Oil spill fallout
Posted: Sunday, June 14, 2026

Oil spill fallout
Venezuela demands T&T takes responsibility as Point Fortin slick reaches its shores but state-run Heritage Petroleum downplays incident

People can get sick, lose their lives
Tancoo warns of improper standards during Finance Bill debate:

Dowlath: No backpay for teachers in $127.8M allocation
Education Minister Dr Michael Dowlath has clarified that none of the $127.8 million in supplemental funding being sought by his ministry includes provisions for outstanding backpay for teachers, despite ongoing concerns from educators and their representative unions over delays in receiving retroactive payments.

Moody's revises T&T outlook to stable

Warning against 'attacks without proof'
Tewarie: Business community invested in T&T's success...

PNM vows to stage own Independence Day Parade
... if Govt cancels national event again

Alexander, Al-Rawi clash over AG's 'one per cent' remarks
Government Senator Phillip Alexander has defended Attorney General John Jeremie's controversial use of the term "one per cent" during Wednesday's debate on the extension of State of Emergency (SoE), arguing that the phrase is globally associated with wealth and privilege rather than any specific ethnic group.

Beckles defends MP's 'N-word' comparison

Teen slain
Father, stepmother wounded in suspected robbery attack

High Court orders brother to vacate property in family dispute
The lawsuit related to a property that Balkaran's father divided between the two siblings and a third brother before he passed away.

In 2013, the family had a meeting in which he (the father) said that the Balkaran would receive the front portion of the property and an apartment building on it, while his brothers would split the remainder.


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