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Abortions allowed to save mothers
As the public debate on abortion continues in T&T, Medical Chief of Staff of Mt Hope Women’s Hospital Dr Karen Sohan says that the laws of T&T allows abortion for medical reasons.Speaking with...
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Murder victim’s body flown home
Generous Trinidadians have responded to an appeal by Guyanese national Kumar Shivpersaud to help send the body of his murdered friend and countryman Khemraj Persaud back home for burial.Persaud’s body...
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Former highway workers in dark
Retrenched OAS Construtora employees are calling on the company to break their silence over retroactive salaries and severance pay. Oilfields Workers’ Trade Union shop steward and former safety...
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AG: No threat to press freedom
Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs Faris Al-Rawi says the Strategic Services Agency (SSA) cannot intercept calls and spy on citizens as was being claimed by the Opposition.Speaking during...
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Union calls on minister to help save buffalypso
The All Trinidad General Workers Trade Union (ATGWTU) is calling on Agriculture Minister Clarence Rambharat to investigate issues affecting workers at the Mora Valley Farm and the Sugarcane Feed...
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NGL exploring Africa and Latin America
T&T National Gas Limited (TTNGL) is exploring prospects in Africa and Latin America, chairman Gerry Brooks said yesterday.In his report to shareholders at the energy company’s annual general...
View ArticleSSA AMENDMENT BILL CRITICAL TO INTELLIGENCE GATHERING
As a previous Minister of National Security, with a certain knowledge in National Security systems, and not from the political party presently in office, I can provide an assessment of this claim...
View ArticleRowley commits to renewable energy
Low oil prices should not compromise Caricom’s pursuits for increased energy security that will benefit all citizens, Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley has said.“Despite our different diverse geography,...
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Crime out of hand
The owner of the Claxton Bay bar where a teen bandit was beaten so badly by his “victims” that he never regained consciousess after he was hospitalised feels no joy he is dead.However, Phoolmatie John...
View ArticleRoget must pay $.3m to ex-NP manager
Oilfields Workers’ Trade Union (OWTU) president general Ancel Roget has been ordered to pay $360,000 in compensation for defaming a former manager of the National Petroleum Marketing Company Ltd (NP)....
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WASA owes suppliers $257m
The cash-strapped Water and Sewerage Authority (WASA) owes its contractors and suppliers $257 million.While the authority’s chairman, Romney Thomas, admitted that WASA has not been paying its...
View ArticleFirm sues State for over $1b
A civil engineering company is suing a state enterprise for over $1.2 billion in unpaid bills.The lawsuit, possibly the largest ever brought by a private company against the State, was filed in the...
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Armed robberies, assaults on increase
There is an increase in robberies and assaults, both with the use of guns, senior officers in the Northern Division said yesterday, during a media briefing following the seizure of three guns and 45...
View ArticleVictim Support head: Children abused at alarming rate
Children are being abused at an alarming rate and the homes entrusted to look after them are bursting at the seams.So said head of the Victim and Witness Support Unit, Margaret Sampson-Browne, who made...
View ArticleJudge: State fears fallout over abortion dilemma
High Court Justice Frank Seepersad has weighed in on the public conversation on abortion, saying the dilemma is between the church and the State and the fear of political fallout if the perceived wrong...
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Deyalsingh: I can permit medical marijuana imports
Days after Attorney General Faris Al-Rawi announced that Government had begun the statistical groundwork on decriminalising marijuana possession, Health Minister Terrence Deyalsingh confirmed that he...
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Petrotrin retirees seek better pension deal
State-owned oil and gas company Petrotrin said it remains conscious of its responsibility to retired workers who protested outside its Pointe-a-Pierre administration office on Thursday, for an increase...
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Major rivers still to be cleared
With the 2016 rainy season creeping in earlier than expected, regional corporations throughout the country are still struggling to clear waterways, including tributaries and drains.However, they claim...
View ArticleCentral Bank: No wind-up of Clico
No application has been made to wind up Clico at this time and steps are being taken to treat with the company’s liabilities under a resolution strategy, Central Bank has told the United Policyholders’...
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AmChamTT gears up for June missions
CEO of the American Chamber of Commerce of T&T (AmChamTT) Nirad Tewarie said it is in the interest of T&T and Caricom to deepen relations with the Dominican Republic.Tewarie was speaking...
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