Rescued Guayaguayare fishermen’s first meal was KFC
News Stacy Moore 4 Hrs Ago – AFTER five days of surviving on rainwater and raw fish while lost at sea, the first meal three Guayaguayare fishermen ate after making their way back home was some Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC). A relative confirmed this to Newsday on Wednesday evening saying the rescued fishermen Shaquille Charles, […]
Retrenchments not ‘par for the course’
News Ryan Hamilton-Davis 23 Minutes Ago Kishan Kumarsingh. File Photo PANELISTS at the launch of the National Gas Company TT (NGC) agreed that energy companies in TT are gradually shifting toward a green economy, depending on cleaner and more sustainable forms of energy for the nation. But Kishan Kumarsingh head of the Multilateral Agreements Unit […]
Trinidad and Tobago comes first
News Sean Douglas 3 Hrs Ago Dr Keith Rowley – THE Prime Minister paraphrased a quote from US President Donald Trump to say Trinidad and Tobago citizens come first in TT, even amid a humanitarian policy to Venezuelan migrants, as he addressed Thursday’s post-Cabinet briefing at the Diplomatic Centre, St Ann’s. Saying Trump has said […]
Death toll from shipwreck in Guiria rises to 28
News Grevic Alvarado 12 Minutes Ago File photo of Venezuelans onboard a pirogue making its way to Los Iros beach in T&T – Lincoln Holder VENEZUELA attorney general Tarek William Saab reported on Thursday that authorities have found 28 bodies in the sea near Guiria, Sucre State, after the sinking of a boat heading to […]
Penal man charged with having fake insurance certificate
News Laurel V Williams 8 Minutes Ago A 65-year-old Penal man faced a Siparia magistrate on Wednesday charged with uttering a forged document with intent to deceive. The magistrate granted $25,000 bail to the accused, Winston Thomas, a release from police said on Thursday. Police said Penal police responded to a report of an accident […]
Judge-alone wounding trial verdict in January
News Jada Loutoo 2 Minutes Ago On January 5 a High Court judge will give her verdict in a judge-alone trial of a South Oropouche man accused of wounding a neighbour in an alleged robbery over a decade ago. Justice Lisa Ramsumair-Hinds set the date for her ruling on Thursday at the close of Roger […]
Scotiabank expands ATM network
News Ken Chee Hing 40 Minutes Ago Managing Director of Scotiabank TT Stephen Bagnarol. SCOTIABANK has expanded its ATM network across the country, with new ones being opened in time for the Christmas season. “We continue to invest and grow in TT. By expanding our ATM footprint, we’re extending our financial services closer to your […]
We can’t recover $$m from defaulting scholars
News Sean Douglas 6 Hrs Ago Agriculture Minister Clarence Rambharat. – WHILE TT is owed $26 million by defaulting national scholars, the State is now statute-barred from taking legal action against about half of these beneficiaries, Agriculture Minister Clarence Rambharat told the Senate on Tuesday. He was replying to a listed question from Opposition Senator […]
Senator warns of cyber-security threats
News Narissa Fraser 3 Hrs Ago Independent Senator Paul Richards. – INDEPENDENT Senator Paul Richards commended government for its proposal of removing taxes from mobile devices, laptops, etc from 2021 but urged it to be cautious of a potential increase in cyber-security threats if this is not properly managed. Richards was speaking in the Senate […]
Senator warns ofcyber-security threats
News Narissa Fraser Just Now Independent Senator Paul Richards. – INDEPENDENT Senator Paul Richards commended government for its proposal of removing taxes from mobile devices, laptops, etc from 2021 but urged it to be cautious of a potential increase in cyber-security threats if this is not properly managed. Richards was speaking in the Senate on […]
We are ready to work
News Jensen La Vende 3 Hrs Ago Moonilal Lalchan – PROCUREMENT Regulator Moonilal Lalchan says he and his board are ready to work as soon as the Public Procurement and Disposal of Public Property (Amendment) Bill 2020 is assented to. Speaking at a webinar hosted by the TT Transparency Institute (TTTI) on Wednesday, Lalchan said […]
Grande man dead after trying to part fight
News Shane Superville 51 Minutes Ago A 39-year-old Sangre Grande man is dead after he tried to part a fight at a bar on Tuesday night. Police said Darron McDavid was on the Toco Main Road, Matura, at around 8.45 pm when he saw a fight between two people he knew, one of whom was […]