Dumas: SRC slack on what’s full-time work
Richard LordPublished: Wednesday, February 19, 2014Former head of the public service Reginald Dumas is describing as slackness the failure of Parliament and the Salaries Review Commission to determine...
View ArticleSoldier killed in Central car crash
Teen faces dangerous driving chargeDERE|K ACHONGPublished: Wednesday, February 19, 2014An early morning car accident in Chase Village on Monday has left one soldier dead and another warded in hospital...
View ArticleMontano pays off mortgage
Geisha KowlessarPublished: Wednesday, February 19, 2014After being evicted by TTMF... Former Independent Liberal Party (ILP) chairman Robin Montano yesterday paid a six-figure number to the T&T...
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Government to pay rent on empty building until November
Geisha KowlessarPublished: Wednesday, February 19, 2014The vacant building at Alexandra Street, Port-of-Spain, which has been rented by the Ministry of Local Government for $8.2 million annually....
View ArticleBody of drowned UK man surfaces on wedding day
Kevon FelminePublished: Wednesday, February 19, 2014On the day British citizen Umar Mohammed was supposed to marry his Trinidadian sweetheart, Abigail Agard, Coast Guard divers were fishing his body...
View ArticleTwo more murder victims identified
Jensen LaVendePublished: Wednesday, February 19, 2014Two men who were found murdered last week have been identified as 33-year-old Kerron “Guilty” Nimchan and 56-year-old Sharma “Ice Cream” Maraj....
View ArticleTobago feels undone by new Constitution
Yvonne BaboolalPublished: Wednesday, February 19, 2014Despite criticisms that the Government was rushing it, T&T may have a new Constitution by the end of this year. But Tobagonians are protesting...
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Gulf View blocked from removing itself from lawsuit
Jensen LaVendePublished: Wednesday, February 19, 2014Karen TesheiraGulf View Medical, the private health facility that is being sued by former finance minister Karen Tesheira, was blocked on Monday...
View ArticleChutney Soca Monarch patron fined $9,000
Sascha WilsonPublished: Wednesday, February 19, 2014One of three patrons who failed the breathalyser test after attending the Chutney Soca Monarch finals on Saturday has been banned from driving for...
View ArticleCabinet sticks with SRC’s pay plan—PM
Sascha WilsonPublished: Thursday, February 20, 2014Cabinet has rejected the recommendations by the Parliamentary House Committee for significantly higher salary increases for MPs. Prime Minister Kamla...
View ArticleCommittee asks for $23,000 in allowances
Published: Thursday, February 20, 2014The House Committee of the House of Representatives did not recommend a monetary increase on the basic salary of MPs in its first report, which was presented to...
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Gate chaos at UWI
Khara PersadPublished: Thursday, February 20, 2014New registering system causes worryUniversity of the West Indies (UWI) students wait outside Daaga Hall UWI, St Augustine, yesterday to re-register for...
View ArticleLaws on revenge porn coming AG
Gail AlexanderPublished: Thursday, February 20, 2014Senate approves Libel and Defamation BillAnti-cyber-crime legislation, expected to be approved by Cabinet in two weeks, will also target people who...
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Venezuela’s ambassador in T&T: Maduro facing attempted coup
Gail AlexanderPublished: Thursday, February 20, 2014Coromoto Godoy Calderon Venezuelan ambassador to T&T Coromoto Godoy Calderon says the Maduro administration is facing an attempted coup promoted...
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Ex-head of public service dies at 76
Published: Thursday, February 20, 2014Former Prime Minister Basdeo Panday and former head of the Public Service Reginald Dumas have paid tribute to a former head of the Public Service, Ainsley Tim Pow,...
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‘Threatened’ man shot dead
Jensen LaVendePublished: Thursday, February 20, 2014Two more killings take toll to 75 as...Police officers at the scene of yesterday’s murder at Carapo Village, Arima. Photo ABRAHAM DIAZThe country’s...
View ArticleRamesar on arms, drugs find in police station: Don’t transfer rogue officers,...
Reshma RagoonathPublished: Thursday, February 20, 2014Rogue police officers responsible for the drugs and ammunition found at the Fyzabad Police Station must be prosecuted and not just transferred. So...
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Behaviourist mum on AG’s apology
Gail AlexanderPublished: Thursday, February 20, 2014Kristel Marie RamnathPositions of power carry the responsibility to be mindful of what one says, how it is said and to verify the facts, says animal...
View ArticleTop cops get okay to stop promotion exams
Derek AchongPublished: Thursday, February 20, 2014A High Court judge has granted a group of senior police officers an injunction stopping the Police Commissioner from holding future promotion...
View ArticlePlan to re-energise T&T’s private sector
Published: Thursday, February 20, 2014The Ministry of Planning and Sustainable Development in collaboration with the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has undertaken an assessment of the private...
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