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No excavation yet at artefact site
The University of the West Indies Archaeology Unit cannot excavate and survey the site where 2,000- year-old Amerindian artefacts were found in Valsayn unless the owner grants them permission.This was...
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Historian's health worsens
Beloved historian and author Angelo Bissessarsingh has slipped into unconsciousness and doctors say he will lose his battle with pancreatic cancer soon.The national hero who published four books...
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Angelo regains consciousness
Even in the face of death, T&T's adored historian and author Angelo Bissessarsingh is continuing to show exemplary courage having regained consciousness for a brief spell on Monday night. And...
View ArticleBlessed V eyes Soca Monarch crown
When his sister Lavern Goddard died from Aids after contracting HIV from a brutal rape, budding soca artiste Vaden Thompson, also known as Blessed V, decided it was time to put stronger lyrical content...
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La Brea Residents shut down construction site to protest jobs
In their quest to find employment at the construction of the $6.3 billion Caribbean Gas Chemical Limited (CGCL) petrochemical complex in La Brea, hundreds of residents staged protests yesterday,...
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Two held at guns, ammo seized during South raid
More than two dozen Task Force officers swooped into known drug dens in San Fernando on Thursday, seizing a pistol, ammunition and marijuana.Two suspects including a 45-year-old roulette operator and...
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Protest for jobs
In their quest to find employment at the construction of the $6.3 billion Caribbean Gas Chemical Limited (CGCL) petrochemical complex in La Brea, hundreds of residents staged protests yesterday,...
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Two held in South raids
More than two dozen Task Force officers swooped into known drug dens in San Fernando on Thursday, seizing a pistol, ammunition and marijuana.Two suspects including a 45-year-old roulette operator and a...
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Dead pelicans wash ashore in La Brea
Dead pelicans are continuing to wash ashore on the beaches of La Brea more than a week after oil pellets and sheets of crude oil surfaced off Carat Shed Beach, Coffee Beach, Station Beach and Point...
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Only 16 hired at La Brea, workers complain
They came in their hundreds, eager to get a job at the construction site of the $6.3 billion Petrochemical plant, but after waiting for hours only a handful of residents were hired yesterday.From as...
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Eight homeless after early morning fire
Still dressed in her school uniform, Form six pupil Adriann Williams held on to her mother Allison and sobbed uncontrollably as she gazed at the smouldering ruins of their Vistabella home.With tears...
View ArticleWorkers stage protest at Yara
Workers from Yara Trinidad’s three-plant ammonia production facility staged an eighth day of protest yesterday following a breakdown of negotiations.As early as 7am, over 70 workers gathered outside...
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CPO to meet soon on ADB salary demands
The Human Resource Advisory Committee (HRAC) will be meeting soon to discuss ongoing protests by workers of the Agricultural Development Bank.The workers, who staged several days of protests earlier...
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OWTU submits list of disputed items
The Oilfield Workers Trade Union (OWTU) and YARA (Trinidad) Limited are no closer to settling the ongoing wage dispute as the Ministry of Labour is yet to set a date for conciliatory talks.In the...
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Parents file legal action
Relatives of nine-year-old Tristan Khan, who suffered a broken arm after being brutally beaten by a bully at the Mayaro Government Primary School last week, has filed legal action.In a pre-action...
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Dillon walks against crime
While T&T citizens wait on the Government to bring better policies to deter criminals, National Security Minister Edmund Dillon was marching against crime in Point Fortin yesterday.Wearing a white...
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WE ARE MONITORING THEM—DILLON
While T&T can do nothing about the impending deportation of millions from the United States, National Security Minister Edmund Dillon assured yesterday that those deportees with potentially...
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Follow your dreams, don't be daunted
Still basking in the glory of having won the World Music Album of the Year award in France, T&T's first lady of calypso Linda McArtha Sandy-Lewis (Calypso Rose) yesterday urged young calypsonians...
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Falling pole crashes on car
Penal mechanic Deodath Ramjag escaped death yesterday when a truck transporting an oil rig ripped down high tension wires and a caused a concrete electricity pole to crash on top his car during a...
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Garcia receives report into bully attack
A pre-action protocol letter sent to Education Minister Anthony Garcia on behalf of relatives of Tristan Khan, is expected to be sent to the ministry’s legal department for perusal today.Khan, of...
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