NCBA under fire as All Stars win
Geisha KowlessarPublished: Friday, March 7, 2014Members from Neal and Massy Trinidad All Stars’s portrayal of Sailors on Shore Leave at A Tropical Fiesta in all their glory crossing the Queen’s Park...
View ArticleTim Kee to probe judging complaints
Published: Friday, March 7, 2014Port-of-Spain Mayor Raymond Tim Kee last night promised to launch a probe into the NCBA’s judging criteria for this year’s Parade of the Bands competition, after several...
View ArticleHosein: Big changes coming in 2015
Published: Friday, March 7, 2014San Fernando mayor Kazim Hosein says major changes are coming for Carnival 2015 that will see hundreds of people from South Trinidad opting to stay in the southern city...
View ArticleKalicharan cops 7th consecutive win, but pleads ‘We need more money’
Kevon FelminePublished: Friday, March 7, 2014Bandleader Ivan Kalicharan, fourth from left, and his wife Wendy, centre, celebrate with friends and family at the band’s mas camp on Harris Street, San...
View ArticleDemas plans to revive downtown mas in 2015
Published: Friday, March 7, 2014The chairman of the National Carnival Commission (NCC), Allison Demas, is determined to revive the downtown Carnival for 2015 and has already begun talks with the...
View ArticleDouglas hails Carnival 2014 the best ever
Richard LordPublished: Friday, March 7, 2014Arts and Multiculturalism Minister Dr Lincoln Douglas says Carnival 2014 was one of the best ever and thanked the security officers for contributing in no...
View ArticlePM: Govt seeks $5b loan from China
Published: Friday, March 7, 2014Government is seeking the assistance of China President Xi Jinping and that country’s Premier Li Keqiang to have $5 billion in loans for this country approved speedily....
View ArticleAfter Mistah Shak raises concerns Tuco agrees to rules review
Published: Friday, March 7, 2014Stinging criticism from calypso bard Selvon “Mistah Shak” Noel and his call for an overhaul of the judging system have received support. Yesterday, both the Trinbago...
View ArticleCWU calls for reinstatement of 50 workers
Nadaleen SinghPublished: Friday, March 7, 2014Secretary General of the Communication Workers’ Union (CWU), John Julien is calling on the management of Hilton Hotel and Conference Centre to rescind its...
View ArticleAG: Lev Tahor members to return to Canada
Geisha KowlessarPublished: Friday, March 7, 2014Attorney General Anand Ramlogan says nine members of the controversial Orthodox Jewish sect Lev Tahor, who arrived at the Piarco International Airport on...
View ArticleSect loses initial battle to stop detention
Published: Friday, March 7, 2014High Court judge Vasheist Kokaram has thrown out a bid by members of Lev Tahor, an ultra-Orthodox Jewish sect, who are challenging their continued detention after being...
View Article$.6M Loans for Homes
Richard LordPublished: Saturday, March 8, 2014TTMF raises ceiling for low-income familiesGovernment has increased the limit on loans for low-income first-time home owners to $625,000. The loans will...
View ArticleJewish sect members appeal deportation
Geisha KowlessarPublished: Saturday, March 8, 2014Members of the controversial Orthodox Jewish sect Lev Tahor have appealed an order by the T&T Government to have them deported back to Canada. In...
View ArticleDoc suspended pending probe
Geisha KowlessarPublished: Saturday, March 8, 2014NCRHA acts on fatal c-section The doctor who performed the Caesarean-section surgery on Quelly Ann Cottle, which resulted in her baby boy’s head being...
View ArticleCousin of hero drowning victim: Raise children he saved right
Reshma RagoonathPublished: Saturday, March 8, 2014Kenel Seucharan says his final farewell to his son, Nicholas Seucharan, during the funeral ceremony at Alleyne Road, Tabaquite, yesterday. The...
View Article‘A great loss for T&T’
Gail AlexanderPublished: Saturday, March 8, 2014Tributes pour in for former independent senatorFormer Independent Seantor Corinne Baptiste-McKnight during a sitting of the Senate. At her left, is...
View Article11 people homeless after Port-of-Spain blaze
Jensen LaVendePublished: Saturday, March 8, 2014Residents and fire officers at the scene of yesterday’s fire at Rose Hill, East Dry River. Eleven people, including three children were left homeless....
View ArticleMore still to be done
Camille ClarkePublished: Saturday, March 8, 2014Commemoration of International Women’s DayAfter 200 years of fighting for equality, things have not truly improved. So said Keisha Cruickshank, president...
View ArticleUS visitor killed in highway crash
Kevon FelminePublished: Saturday, March 8, 2014Supt Johnny Abraham examines the wreckage of the Nissan E-25 panel van from which US citizen Ernst Lorquet was thrown after it crashed along the Uriah...
View ArticleKhan: Murray not looking to practise in T&T
...wants to use connections to help sick childrenPublished: Saturday, March 8, 2014Former physician for the late Michael Jackson Dr Conrad Murray wants to help the Government provide cheaper medical...
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