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‘So the rain came, as it does every year, but this time it fell for days and our neglected roads, rivers, and drains had no chance in hell’ MOTHER Nature dumped a bomb on us and we weren’t prepared. I mean did anyone expect us to be. A couple of weeks ago, before […]Read More
CHIEF Executive Officer of the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Management (ODPM) retired Major General Rodney Smart told residents at Bamboo settlement to be more responsible and “police itself” to prevent future disasters. He was speaking to AZP News Assignments Editor Sue-Ann Wayow on Tuesday. See video below: See related stories below: Has the cause […]Read More
By Prior Beharry THE Development Bank of Latin America (CAF) has offered to donate US$200,000 (TT$1.36 million). This according to Minister of Finance Colm Imbert in a release on Friday. He said this was a “demonstration of unwavering solidarity with the people of Trinidad and Tobago” who were facing significant damage and loss due […]Read More
US AMBASSADOR-designate to Trinidad and Tobago Candace Bond and her family arrived in Port of Spain on Thursday. She officially assume duties after the presentation of her Letters of Credence to President Paula-Mae Weekes, a release from the US Embassy in Port of Spain stated. Bond said, “It is a great honour to be […]Read More
THE planned shutdown of the Point Lisas Desalination Plant that was postponed is on. WASA, in a statement on Wednesday, said the shutdown which began at noon that day, now has a projected completion date of December 5 as works are being expedited. The plant, owned and operated by the Desalination Company of Trinidad and […]Read More
ACTIVIST Ravi Balgobin-Maharaj who challenged the amendment to the Local Government Reform Bill has had his injunction dismissed. It was dismissed by Justice Jacqueline Wilson on Wednesday. Balgobin-Maharaj, part of the electorate in Maracas/Santa Margarita, had challenged the government on the amendment which allows local government councillors and aldermen to serve an additional year in […]Read More
By Sue-Ann Wayow WHERE is Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley in all the flooding? This was the question asked by Member of Parliament for St Augustine Khadijah Ameen. Ameen, the Opposition’s Shadow Minister of Local Government was the lone speaker at the Opposition’s mid-week press briefing on Wednesday. The MP said that people were absolutely […]Read More
By Sue-Ann Wayow ALTHOUGH not yet completely destroyed, an agricultural access road in the Princes Town district is threatening to collapse. Local Government Councillor for Ben Lomond/Hardbargain/Williamsville Alvin Daniel raised the issue of the compromised roadway at Coconut Drive where a landslide is threatening to destroy an agricultural access road to farmers and villagers. Coconut […]Read More
By Sue-Ann Wayow OVER 80 acres of cultivated lands were destroyed due to flooding in the Aranguez district. That is just one of the many areas where crops have been destroyed as a result of the incessant rainfall and high rivers since last week. Minister of Agriculture, Lands and Fisheries Kazim Hosein met with the Aranguez United Farmers Association on Wednesday […]Read More
By Sue-Ann Wayow MORE landslides than floods occurred on Tuesday as hundreds remained marooned in their homes. The Ministry of Rural Development and Local Government reported that by 8.30 pm, 51 landslides occurred, 14 in the Tunapuna Piarco Regional Corporation. Out of the 29 floods reported, 16 were from the Mayaro Rio Claro Regional Corporation. The ministry […]Read More