Schoolboy, 13, uncle shot
Embacadere residents believe a gang war has broken out in their community following the shooting of a 13-year-old and his uncle and another man over the weekend. Police believe the shooting of...
View ArticlePay hike for managers, none for employees
Postal workers were fuming yesterday after they were informed that managers and supervisors of TTPost got a wage hike but they did not.The workers, who are working on 2010 salaries, are now threatening...
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CariCRIS reaffirms Barbados rating
Port-of-Spain-based, regional credit rating agency, CariCRIS, yesterday reaffirmed the ratings of CariBBB+ (Foreign Currency Rating) and CariA- (Local Currency Rating) on its regional rating scale and...
View ArticleHow about selling bake and smoke herring in USA?
As we begin to collectively reel under the impact of drastically slashed national income streams and a most testing economic time, I would like to offer some thoughts on how we can best navigate...
View ArticleSavannah vendors caught in crossfire?
I am spurred to respond to the recent developments in the food vending issue around the Savannah, the latest being the complete cessation of the activity. I am of the opinion that more options could...
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Jearlean starts legal action
Housing Development Corporation (HDC) managing director Jearlean John yesterday dramatically raised the stakes in her public fight with her new board against its decision to send her on administrative...
View ArticleMiss T&T World mum on troubled visit to China
T&T's Miss World 2015 representative, Kimberly Farrah Singh, who returned home yesterday, chose to avoid addressing the controversy surrounding her trip to the global pageant in China.When asked by...
View ArticleMysterious shooting death in Petit Valley
The death of a 54-year-old San Fernando man in Petit Valley yesterday afternoon is puzzling investigators. According to police reports residents of Phillip Charles Drive, Petit Valley heard gunshots...
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PM backs Garcia
Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley yesterday defended his Government’s choices for State boards and the actions of those new boards. An exclusive in yesterday’s T&T Guardian reported disquiet at Urban...
View ArticleMan charged with murder of cop, UWI student
A 33 year old watchman will appear in court today charged with murdering police constable Russell Ramnarine and UWI student Avery Keshwar.Mark Chris Christopher of Pundit Street, El Socrro was charged...
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Duke to lead ‘hunger march’ for back pay
President of the Public Services Association Watson Duke intends to lead a “hunger march” next year in an effort to bring pressure on the Government to pay public servants their back pay.Duke said he...
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Safety plan soon for M2 death strip
With 182 accidents taking place on just four kilometres of the M2 Ring Road between 2013 and 2015, Works and Transport Minister Fitzgerald Hinds says the road will be upgraded to make it safer.In a...
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Gifts pour in for ‘miracle baby’
Good tidings have come to new mother Deton Assanah, 31, who gave birth to a baby girl in the backseat of a patrol car on Monday.Yesterday, the officers attached to the Community Comfort Control Patrol...
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Landslip threatens family’s Couva home
On November 25, life changed for Mala Agostini, her sister, Sheila Balgobin, and their 86-year-old mother, Basdaye Roopchand, who suffers with diabetes and high blood pressure, after they woke up and...
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Recovering addict spared jail after cutlass attack
A Penal man who admitted to having a drug and alcohol abuse problem was ordered to pay $25,000 to his sister-in-law yesterday for chopping her in October, 2007.Errol McIntyre, 52, of Penal Rock Road,...
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PM: T&T must avoid going to IMF
Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley Tuesday said his administration is moving to revive the ailing economy of the oil rich nation and avoid going to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) as he urged...
View ArticleOil prices bounce off 11-year lows, bearish outlook caps gains
Brent crude touched an 11-year low yesterday, rebounding slightly after settlement, as a bearish outlook for 2016 and weaker profits for refining oil products kept a lid on gains.Brent crude for...
View ArticleCannabis industry can create thousands of jobs
It is time for T&T to put away the fundamental bias that has been attributed towards cannabis (ganja, marijuana, herbs, high grade—whatever you want to call it) for decades and see how it can...
View ArticleOur national $$ debt situation
How much debt does T&T owe lenders? We have been hearing all sorts of figures but the main official audited source is the Auditor General.The last report stated that at September 30, 2014, we owed...
View ArticleSenior citizen’s benefit no benefit to me
On behalf of senior citizens please allow me to comment on this. Now that I am a bona fide senior citizen, having turned 65 in July, I was happy when Minister Imbert, in the budget presentation,...
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