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3 Burn To Death
Posted: Friday, November 6, 2009
3 Burn To Death
Three men from Penal burnt to death early yesterday morning when a ten-tonne truck exploded after crashing into the Bailey bridge along the Churchill Roosevelt Highway in Macoya.
...Fiery death for three on Bailey bridge
Road carnage continues...
Relatives ask: Why wasn't bridge replaced?
Man dies in crash
Jack's crime buster: I lied to White House
Former New York Police Commissioner and crime expert Bernard Kerik, who visited Trinidad on two occasions, the last in January, 2007, yesterday pleaded guilty to tax fraud and to lying to the White House.
Top cop praises his deputy over visa fiasco
Acting Commissioner of Police James Philbert yesterday publicly supported Deputy Commissioner Raymond Craig for the manner in which he conducted investigations into an exercise concerning a Saudi Arabian diplomat earlier this week.
COP: Give people a say on reform
The Congress of the People (COP) is calling for a public referendum on constitution reform rather than a "Manday" reform based on a handshake.
UNC, Ramjack at COP's 'Axe the Tax' rally
SIPARIA MP Kamla Persad-Bissessar and Mayaro MP Winston "Gypsy" Peters will join the Congress of the People (COP) at its "Axe the Tax" rally at Woodford Square, next week Saturday, (COP) deputy political leader Prakash Ramadhar said on Wednesday.
Govt will seek to recover $.5m for damaged bridge
Imbert wants truck owner to pay; but he's dead
Works and Transport Minister Colm Imbert yesterday announced the owner of the truck which crashed into the Bailey bridge in Macoya will have to pay $500,000 to repair it.
Calypso Warriors crush Guyana to retain crown
GEORGETOWN: Trinidad and Tobago crushed Guyana by 81 runs last night to retain their President's Cup 50-Overs regional title in style at the National Stadium in Providence.
...T&T wins President's Cup
Visa denied
Margaret Spence has described the United States embassy in Port-of-Spain as being heartless and cold for denying her a visa so she could assist the Miramar Police Department in Miami with the suspicious disappearance of her daughter Lisa Spence.
PM residence stage costing $10m
It's an outdoor stage, not concert hall—Imbert
The new structure being built on the compound of the Prime Minister's official residence is an outdoor stage—and not a "concert hall" —and is going to cost approximately $10 million, Works Minister Colm Imbert said yesterday.
Imbert: If figure is correct, it's value for money
ONE day after Sports Minister Gary Hunt confirmed that the real cost of the controversial flag at the Hasely Crawford Stadium is $2 million, Works and Transport Minister Colm Imbert was reluctant to tell the media whether or not, the cost of the new building being built at the Diplomatic Centre in St Ann's was $10 million.
Media lounge, drivers' lounge for Diplomatic Centre
Browne: Bid to cut CHOGM budget to $235m
Browne: Summits could cost $700M
HOSTING the Fifth Summit of the Americas and the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Trinidad and Tobago this year could cost the Government at least $700 million.
$5.5m to clean drains in PoS
COP knocks $2M flag, 'Manday constitution'
COP leader Winston Dookeran yesterday said the episode over the $2 million flag at the Hasely Crawford Stadium in Port-of-Spain shows the Government has a wrong sense of priorities which include their own aggrandisement. He was addressing a COP media conference yesterday at the Hotel Normandie, St Ann's.
Dollars in the wind
TWO million dollars seems to be an extraordinary price to pay for a flag and its accessories. The admission of this price-tag for the flag, flag-pole and base, raises many questions.
Insensitive extravagance by Govt
Obviously understanding that it requires much more to justify the purchase and erection of a flag for $2 million, Sports Minister Gary Hunt is now engaged in dissembling, that is seeking to hide the reality of the cost by diversionary tactics.
Panorama back in the savannah
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