Muslim groups press PM
Posted: Thursday, July 3, 2025

Muslim groups press PM on Modi
Concerns over discrimination against Muslims in India...

Expert on ORTT for Modi: Negatives, positives to consider
DR ANTHONY GONZALES, former head of the Institute for International Relations, UWI, St Augustine, has some concerns over allegations being made against Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, but overall has no problem with him being awarded the Order of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago (ORTT), he told Newsday on July 2.

More Muslim groups take issue with Modi's visit to T&T
In a statement issued by its president, Mirza Ali-Mohammed, the Islamic Da'wah Movement yesterday called on Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar to raise the issue of Muslim discrimination in India when she meets with Modi, who arrives in this country today.

Modi: Trinidad and Tobago visit will strengthen bonds

Port of Spain traffic restrictions for Modi visit released

Allahar: $3.1 billion to pay recurrent, capital expenditure
LEADER of Government Business in the Senate Darrell Allahar has announced that the $3.1 billion supplementary appropriation is intended to cover "urgent and critical recurrent and capital expenditure" through to the end of the year, in areas where previous budget allocations were either inadequate or entirely absent.

Ferguson's challenge over US$148M Miami judgment set for January trial

Hilaire claims wrongful termination by Govt...
Sources told the Express that the Government moved to revoke Hilaire's appointment because he was not co-­operating in providing information—particularly in relation to the ongoing foreign exchange crisis—among other concerns.

Former Central Bank governor to sue for wrongful dismissal

Forestry workers fired
Gonzales on mass firing of 19,000 workers:

'Wickedness!'
... PNM claims 4,608 workers on breadline after Govt axes 144 reforestation contractors

4,600 more workers fired – PNM alarmed over reforestation programme shutdown

Patriotic Front calls for compassion from Govt over CEPEP dismissals

Al-Rawi questions Cabinet's role in withdrawal of former PM's security detail

Pembroke, Les Coteaux return for Tobago Heritage Festival 2025

Plagues hit Icacos
...dragonflies prey on swarms of mosquitoes

Top cop visits illegal quarry, raids weed farm
On June 29, an illegal quarry operator was reported to be pumping tonnes of silt into the Guanapo River, threatening to disrupt the water supply for thousands of residents. Earlier, on June 25, officers of the elite Multi-Agency Task Force had been alerted to the illegal quarrying activity, and a report was sent to the commissioner's office.

Govt looking at declaring local gangs as terrorist entities
The government is exploring declaring some local gangs as terrorist entities in its fight against crime.

Man loses car, phone and faith in late lime with woman
The 38-year-old man reported to the police that in the early hours of Wednesday, he was liming with a female companion whom he knew only as "Zion" on the shore of Flower Pot Beach in Pointe-a-Pierre.


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