Time to review Tobago’s security system
News Corey Connelly Just Now FILE PHOTO: Police on patrol along Milford Road, Scarborough. – CRIME economist Anselm Richards believes the time has come to carry out a comprehensive audit of Tobago’s security system. He was responding on Tuesday to the shooting death of dancehall artiste N’Kosi Bovell at the Dutch Fort Restaurant & Bar, […]
Pay delayed for 53 daily-rated workers in THA health division
News Corey Connelly 10 Minutes Ago Dr Faith BYisrael. Photo courtesy THA The THA Division of Health, Wellness and Social Protection has reported a delay in the payment of wages to some 53 daily-paid workers for the fortnight period April 15-28, 2022. In a statement on Tuesday, the division said the wages were processed and […]
Charles on fishing expedition over purchase of HDC lots
News Sean Douglas 8 Hrs Ago PM Dr Keith Rowley – Photo courtesy Office of the Parliament THE Prime Minister accused Naparima MP Rodney Charles of being on a political “fishing expedition,” by posing questions about the policy on the purchase of Housing Development Corporation (HDC) lots and about “a person in your Cabinet.” This […]
Persad-Bissessar: PNM using 'spreadsheet economics' to manage finances
OPPOSITION Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar dismissed the “good news” presented by Finance Minister Colm Imbert about the economy’s improved performance from 2021 to the early part of this year. She did so when she contributed to debate in the House of Representatives to debate a motion to approve its Standing Finance Committee’s Report and the Finance […]
Committee for inaugural Tobago Carnival installed
Tobago Newsday Reporter An Hour Ago FILE PHOTO: A youngster showed no fear for these traditional Carnival characters at the 2020 launch of Windward Carnival in Roxborough. – THE committee charged with organising the inaugural Tobago Carnival, from October 28-30, has been installed.. Some members of the 15-member committee were revealed on Monday in a […]
Rowley calls on CoP: Find Sabga Report!
News Sean Douglas An Hour Ago Dr Keith Rowley – THE Prime Minister on Monday instructed Acting Commissioner of Police Mc Donald Jacob to physically locate the report by a team led by Dr Robert Sabga into the sexual, physical and emotional abuse of youngsters in children’s homes conducted 25 years ago. In a statement […]
Navet plant shutdown to cause issues in southeast Trinidad
News vishannap 4 Hrs Ago File photo of Navet dam. The Water and Sewerage Authority (WASA) announced in a release on Monday that the Navet Water Treatment Plant had to be shut down so the distribution system could be flushed. Work is expected to be completed by 4 pm on Monday. People will experience low […]
Guayaguayare woman ‘not faring well’ since daughter’s murder
News Laurel V Williams 5 Minutes Ago Allyson Mohammed is inconsolable over the death of her daughter Krishana Mohammed who was chopped to death on Wednesday in Guayaguayare. – AYANNA KINSALE Since the brutal chopping death of 24-year-old Ellen Krishana Mohammed on Wednesday at the family’s home, her mother, Allyson Mohammed, has not been faring […]
THA infrastructure secretary presents proposals to IDB
News Newsday Reporter 10 Minutes Ago THA secretaries Trevor James, fourth from left, and Ian Pollard, third from left, at a meeting on Friday with Inter-American Development Bank country representative Carina Cockburn, fourth from right, and other officials, at the Division of Infrastructure, Quarries and Urban Development, Scarborough. – DIQUD Secretary of Infrastructure, Quarries and […]
Death penalty stays, Privy Council rules
News Jada Loutoo An Hour Ago File photo: Senior Counsel Fyard Hosein The death penalty stays. On Monday, the Privy Council held that Parliament had the power to impose the sentence, despite its being considered internationally as cruel and unusual punishment. This country did not, however, escape the reproval of the Law Lords, who noted […]
Tobago artiste Fari Dan murdered
Tobago Kinnesha George 2 Hrs Ago N’Kosi Bovell, also known as Fari Dan. Tobago artiste N’Kosi Bovell, also known as Fari Dan, has been murdered. Bovell was liming with a group of friends around 9pm on Sunday, near Dutch Fort Restaurant and Bar in Scarborough, when they were approached by two gunmen. Bovell, whose back […]
Attorneys call for criminal investigation into in at-sea killing of V’zuelan child
News Ryan Hamilton-Davis 6 Hrs Ago Yaelvis Sarabia Santoyo. – Attorneys Christon Williams and Siddiq Manzano are calling for a criminal investigation into the shooting death of Yaelvis Sarabia Santoyo, the one-year-old Venezuelan boy who was allegedly killed by Coast Guard officers while being carried by his mother who was trying to enter the country […]