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Plundered: Voges, Marsh put Windies to sword
HOBART—Rookie left-arm spinner Jomel Warrican shone briefly but West Indies bowlers were put to the sword as Adam Voges and Shaun Marsh pummelled unbeaten centuries in a triple-century partnership on...
View ArticleCabinet okays new law for naming CoP
Cabinet yesterday approved a new order changing the process for the appointment of a Commissioner of Police (CoP) which would be restricted to nationals.However, Opposition Leader Kamla...
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Gonsalves sworn as PM
KINGSTOWN — The leader of the ruling Unity Labour Party (ULP) Dr Ralph Gonsalves was sworn as Prime Minister of this Caribbean Community (Caricom) country yesterday even though Opposition supporters...
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Govt acquires Cazabon paintings
Government has acquired 12 original paintings done by the late T&T artist Michel Jean Cazabon at an auction in London.Communications Minister Maxie Cuffie, speaking at yesterday’s post-Cabinet...
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$4m award for quarry owner
The State has been ordered to pay over $4 million in compensation to a Valencia quarry operator whose fleet of vehicles were impounded for almost three years after he was cleared by police on suspicion...
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It’s a yoke around our necks
Whether the continuing imposition of the death penalty which has not been carried out since 1999 continues to be a deterrent to capital offences was argued by Justice Frank Seepersad as he made a case...
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Special bond to raise funds
The Government has no money to pay public servants their arrears in salaries and backpay resulting from wage negotiations settled by the last People’s Partnership administration, Finance Minister Colm...
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No data showing T&T in recession—Rowley
Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley says a claim by Central Bank Governor Jwala Rambarran that T&T is in a recession is now very contentious because there is no supporting data.Rowley made the comment...
View ArticleWoman’s body found stuffed in barrel
Homicide detectives are investigating the murder of a woman whose decomposing body was found stuffed in an oil drum in Curepe on Thursday. According to the reports, the grisly discovery was made by St...
View ArticleEnergy minister in shale gas blunder
Energy Minister Nicole Olivierre made a blooper in Parliament yesterday when she said the former People’s National Movement (PNM) administration signed an agreement with Cheniere Energy, “one of the...
View ArticleMan stabbed to death in domestic dispute
A 21-year-old Arima woman is now in police custody after stabbing her common-law husband to death during a domestic dispute, yesterday. The woman, from Bypass Road, Arima, told police that the argument...
View ArticleGuyanese national killed in El Socorro
Police are investigating the murder of a Guyanese national whose body was found in El Socorro, yesterday.According to a police report, at about 2 pm, Andrew Garraway, believed to be in his early 40s,...
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Alleyne to pay $600,000 to Sammy for defamation
Crime Watch host Ian Alleyne has been ordered to pay businessman Shaun Sammy over $600,000 in compensation for defamation. Sammy received the award from High Court Master Marissa Robertson yesterday...
View ArticlePublish new law for CoP appointment—Deosaran
A former head of the Police Service Commission (PSC) Ramesh Deosaran wants the Government to make public the cabinet note which has changed the rules for appointment of a commissioner of...
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Mother absent from toddler’s funeral
Baby Khristha Knutt’s mother, Tiffany Rawlins, was released from police custody on Thursday night, but did not attend her daughter’s funeral yesterday.She was not mentioned except during angry...
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June 2016 hearing for election petitions
A High Court Judge has urged attorneys for the country’s two main political parties to work together to expedite the hearing of six election petitions challenging the result of the September 7 general...
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Massy raises retail bar
CEO of Massy Stores Derek Winford said the newly re-launched supermarket at Mid Centre Shopping Plaza, Chaguanas, will set the bar for other supermarkets and the general retail sector in T&T.“We...
View Article$790.8m profit for First Citizens
First Citizens Bank chairman Anthony Smart has told shareholders the bank’s profit before tax of $790.8 million is the result of diversification from traditional interest income to a greater focus on...
View ArticleKey role for services in diversification
Eugene Williams, advisor to to Caribbean Export, sees an important role for the services sector in T&T’s diversification thrust.“We have been hearing the buzzwords for a long time about...
View ArticleJwala needs to restore confidence
Economics and finance is certainly not my forte, but as many other Trinbagonians the difficulty in acquiring US dollars at our banks and elsewhere in the past few years has affected me in a very...
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