She died a hero
Published: Saturday, June 28, 2014Funeral of woman killed in gang shootingKurt Fields, with his daughter Kayla, as he says his final farewell to his wife Petrina Salandy during her funeral service at...
View ArticleBid to relocate passport machine
Radhica SookrajPublished: Saturday, June 28, 2014Crisis hits would-be travellersGovernment is yet to decide whether the Immigration Division’s passport printing machine would be relocated from...
View ArticleT&T Chamber: Immigration shutdown ad-hoc and disruptive
Published: Saturday, June 28, 2014The T&T Chamber of Industry and Commerce yesterday expressed concern about the interruption of essential government services with the shutdown of the immigration...
View ArticlePrisoner dies in police custody
Second autopsy points to head woundRhondor DowlatPublished: Saturday, June 28, 2014An independent autopsy on the body of Jahwi Ghany, 31, yesterday showed he died from blunt force trauma to the head....
View ArticleWeapon of war seized in raid
Published: Saturday, June 28, 2014The assault rifle, revolver, ammunition and marijuana which was seized by police during a raid in the East Port-of-Spain district on Thursday night on display at the...
View ArticleFoster withdraws from COP leadership race
Yvonne BaboolalPublished: Saturday, June 28, 2014Congress of the People (COP) leader Prakash Ramadhar says there is an underground campaign against the party and there was need to get rid of it....
View ArticleDookeran: Carolyn’s win would help him do the impossible
RENUKA SINGHPublished: Sunday, June 29, 2014Former political leader of the Congress of the People (COP), Winston Dookeran, has agreed to contest the chairmanship of the party in October, but only if...
View ArticleConfusion over $1m toilet in Curepe
Shaliza HassanaliPublished: Sunday, June 29, 2014The stainless steel public toilets at Curepe Junction. PHOTO: ABRAHAM DIAZConfusion surrounds the purchase of a $1 million toilet that has remained...
View ArticleToney backing Ramadhar
Shaliza HassanaliPublished: Sunday, June 29, 2014Former chairman of the Congress of the People (COP) Joseph Toney will throw his support behind leadership contender Prakash Ramadhar in today’s internal...
View ArticleGriffith plans sweeping changes for Life Sport
...even as security concerns hold up auditPublished: Sunday, June 29, 2014The Life Sport programme, in its original format, no longer exists. A massive restructuring planned for the beleagured...
View ArticleYoung men enrolled in NY academy
Published: Sunday, June 29, 2014Roberts on success story...Members of the Life Sport Programme stand outside Tower D during their protest outside parliament Friday. PHOTO: ROBERTO CODALLOLife Sport has...
View ArticleShut down of govt offices hurting citizens
Melissa DoughtyPublished: Sunday, June 29, 2014Members of the public read the notice of closure at the Ministry of National Security Immigration Division one day after Public Services Association...
View Article‘Lack of trust for police hampering detection rate’
Clevon RaphaelPublished: Sunday, June 29, 2014FACE-TO-FACEActing Police Commissioner Stephen Williams. Photo: Roerto Codallo Laventille as a community will not share information with the police in...
View ArticleThe COP conundrum
Published: Sunday, June 29, 2014The COP leadership election took an interesting twist on Thursday night, when candidate Rufus Foster publicly announced on the debate platform that he was withdrawing in...
View ArticleFr Gerard Pantin’s noble leadership
Helen DraytonPublished: Sunday, June 29, 2014The year 1970 is etched in history as the year of “Black Power” demonstrations by communities who felt they were marginalised. Their activities culminated...
View ArticleHotelier calls for more marketing of T&T
Kevon FelminePublished: Monday, June 30, 2014T&T’s rich culture and beautiful landscape makes it an attractive tourist destination but president of the Trinidad Hotels, Restaurants and Tourism...
View ArticleGet Galicia going
Published: Monday, June 30, 2014The sparring in Parliament over the new Tobago ferry, the promisingly named Superfast Galicia, needs to be settled quickly and decisively by corrective action from the...
View ArticleThe power of one
Debbie JacobPublished: Monday, June 30, 2014There are people who only see the negative in everything. They’re called cynics. Once in a blue moon, when I’m talking about the accomplishments of one of my...
View ArticleRogue fishing fleets—new pirates of the Caribbean
Published: Monday, June 30, 2014“The effect of the ocean on every single person cannot be overestimated. We all share one planet, one ocean. We also share the responsibility to protect it. Some people...
View ArticlePoliticians take care of themselves
Published: Monday, June 30, 2014Judging from the number of persons who contacted me to suggest that I write part two, it would appear as though my last column, Lucrative Pensions of MPs, has struck a...
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