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Partnership gave PSA $10m
While the Opposition PP has expressed concern about the PNM Government’s $15 million budget concession for trade unions, the past PP cabinet in 2014 had agreed to fund the Public Services Association...
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Anteater finds its way to woman’s home
The opening of the 2015 hunting season has put wildlife on the run. On Tuesday night a two-year old anteater seeking refuge ran into the yard of Cindy Mohammed, of Killdeer Trace, Rio Claro. Mohammed...
View ArticlePublic safety a matter of serious concern
I wish to highlight and bring to the attention of the various stakeholders two concerns in the hope that there would be some form of pro-active response. These two are the upending of containers and...
View ArticleThe solution is local govt reform
T&T has a few serious challenges. They are, reducing criminal activities in our communities, reducing the congestion on the roads, restructuring the economy, restructuring agriculture and restoring...
View ArticleLas Alturas inquiry not a waste of time
I was taken aback by the AG’s insinuation that the Las Alturas inquiry did not make sense because $18 million was spent in pursuit of a possible $26 million. Surely the value of the inquiry to T&T...
View ArticleBut PNM, you ran T&T for 46 years
PNM behaves in a manner so as to make it appear as if they never ran the country till this year. They ran it for 46 years! After the first 30 years of their leadership the economy was run aground into...
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T&T Chamber names Champions of Business
The late Bernard Dulal-Whiteway, former CEO of Neal and Massy Holdings Ltd, and businessman Oscar Francois will be inducted into the Business Hall of Fame when the T&T Chamber of Industry and...
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Leaking sewer sickens 45
Two students from Jordan Hill Presbyterian school who were hospitalised on Wednesday night after inhaling fumes from a leaking school sewer have been discharged from hospital. Six others who received...
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No free passes on this matter
Opposition MP Barry Padarath has called on People’s National Movement (PNM) Ministers Darryl Smith and Colm Imbert to apologise to the Parliament and people of T&T for comments about him, which he...
View ArticleGate fund will cover all—Colm
Finance Minister Colm Imbert says there are adequate resources in the Gate fund to ensure that all demands from tertiary students are met.Imbert gave the assurance during yesterday’s Standing Committee...
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Sack security company
President of the T&T Registered Nurses Association (TTRNA) Gwendolyn Loobie-Snaggs is demanding the removal of the security firm, SWAT estate police, from the compound of the St James Medical...
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Truck driver’s son gets maths schol
Bishop Anstey/Trinity East College scholarship winner Richard Nandoo never believed he would one day win a scholarship for mathematics. For him, solving mathematical problems was a hobby. It was in...
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No bobol in helicopter deal—Griffith
A National Heliport Services Ltd (NHSL) accountant was a member of a 2014 tender committee that approved a $500 million contract for Bell Helicopter to provide four helicopters and the construction of...
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Top awards for Naparima Girls’ in Modern Studies, Foreign Languages
While Naparima Girls’ High School celebrated its victory of 45 scholarships and the President’s Medal, two of its students received news that they had emerged as the top performers in Modern Studies...
View ArticleLeaking sewer tank sickens 45 students
Two students from Jordan Hill Presbyterian School who were hospitalised on Wednesday night, after complaining about the scent from a leaking school sewer, have been discharged from hospital.Six others...
View ArticlePolice Association wants seized info
The Police Service Social and Welfare Association is seeking to stop investigators from analysing its confidential files seized by investigators probing a cash for government houses scheme.Lawyers...
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ACS looks at regional air, sea links
Works and Transport Minister Fitzgerald Hinds yesterday underscored the importance of air and maritime connectivity throughout the Caribbean, as he admitted that the region was not where it needed to...
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Contract teachers threaten to sue THA
As more than 40 contract teachers are threatening to sue the Tobago House of Assembly (THA) over discrimination and inequitable salaries, secretary for Education of the THA, Huey Cadette, says they...
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Pepper turns ten
Pepper Advertising, one of the first local advertising agencies to recognise the potential of the Internet and social media for bringing brands and customers closer, recently celebrated its tenth...
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Budget pressure for small businesses
Minimum wage earners and small business owners will be the biggest losers as a result of fiscal measures in the 2015-2016 budget presented by Finance Minister Colm Imbert.That’s the view of political...
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