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Children’s Authority on child sexual abuse: 1,000 cases in 9 months
Boys three years and younger are being sexual abused in this country while in Tobago children between one and three are being sexually abused by other children.The highest reported types of child...
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Terrorist fighters must accept risk
The “red flagging” of T&T nationals who went to areas associated with terrorist activity is a normal procedure and is necessary for T&T to meet its obligations under the United Nations’...
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Politically motivated
Politically motivated and outright victimisation. That’s how Lauren Legall and Renatta Jones, two of seven fired managers of the Housing Development Corporation (HDC), have described their...
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Tobago Jazz Festival kicks off tonight
Thousands are making their way to Tobago for one of the year’s biggest cultural weekends. The Tobago Jazz Experience, featuring a host of international superstars, like soul singers Lauryn Hill and...
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Tears flow over death of Fr Hezekiah in US
Tears flowed yesterday as news spread of the sudden passing of Roman Catholic priest Fr Reginald Hezekiah who had been on vacation in the US.Hezekiah, 82, was the parish priest at the St Charles RC...
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Brother seeks justice for murdered sister
The brother of murder victim, Felicia Persad, who was killed and dumped in the Mitan River, says he is confident that the family will get justice.Felix Persad, a police officer, was speaking at his...
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Arson victim claims police neglect
A Point Fortin father of one claims his home was deliberately burnt down and police officers are ignoring his report.Jamil Michael said he feared for the lives of his wife and five month-old daughter,...
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2 caught on video celebrating with guns in Maloney surrender
Two of the people — a 13-year-old and a 23-year-old — who appeared in a video circulating on social media that shows a group of men shooting guns in the air in Maloney, have surrendered to police.The...
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$120m loss in revenue from mining
There will be tighter regulation and scrutiny and regulation of the local mining sector. Energy Minister Nicole Olivierre said there will be a strengthening of revenue collection systems and the...
View ArticleT&T Inflation rate increases to 3 per cent
T&T’s inflation rate increased by threeper cent last month, an increase from 2.9 per cent in February.The Index of Retail Prices for March, which was released yesterday by the Central Statistical...
View ArticleVolume leader Ansa McAL trades $6.7m shares
Overall market activity resulted from trading in six securities of which two advanced, two declined and two traded firm. Trading activity on the First Tier Market registered a volume of 150,762 shares...
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Police investigate two murders
Police are currently investigating two separate murders which occurred early this morning. In Morvant, the body of 25-year-old Andell “Reddo” Farrell was discovered behind a house on Alexis Street,...
View ArticleViral video shows partying police
A video has surfaced on Facebook of what appears to be three police officers breaching protocol by drinking and wining in a party while clad in police uniform and in possession of their firearms. The...
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Foreign used dealers fuming
Andre WorrellThere is a surprising new entry into the country’s foreign used car industry. Toyota T&T Ltd’s (TTTL) managing director Andre E Baptiste confirmed yesterday that the company has been...
View ArticleRepsol brings Trini expats for platforms
Repsol E&P T&T Ltd will soon be repatriating Trinidadians from their companies around the world to work here, Repsol’s business adviser Allan Russell says.Speaking with the T&T Guardian...
View ArticleRamesh urges Govt to fix justice system
Saying prison breaks are imminent in T&T, former attorney general Ramesh Lawrence Maharaj is calling on the Government to take immediate steps to prosecute prisoners who have been awaiting trial...
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New home in 3 months—Garcia
The Education Ministry will move from its longstanding St Clair location and other satellite offices to its new Education Tower on St Vincent Street, Port-of-Spain, in the next three months, Education...
View ArticleMet Office: Hot weather will persist
The soaring temperatures of 36.5 degrees experienced over the last few weeks were interrupted by much needed rain on Thursday night and into the greater part of yesterday.But cool conditions may not...
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No need for outside help
There was no need for Minister of Finance Colm Imbert to engage officials of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank to provide advice on T&T’s fiscal policy.This was the view...
View ArticleBaby dies from head injuries
Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a 17-month-old baby who died at her family home in East Port-of-Spain on Thursday night. According to reports, around 8 pm,...
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