Remembering characters from old San Fernando
San Fernando Mayor Junia Regrello and San Fernando City Corporation acting CEO Yvette Rousseau took guests in a lively trip down memory lane as they reminisced about old San Fernando during the launch...
View ArticleLearning good hygiene from cartoons
If talking does not work, try cartoons.This was the approach taken by secondary school teacher Tessa Solomon when she partnered with Seven Seas Water recently to teach students from three primary...
View ArticlePNM supporters cry neglect in Point Fortin
Emotions ran high in Point Fortin on Tuesday night as supporters of the People’s National Movement (PNM) cried neglect by the party they have pledged loyalty before a forum hosted by Prime Minister Dr...
View ArticleNo leads in murder 12 months later
After one year and no justice, a La Romain mother is calling on the police to solve the murder of her son Mark Kern Richardson who was gunned down during a drive-by shooting at Dottin Street, San...
View ArticleMiss World candidades show their talents
The Miss World T&T delegates proved that they possess much more than beauty when they participated in the Tea Party, Talent and Top Model Competition last Friday.The competition, held at the City...
View ArticleGun, ammo seized in South
Southern Division police believe they may have prevented a number of murders when they arrested three men and seized three guns with over 100 rounds of ammunition, during two separate incidents on...
View ArticleResilient farmers mourn their losses
It’s ironic. On Labour Day, June 19, President of the Sheep and Goat Farmers Association Shiraz Khan was pleading with the nation to support local farmers by buying and eating local food crops and...
View ArticleGiselle Salandy Recreational Facility
Eight years after T&T’s most successful woman boxer, Giselle Salandy died in a road traffic accident, the community of Hickling Village, Siparia, have come together to honour her memory and...
View ArticleMSJ joins call for CJ to go
The Movement for Social Justice, (MSJ) is lending support to the Law Association’s call for Chief Justice Ivor Archie and members of the Judicial and Legal Services Commission (JLSC) to step...
View Article2 slain during card game
One of the nieces of Wendell Kevon Pierre held on to her head and screamed “No, no, no,” in disbelief as she viewed his body on the ground at 107 Tarodale Gardens, San Fernando, shortly after 2.30 am...
View ArticleAG: More action on PP, PNM corruption
Attorney General Faris Al-Rawi is promising a lot more action to come as they investigate corruption and allegations of corruption under the under the People’s Partnership government and the present...
View ArticleIt’s not yet time for Govt to act
In spite of the imbroglio that exists in the Judiciary and the historic and unprecedented Law Association vote of no confidence in Chief Justice Ivor Archie which calls for him to step down, Attorney...
View ArticleKhaleesi to attend Penal Quinam Primary
Finally. Khaleesi Webb has found a place to attend school.Come September, Khaleesi will be attending the Penal Quinam Government Primary School.Confirmation came from her mother, Kerisha Crawford-Webb,...
View ArticleNo school place for Khaleesi
A Penal mother is claiming discrimination after her daughter, who has spina bifida and uses a walker, was rejected by three primary schools. The matter is already getting the attention of Education...
View ArticleChaos as motion against Glenn fails
The Council of the Siparia Regional Corporation descended into chaos and disorder yesterday, as chairman Dr Glenn Ramadharsingh not only presided over a no-confidence vote against him, but voted in the...
View ArticleSt Paul’s Anglican scores Pan For Blue beaver trick
For the fourth consecutive year, St Paul’s Anglican Primary School has won the coveted Pan For Blue title. The San Fernando School boys beat out nine other bands in the Primary School competition, held...
View ArticleRacial dotishness
Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley has dismissed as “racial dotishness” critics who suggested the reason for inviting Indian cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar to last week’s opening of the Brian Lara Cricket...
View ArticleSmall businesses can spur economic growth
As international agencies continue to downgrade T&T’s ratings and amid the growing concern about new taxes and foreign exchange shortages, banker turned entrepreneur Wayne Kowlessar is saying that...
View ArticleKamla: Forgive me for not axing the tax
Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar has asked for forgiveness from citizens for not repealing the proposed Property Tax, which she has now dubbed ‘poverty tax’, during her tenure as prime...
View ArticlePetrotrin faces hefty fines for latest leak
At a time when oil and gas prices are stunted, Petrotrin is facing the risk of being penalised in light of last Sunday’s spill which has begun to exact financial loses and pose environmental...
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