgerald Hinds points towards the Government bench while leader of of...
View ArticleTV6 drops anchor
...Senate job a conflict of interest, says stationPublished: Wednesday, December 4, 2013Newly-appointed People’s National Movement (PNM) senator Diane Baldeo- Chadeesingh was dismissed yesterday as the...
View ArticleT&T down on corruption index
…Call for reform of Integrity Commission Jensen LaVendePublished: Wednesday, December 4, 2013T&T has dropped three places on the Corruption Perception Index this year moving from 80 to 83 and...
View ArticleMurder suspect gets his medicine
Pharmacist responds to public appeal Derek AchongPublished: Wednesday, December 4, 2013Hours after the lawyer representing the suspect in Keyana Cumberbatch’s murder issued a public appeal for help to...
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Mahabir-Wyatt heads Child Task Force
KALIFA CLYNE and KEVON FELMINEPublished: Wednesday, December 4, 2013Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar and Housing Minister Dr Roodal Moonilal pose for a photograph with recipients of new homes...
View ArticleWomen’s group: Continue work started by Verna
Published: Wednesday, December 4, 2013The State needs to continue the work started by former gender, child and youth development minister Verna St Rose-Greaves, says Women Working for Social Progress...
View ArticleTwo more murders in East
Published: Wednesday, December 4, 2013Police are investigating two murders which took place on Monday night and yesterday morning. According to police reports, 21-year-old Joel Sutton was shot dead at...
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