News and Commentaries from Various News Sources in T&T
RIC approves $6B in questionable costs Posted: Friday, April 26, 2024
RIC approves $6B in questionable costs for T&TEC The Regulated Industries Commission (RIC) approved expenditure for the Trinidad and Tobago Electricity Commission (T&TEC) that is around $6 billion higher than historically justified between 2024 and 2028. If the Cabinet approves the final determination as it stands, this $6 billion in additional expenditure could be passed directly to electricity consumers over the next five years.
Proposed T&TEC rate increase still before committee The Regulated Industries Commission's recommendation to increase electricity rates in Trinidad and Tobago is still before the Finance and General Purposes Committee in Cabinet.
Tobago fibre break a disaster A bush fire in Toco at around 4 pm on Tuesday resulted in the fibre-optic link between Tobago and Trinidad to be broken for eight hours.
This caused a disruption of the island's mobile telephone, internet and cable use as well as commercial transactions involving debit or credit cards and the withdrawal of cash from bank machines. Also degraded was the island's emergency management service.
Cops seize $2.9M in 'Creepy' marijuana bust The officers received further actionable information which suggested that a Venezuelan who resides in Cocoyea, San Fernando, was in possession of a substantial amount of narcotics.
NWRHA rejects claims of record delays, tampering THE North West Regional Authority (NWRHA) has rejected claims from a law firm representing the parents of babies who died in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) of the Port of Spain General Hospital (PosGH) that there was any suppression and/or manipulation of medical records for those babies.
Woman sues claiming baby girl denied access to Neonatal ICU The letter claimed that baby Lilly's birth was never registered and the cause of death was deemed to be a spontaneous miscarriage, which they denied, since the child was born at 26 weeks and not 20 weeks as it is medically defined.
A Massacre in Jamaica
After the United States demanded the extradition of a drug lord, a bloodletting ensued. By Mattathias Schwartz - December 12, 2011