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$2m spent on flag for national pride
Posted: Friday, October 30, 2009
$2m spent for national pride
What's the cost of the national flag at the Hasely Crawford Stadium, Port-of-Spain? Is it $2 million? But Sport and Youth Affairs Minister Gary Hunt, while unable to confirm the flag's price tag, said even if it was true, it would be "nothing out of the ordinary."
Hunt: National flag at stadium priceless
Sport Minister Gary Hunt does not know how much the large flag at the Hasely Crawford Stadium cost the Government. But he believes that one cannot put a price on national pride.
$650,000 Spent on TT Cricket Team
Sports Minister Gary Hunt said yesterday Government had given $650,000 to prepare the Trinidad and Tobago cricket team for the recent Airtel Champions League Twenty 20 tournament in India.
PM Manning: 'Let good sense prevail'
Prime Minister, Patrick Manning has stated that any attempt to disrupt next month's Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting, (CHOGM), would embarrass not only the Government, but the entire country, hence he hoped good sense would prevail.
Philbert praises cops for kidnap rescue
Relatives ID kidnappers: Fourth still on the run
Kidnappers identified
THE three men shot dead by police shortly after they failed in an attempt to kidnap a Mt Lambert jeweller have been identified as Wayne Rogers, Quamie George and Shervon Sayers aka "Papi", all of Marcano Quarry, Beverly Hills, Laventille.
CoP to kidnappers' families: We're sorry
Acting Police Commissioner James Philbert has extended his condolences to the families of three kidnappers shot and killed by police in Carlsen Field on Wednesday.
A deadly lesson
The shooting deaths on Wednesday by police officers of three young men, who had kidnapped a jeweller and fired on officers who sought to rescue him, should be a lesson to youngsters about to embark on careers in crime and to those already criminally involved.
New laws for private security firms coming
'32 days for new passport'
It now takes 32 days "from application to completion" to get a Trinidad and Tobago passport, National Security Minister Martin Joseph said yesterday as he responded to reports on the backlog which currently exists.
Death, kidnap threats for Navas
CHAGUANAS Mayor Natasha Navas yesterday confirmed that death and kidnap threats have been made against her. The threats, she said, came in the form of telephone calls and letters sent to her offices at the Chaguanas Borough Corporation.
Two Chinese seek to defraud Licensing Dept
TWO CHINESE nationals, said to be employed with the Shanghai Construction Group, yesterday appeared in court on a charge of conspiring to defraud the Licensing Office by having one of them pretend to be the other in order to pass an examination.
Civil Society pressing for more space at CHOGM
Civil Society groups are requesting greater intervention into the organisation of Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) which will be hosted on November 27 to 29.
DPP's appeals taking too long
TWO applications lodged by the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) challenging the decisions of separate magistrates to free former energy minister Eric Williams and businessman Bruce Rezende remain outstanding after several months.
Primary Schools body backs SDMS on closure
The National Primary Schools Principals Association(NAPSPA) has thrown its support behind Sanatan Dharma Maha Sabha(SDMS) for the early closure of the school term as more of the nation's schools continued yesterday to be affected by the Influenza A/H1N1.
Joseph: Two Mi5 guns recovered
NATIONAL Security Minister Martin Joseph yesterday disclosed that two of the 13 firearms stolen last Sunday from the Mi5 security firm in Woodbrook, have been recovered.
3 charged for having Mi5 gun
Detention centre for illegal immigrants
CABINET yesterday approved the establishment of an immigration detention centre to help ongoing efforts by law enforcement agencies to curb the number of illegal immigrants entering Trinidad and Tobago.
...Centre next month for illegals
Cabinet clears way for 24 more senior cops
Police accidentally shoot man
ACTING Commissioner of Police James Philbert yesterday confirmed that a police firearm was used to shoot 45-year-old Lander Rodney of Maraval in his left forearm. Philbert said the injury was caused by an accidental discharge of a policeman's firearm while officers were in a police vehicle.
Zion Clarke was a follower not a leader
Washington-based attorney, Jeffrey O'Toole, told the jury his client, Zion Clarke, who helped cut up Balram 'Balo' Maharaj's body in the forest, was not a leader but a follower.
Suspect in Garcia killing vows to turn state witness for safety
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