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Swine flu deaths
Posted: Friday, October 16, 2009
Sensational Pollard seals win for T&T
Trinidad & Tobago 171 for 6 (Pollard 54, Ramdin 23) New South Wales 170 for 4 ( Hughes 83, Warner 63) by four wickets
It's said that you can win or lose a Twenty20 game in a blink and Kieron Pollard, batting like a man possessed, proved the adage right by engineering a stunning win against New South Wales.
2 more suspected swine flu deaths
AD agency boss dies
Swine flu claims another victim
Penal man believed to be another H1N1 victim
Family relives victim's ordeal
Vishraj Maharaj is one of the confirmed victims of the H1N1 Influenza virus-a man who moved from healthy to heart failure within six days
Swine flu deaths
THE H1N1 virus, commonly known as swine flu, has claimed its first two victims in Trinidad and Tobago. We are alarmed but not altogether surprised that this pandemic has struck this country.
Udecott 'Attacks Unfair'
MINISTER of Planning Emily Gaynor Dick-Forde yesterday defended Udecott's award to Sunway Construction Caribbean Limited (formerly known as CH Development) of a $300 million contract to furnish the Ministry of Legal Affairs Tower.
Imbert: Where are the family ties?
Works and Transport Minister Colm Imbert and Housing, Planning and the Environment Minister, Emily Gaynor Dick-Forde, both dismissed allegations of nepotism in the award of multi-million-dollar contracts to Sunway Construction Caribbean Limited, the firm linked to the wife of executive chairman of the Urban Development Corporation of Trinidad and Tobago Limited (Udecott), Calder Hart.
...Minister: UDeCOTT no rogue elephant
Lecturer: Just a political ploy
THE Commission of Enquiry into the Urban Development Corporation of Trinidad and Tobago and the construction sector, chaired by Prof John Uff, is a political ploy that never intended to find any damning evidence against UDeCOTT, a senior lecturer in political science at the University of the West Indies (UWI) says.
Commission of Enquiry a farse, says Transparency head
CHAIRMAN of the Trinidad and Tobago Transparency Institute (TTTI), Victor Hart, has described the Commission of Enquiry into the Urban Development Corporation of Trinidad and Tobago (UDeCOTT) and the construction sector as a farce.
We're not leaving without our money
CHINESE nationals employed with Beijing Liujian Construction Corporation TT Ltd (BLCC) have refused to return to China unless outstanding wages are paid to them by the contractor.
Shut down Chinese camp
Land on which a camp housing more than 100 Chinese labourers in Central Trinidad was registered with the Tunapuna/Piarco Regional Corporation by a local company as a site for a "warehouse/office" and not for accommodation, councillor for St Helena/Warrenville Shama Deonarine disclosed yesterday.
Chamber calls for foreign labour probe
The Chaguanas Chamber of Industry and Commerce is calling for an investigation into all projects using foreign labour.
...'Resolve Chinese issue'
Local manufacturers are worried about alleged mistreatment of Chinese labourers working in Trinidad and Tobago.
Mendes mad over law body's statement
'My advice was private'
Douglas Mendes, SC, is upset with the Law Association and its president, Martin Daly, SC, for publishing a "private and confidential" letter which he sent to the association concerning the controversial affidavit of Jamaat al Muslimeen leader, Yasin Abu Bakr.
Max tipped to remove Annisette
PRESIDENT George Maxwell Richards is reported to be making moves to oust Independent Senator Michael Annisette, according to political sources who hinted to Newsday yesterday.
Speaker sends TV6 to Privileges Committee
SPEAKER Barry Sinanan on Wednesday sent CCN TV6 and two of their journalists Sasha Mohammed and Samantha John, to the Privileges Committee of the Lower House for allegedly misreporting on the work of that committee, and on remarks by Sinanan.
Beetham heats up
Riot almost broke out at Beetham Gardens late yesterday, after angry residents blocked the Beetham Highway and Main Street. The residents were protesting the police killing of Ricky Roberts, 39, and 45-year-old Fabien Mauge, both of Beetham Gardens.
Cops kill 2 men
A 36-YEAR-OLD DVD vendor and father of three was gunned down along Broadway in Port- of-Spain on Wednesday night. But the story does not end there.
Cops kill 2 in shoot-out
High drama after DVD vendor gunned down in PoS
'Beetham people want war'
...residents block highway, PBR in show of force
East meets East
Last weekend, the Chinese community celebrated Chinese Arrival Day and this weekend it's the turn of the Hindu community to observe Divali, a true case of east meeting east in culture.
Dwight's mother passes away
Balo disappeared after visit to bar
John was probably the oldest witness called by the US Government to prove its case against seven Trinidadians in the Washington Federal Court.
Dwight Yorke's mom dies at 70
GRACE Yorke, mother of local football star and former Soca Warrior player, Dwight Yorke passed away at the age of 70 on Wednesday night, minutes after she was airlifted from the Scarborough General Hospital, Tobago to the St Joseph Medical Associates hospital.
Newsday Correction
We wish to clarify a report, "Woman re-files criminal charges against PM", on Page 3 of yesterday's Newsday. Attorney Michael Quamina did not indicate anything about the arrival of the Prime Minister in the Port-of-Spain Magistrates' Court. Mr Quamina did not proceed to the First Court with complainant Natasha Cumberbatch and he never went to the First Court. The error is regretted.
Defeating the case for beating
Condemnation of baby-killer Anton Bruce, who fatally beat his 30-month-old step-daughter, has naturally been universal. But we wonder how many persons condemning this act would also condemn corporal punishment for children in general?
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