Galleons Passage on sea trial today
The Galleons Passage will make its first sea trial at 6 am today from the Port of Port-of-Spain to Tobago.The vessel is expected to service the seabridge from next week.Confirmation came yesterday from...
View ArticleGalleons Passage on sea trial today
The Galleons Passage will make its first sea trial at 6 am today from the Port of Port-of-Spain to Tobago.The vessel is expected to service the seabridge from next week.Confirmation came yesterday from...
View ArticlePresident steals show at Savannah parade
Thunderous cheers, whistles and applause greeted a smiling President Paula Mae-Weekes, as she entered the Queen’s Park Savannah, Port-of-Spain, yesterday to commemorate the country’s 56 anniversary...
View ArticleUnite to move country forward
President Paula-Mae Weekes yesterday urged Government members, Opposition MPs and members of the diplomatic corps that we need boundless heart, sacrifice and effort, as well as tangible faith, in a bid...
View ArticleContingency plan in place—Ministry
Chief Education Officer Harrilal Seecharan yesterday gave the assurance that primary and secondary school students will be provided with proper supervision and safety should teachers boycott classes...
View ArticleLicks for TTUTA over boycott call
Political analyst Prof John La Guerre has viewed the T&T Unified Teachers’ Association’s (TTUTA) call for teachers to stay away from classes on September 7 as holding the nation’s children to...
View ArticleEngineer ousted
The Port-of-Spain City Corporation council yesterday moved and passed a motion to have its city engineer removed and replaced for non-performance on the job, saying they had lost all confidence in...
View Article67 benefit from $1m grant to start small businesses
The Ministry of Social Development and Family Services yesterday distributed $1 million in grants to 67 recipients of the Sowing Empowerment through Entrepreneurial Development (SEED) programme.Each...
View ArticleSick patients not being sent home, says hospital CEO
Chief executive officer of the North West Regional Health Authority (NWRHA) Wendy Ali yesterday dismissed reports that ailing patients of the Port-of-Spain General Hospital were being hastily...
View ArticleAll set for President’s first Independence parade
Citizens are expected to turn out in their numbers for President Paul-Mae Weekes’ first military parade in commemoration of the country’s 56th anniversary of Independence at the Grand Stand, Queen’s...
View ArticleHunt for 250 bed spaces
North West Regional Health Authority (NWRHA) CEO Wendy Ali must find space at other institutions for the relocation of 250 patients previously housed at the Central Block of the Port-of-Spain General...
View ArticleGas deal signing shifted to Venezuela
Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley will lead a delegation to Venezuela on Saturday for the historic signing of a natural gas deal with Petroleum of Venezuela (PDVSA), National Gas Company (NGC) and...
View ArticlePatients relocated
Tuesday’s 7.3 magnitude earthquake forced the Ministry of Health to move patients out of the Central Block of the Port-of-Spain General Hospital after it suffered minor damage.The shifting of patients...
View ArticleDuke under fire for panicking public servants
National Security Minister Stuart Young yesterday accused Public Services Association Watson Duke president of causing 80,000 public servants unnecessary panic and anxiety following Tuesday’s 6.9...
View ArticleFired URP workers collect service $$$
Labour and Small Enterprise Development Minister Jennifer Baptiste-Primus yesterday accused the former People’s Partnership government of terminating the contracts of 529 Unemployment Relief Programme...
View ArticleBest CSEC results in 10 years
The 2018 Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) and CAPE examination results have been the best this country has seen in the last decade.While this has been good news for Education Minister...
View ArticleMinistry: No payment for marking SBAs
The Chief Personnel Officer (CPO) has instructed the Ministry of Education not to pay secondary school teachers for the marking of School-Based Assessments (SBA) papers, as this forms part of their...
View ArticleSome Beetham residents condemn attack on Hinds
Totally uncalled for.That’s how residents of Beetham Gardens responded to flood waters being doused on acting Attorney General Fitzgerald Hinds and councillor Akil Audain during a visit to their...
View ArticleCouncillor hurt by assault ...pledges to continue serving people
Beetham/Picton councillor Akil Audain said he felt hurt after floodwater was splashed on him by Beetham Gardens burgesses.Audain said on Monday when the first flooding took place in the community he...
View ArticlePM: Don’t turn HDC project into a ghetto
Seventy-six new homeowners of housing development River Run Through were yesterday advised by Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley to refrain from using one word in their vocabulary “ghetto.”Rowley pleaded...
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