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Inflation at 5.9%
Posted: Saturday, August 29, 2009
Inflation at 5.9%...lowest in 4 years
Inflation in Trinidad and Tobago has slowed to under six per cent, its lowest level in more than four years.
Emile Elias knocks Udecott's move on Sirju
Contractor Emile Elias yesterday responded to objections raised by Udecott lawyers over the role of commissioner Kenneth Sirju in the Uff Commission of Inquiry, arguing that they represent "yet another attempt by Udecott to divert the commission's attention from the genuine concerns relative to Udecott's procurement practices."
Not me and the bacchanal
Although Housing Minister Emily Gaynor Dick-Forde would not directly comment yesterday on the status of the forensic report prepared by Bob Lindquist on the Cleaver Heights housing project in Arima, she did indicate the ministry was in possession of several similar reports which were being used to improve governance at the Housing Development Corporation (HDC).
Transport Commissioner: Cranes don't need licences
"Those cranes are actually construction equipment so they are not required to be licenced," Cato said. "A track crane is not for use on public roads, it may cross the roads, but they are not meant to drive on public roads. You don't need a licence to cross the road or cross a bridge. What you need is permission from a technical officer in the Ministry of Works and Transport to cross a road or to cross a bridge."
TTEC cuts schools lights
WITH just days to go before their reopening, the lights have gone out at several primary schools because their administrators failed to pay the electricity bills on time.
Do not travel in panel vans
ACTING Transport Commissioner Ruben Cato yesterday warned that panel vans that are used as unofficial maxi-taxis across the county are not licensed to do so and pose a serious threat to human life.
T&T Spirit 'jumper' sent to St Ann's
Emris Simon, the woman who jumped off the fast ferry, the T&T Spirit, while it was sailing from Scarborough, Tobago to Port-of-Spain, Trinidad on Thursday afternoon, may spend at least 14 days at the St Ann's Psychiatric Hospital before a decision is made as to whether or not she will be charged with attempted suicide.
Cops caught stealing $96,000
Four police officers from an elite crime-fighting unit in the Southern Division were taken in for questioning Thursday, over their alleged involvement in the theft from a casino of almost $100,000.
Husband guns down wife
A man shot and killed his common-law wife as she sat with her lover in a car at St John's Trace, Claxton Bay late last evening. The woman's lover in a daring bid to save her and himself drove into the compound of the St Margaret's Police Station, a street away.
...Woman shot dead: wounded driver reaches police
'Surrogate dad' Jack helps out Couva North pupils
Chaguanas West MP Jack Warner has provided over 50 school hampers to primary school students in his constituency and that of Couva North.
Drug convict begs judge to spare jail
...caught trying to mail cocaine in magazines
Relatives order second autopsy on teen
'We don't believe he committed suicide as police report'
Ex-murder accused and gang member both shot dead
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