Family begs for farmer’s return
Convinced that Palo Seco missing farmer Vijay Ramoutar was abducted, his worried relatives yesterday appealed to his abductors to release him.Issuing a heartfelt appeal, his cousin Linda...
View ArticleDeyalsingh to launch education drive soon: Breast milk’s better option
Minister of Health Terrence Deyalsingh says women should not be ashamed about breastfeeding their children in public. “It is a natural human response and I support breastfeeding totally because it is...
View Article6 Mother’s Day babies in south
Holding their bundle of joy after months of anticipation was the best Mother’s Day gift six mothers at the San Fernando General Hospital could have asked for yesterday.While they were hoping to spend...
View ArticleHope comes to Brickfield
A ray of hope has come to five children in Brickfield who have never been to school and could not read or write. The children, who live with their parents in a squatters’ settlement off Kali Temple...
View ArticleMan’s hand severed during Mother’s Day celebration
Ralph BanwarieA Sangre Grande family’s Mother’s Day celebration came to an abrupt end on Saturday night, after a man’s hand was partially severed during a cutlass attack. Carl Bassanta, 30, of Mary...
View ArticleTDC looks to business tourism
Tourism Minister Shamfa Cudjoe has told the Tourism Development Company’s (TDC) Conventions Bureau to ensure T&T takes advantage of the billion-dollar convention market.Citing a World Travel and...
View ArticleCAL owed US$50m for tickets sold in Venezuela
State-owned Caribbean Airlines Limited (CAL) is yet to collect more than US$50 million from its ticket sales in Venezuela. The sums outstanding are for t 2013 to 2014 and sources at the airline said...
View ArticleTTSE revenue increases to $28.3m
National Flour Mills Limited (NFM) was the top performer on the T&T Stock Exchange (TTSE) in 2015, up by 134.78 per cent to close the year at $2.70. In second spot was National Commercial Bank...
View ArticleAbortion risks not understood
As a female who believes in women’s rights, I am concerned that those who are clamoring for abortion to be legalised due to their political, social and economic agenda are not informing the people of...
View ArticleSAA Bill fundamentally flawed
It's never too late to do the right thing. It cannot be right to permit: 1. Politicians to appoint the Director of the SSA who is responsible for interception of communications (spying/wiretapping)....
View ArticleKeep speed limit at 80
I do not agree that the speed limit should be increased to 120km/hr. I remember reading, a while ago, that roads are engineered for a certain speed. I don't think ours are engineered, safely, for...
View ArticleA plea to improve Greenvale
It was with great pomp and fanfare, the new PNM government was chosen by the democratic process, last September. A memory still fresh in the minds of Trinidadian and Tobagonians alike. However, though...
View ArticleSEPoS men stay perfect with #6
Led by former national captain Nolan Tash, Big South East Port-of-Spain maintained its100 per cent winning record in the Men’s Premier Division of the $240,000 Flow T&T Volleyball Federation Men’s...
View ArticleSmith puts priority on Rio Olympics and World Cup 2018
Getting a winning team of athletes to the Rio, Brazil, Olympics this August and ensuring the Soca Warriors mount a successful campaign for the 21st FIFA World Cup in Russia, in 2018 remains the two...
View ArticleFather stabs son to death
Over a decade of physical and verbal confrontations between father and son came to an end on Sunday night when Sham Siewnarine was stabbed to death, as his mother told T&T Guardian, by his...
View ArticlePaul for pay-out punters!
Orewa to replicate a remarkable course and distance success in the Novice Stakes over five furlongs of good to firm Beverley today. It must have been quite a shock to trainer Brian Ellison when this...
View ArticleMan shot dead at Mother’s Day lime
A Mother’s Day lime turned into a wake on Sunday afternoon when a 35-year-old man was gunned down while at a party close to his home at Eastern Main Road, Tacarigua. Speaking with the media at the...
View ArticleIndependents blank AG’s SSA meeting
While several Independent Senators didn’t attend yesterday’s meeting with the Attorney General on the Strategic Services Agency (SSA) Bill, the Opposition UNC has reluctantly agreed to meet with the AG...
View ArticleTeenager killed in flyover collision
Even though there has been a noticeable decrease in speeding on the nation’s highways with the introduction of speed radar guns, a teenage driver died yesterday from injuries sustained in a...
View ArticleProtest over pay turns ugly for OAS
Retrenched highway workers have threatened violence and vow to dispose of the remaining assets of their former employer, Brazilian construction company Construtora OAS, if they fail to get their...
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