Anxious relatives and friends and GT&T employees gathered at the  St. Joseph Mercy Hospital to await the Ambulance transporting two injured GT&T employees. The men were injured in a mid-morning accident on the Mabura Road. The crash has left one person dead and three others injured. The dead man’s name has been given as Trevon Morris. Two of the injured Jermaine Prince of 146 Oronoque Street Queenst ...

An embarrassed Minister of Home Affairs, Clement Rohee speaking about the alleged fraud uncovered by the Inter-American Development Bank at the office of the Citizens  security programme. But in a strange twist to the story as it unfolded, the head of the project implementation unit Khemraj Rai tendered his resignation citing health issues. The Minister said the experience was most unfortunate and promised ...

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The new national minimum wage of 35,000 dollars a month is set to take effect next month. But the Private Sector Commission is not altogether happy, including over the fact that the Government did not consult with the Commission on the increase. While the Commission has welcomed the move by the Government, it believes the crucial issue will affect not only employers but the sustained livelihood of thousands ...

Several Socio-economic challenges are affecting residents in Annai Village, region 9. According to Village Toshao Mark George, problems with Health, Road, other Infrastructure and education are just some of the issues that continue to plague residents in that community. Zeroing his attention on the community health care programme, George said that this is in dire need of improving. George, who was at the ti ...

Concerns have been mounting by local writers about the way in which the Caribbean Press is being managed. The Press should be receiving US $100,000 dollars annually from the Government, a commitment made by former President Bharrat Jagdeo, four years ago. The writers are hoping that information on the Caribbean Press will be made public, because since the announcement of the Press, there has been no informa ...

The political direction of the Ruling People’s Progressive Party/ Civic will be a major agenda item when the party meets for its Triennial Congress. The Congress which is overdue by some two years is expected to be held sometime in August. Central Executive Member Clement Rohee said the congress will serve to bring other  issues that are affecting the party to the table for discussions. Rohee stated too, th ...

The Running Braves Track Club is preparing to send a 7-member team to Trinidad to compete over the weekend. But it’s not just an ordinary meet. This meet, the Trinidad and Tobago  National Championships  is one of few remaining qualifying meets for the World senior Athletics Championships. Stephan James,  who is a 400-metre Bronze medalist at the South American games is one of the athletes hoping to qualify ...

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