Pensioner among two more killed
Derek AchongWednesday, February 27, 2013A pensioner and a 44-year-old man were murdered in East Dry River and Laventille yesterday. Their murders brought the murder toll for the year to 77.
View ArticleColour Me programme shelved
Gail AlexanderWednesday, February 27, 2013Government’s $73.5 million Colour Me Orange programme, which was in place between 2010 and 2012, will not be extended, Senate leader Ganga Singh says.
View ArticleWoman, 29, held in man’s death after domestic dispute
Reshma RagoonathWednesday, February 27, 2013Akintunde Tannis...stabbed to deathA 29-year-old woman of San Fernando was in police custody last night after 32- year-old Akintunde Tannis was fatally...
View ArticleCoudray: Govt not ready to approve gender policy
Reshma RagoonathWednesday, February 27, 2013Director of the Children’s Authority Sharifa Ali-Abdullah, right, chats with public education and communications manager Cheryl Moses, left, and children’s...
View ArticleDominican pleads guilty, gets four years for cocaine
ANNA-LISA PAULWednesday, February 27, 2013A Dominican national who pleaded guilty to cocaine possession for the purpose of trafficking has been sentenced to four years’ hard labour.
View ArticlePundit Tiwari: Time to rewrite script of life
Paras RamoutarWednesday, February 27, 2013The beheading of a La Romaine man needs to be fully examined and this calls for everyone to rewrite the script of life, according to Pundit Ramesh Tiwari,...
View ArticleSustainable energy
Wednesday, February 27, 2013Caricom Energy Ministers and technical officials are meeting in Port-of-Spain from today on two key issues—activation of an energy policy and a regional approach to...
View ArticleReversing trend, world music revenue inches upward
Wednesday, February 27, 2013LONDON—More than a decade after online file swapping tipped the music industry into turmoil, record executives may finally be getting a sliver of good news.
View ArticleIHT to be rebranded International New York Times
Wednesday, February 27, 2013NEW YORK—The International Herald Tribune, one of the most enduring brands in journalism history, is getting a new name: The International New York Times.
View ArticleCariforum to review EPA amid ACP concerns
Friday, March 1, 2013GEORGETOWN—The Caribbean Forum, which comprises the Caribbean Community (Caricom) grouping along with the Dominican Republic, will launch a five year review of the Economic...
View ArticleCaribbean region to develop maritime transport policy
Friday, March 1, 2013KINGSTON—A Regional High-Level Symposium on International Maritime Developments held last week in Montego Bay, Jamaica, resulted in an agreement among Caribbean transport ministers...
View ArticleTHA heads in troubling direction
Friday, March 1, 2013There is great cause for concern over the news that the Tobago House of Assembly (THA) plans to appoint former secretary of finance and enterprise development Dr Anselm London as a...
View ArticleTime for a National Justice Board to help crime fight
GILLIAN LUCKYFriday, March 1, 2013We must be fair to this regime and acknowledge that it inherited a crime situation that was escalating out of control. Early in its administration, the Government made...
View ArticlePENNY WISE, POUND FOOLISH
Friday, March 1, 2013T&T should be applauding Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar as the lead Head of the Caricom Quasi Cabinet responsible for crime and security matters at the 24th...
View ArticleWhere are our CCTV cameras?
Friday, March 1, 2013To my horror, on reading the T&T Guardian this morning, there was a two-page spread of gang members attacking two foreigners on Carnival Tuesday. It was extremely upsetting and...
View ArticleMan arrested in police station for drunk driving
Friday, March 1, 2013An intoxicated driver who went to the Brasso Police Station to renew his firearm licence was arrested and charged with driving under the influence of alcohol.
View ArticleTrade unionists condemn Dr Tim
Kalifa ClyneFriday, March 1, 2013TTUTA’s second vice-president and head negotiator Orville Carrington, right, speaks outside the Ministry of Education on Wednesday after he was denied entry to take...
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