BOTH government and the opposition need to do something to save the popular Asa Wright Centre from permanent destitution says former government minister Dr Surujrattan Rambachan. The closure of the ASA Wright Centre shows that Trinidad and Tobago has lost its soul and citizens should cry rivers of tears for its closure, he added. […]
By Sue-Ann Wayow DO not throw away all the gains that you have made under the People’s National Movement (PNM) leadership. This was the appeal made to Tobagonians by Political Leader of the PNM Tobago Council Tracy Davidson-Celestine during a PNM political meeting in Black Rock on Sunday. As the general election for the […]Read More
FUNDING was the reason why the Oilfields Workers’ Trade Union (OWTU)-owned Patriotic Energies and Technologies Company Limited did not acquire the Pointe-a-Pierre refinery. This was revealed during a virtual presser hosted by Finance Minister Colm Imbert and Minister of Energy Franklin Khan on Tuesday. Khan said, “All that Patriotic was able to produce… was […]Read More
A Chaguanas man has been charged with impersonating a police inspector. Robin Krishna Mahabir, 58, of Egypt Village, Endeavour, Chaguanas, was expected to appear before a Siparia magistrate on Tuesday on three counts of impersonating a police officer. It is being alleged that around 3 pm last Friday, Mahabir presented himself as a police inspector […]Read More
By Sue-Ann Wayow THE Covid-19 virus is no respecter of spaces whether public or private and citizens should wear their masks even at the home once visitors are around. Chief Medical Officer of Health for St George East Dr Osafo Fraser speaking during the Ministry of Health’s virtual press conference on Saturday reminded the […]Read More
TWO Caribbean countries have been added to Dominica’s Covid-19 High Risk Classification Risk list. Travellers from St Vincent and the Grenadines and Turks and Caicos Islands to Dominica must now submit the online health screening form and submit a negative PCR test where swabs were taken within 24-72 hours of arrival into Dominica. The […]Read More
By Sue-Ann Wayow THE report of the Auditor General for the year ended September 30, 2016 dealing with the Tobago House of Assembly (THA) has been misquoted and misrepresented in Tobago and the media. This is according to Chief Secretary of the THA Ancil Dennis who said it was unfortunate that the report was […]Read More
A one-year programme in mas design and construction starts on February 6. It is being conducted by Caribbean Yard Campus and is titled Earth to Sky: Mas Design, Construction and Performance. A release on Monday stated that this was a unqiue programme certified by the National Training Agency of Trinidad and Tobago. It stated, […]Read More
A police officer attached to the Matelot Police Station is found unresponsive in his bed on Monday morning. Police said the body of PC Jesse Ramroop, 37, bore not marks of violence. His wife Janelle she told police that he went to bed around 10.30 pm on Sunday at their Cunapo Southern Road, Navet […]Read More
FOUR men, including two Venezuelans, are held on Monday morning with six monkeys, a gun and ammunition. The Venezuelans, aged 20 and 46, along with two Trinidadians , aged 32 and 56, were arrested when police spotted them in a black Cube car. Officers were on mobile patrol along Lance Mitan Road, Moruga, and […]Read More