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Banks seek $850m from developers of high-rise complex
Posted: Tuesday, July 24, 2012

Banks seek $850m from developers of high-rise complex
CIBC First Caribbean and RBC Royal Bank are threatening to appoint a receiver as they try to recover debts of $850 million owed to them for the construction of the luxury, high-rise apartment complex, known as the Shorelands Renaissance.

Ex-Security Minister 'hogtied' and robbed
Former PNM national security minister Martin Joseph was "hogtied" and robbed by a gun-toting assailant at his Flagstaff Hill, Long Circular, home around 11.30 pm on Sunday, Joseph said yesterday.

Ganga Singh acts as AG
MINISTER of the Environment and Water Resources Ganga Singh has been appointed to act as Attorney General in the absence of Anand Ramlogan, the Government Information Services (GIS) announced yesterday.

Warner: No rise in crime rate
NATIONAL Security Minister Jack Warner said he is yet to see data that proves a rise in crime and he has challenged his detractors to bring the evidence.

Jack promises $$, tools for soldiers
NATIONAL Security Minister Jack Warner yesterday attended the Trinidad and Tobago Regiment's 50th birthday celebrations bearing gifts.

WASA/Lee Sing land dispute before Court
THE HIGH COURT judge hearing land dispute proceedings between the Water and Sewerage Authority and the Port-of-Spain City Corporation will in November give her decision as to the ownership of 23 acres of land at Westmoorings, the site of the authority's Cocorite Farrell Well Field.

Gafoor/Phelps back to court with an appeal
Almost two weeks after her constitutional motion against President George Maxwell Richards was dismissed, attorneys representing suspended Integrity Commission deputy chairman Gladys Gafoor returned to the High Court yesterday for hearing of another lawsuit—this time challenging her fellow commissioners.

'Good people in Beetham'
A few bad people are giving Beetham Gardens a bad name, and youths, facing discrimination based on where they live, list addresses from other areas to secure jobs.

$.9M for death
AN INSURANCE company has agreed to pay the father of a University of the West Indies economics student, who was killed in an accident five years ago, the sum of $900,000 as full and final compensation for the son's death.

Port worker gets $754,000
A PORT AUTHORITY worker has been awarded $754,000 in damages for an accident on the Port of Port-of-Spain six years ago which left him with a severe back injury.

Miss TT World in Top Model quarter-finals
Athaliah Samuel, Trinidad and Tobago's contestant for the 2012 Miss World competition has hit the ground running as she has been selected for the quarter-finals of the Top Model competition.

Montano: 'Going For Gold' with foreign artistes
International superstar, Chaka Khan, Cuban artiste Pitbull, and Jamaican dancehall king Beenie Man, are just some of the artistes who will be featured on the album being compiled by Machel Montano working with the Government to commemorate this country's Golden Independence Anniversary.

Kambon: Emancipation – a mix of joy and pain
This year's 20th anniversary of Emancipation celebrations is mixed with joy and pain, according to Chairman of the Emancipation Support Committee (ESC), Kafrah Kambon.

Marion O'Callaghan: When Jesus returned

You will get justice
DEPUTY Commissioner of Police Mervyn Richardson yesterday promised relatives of 14-year-old murder victim Akesh Sooklal that the police will not rest until the killers are brought to justice.

Girl, 5, sexually assaulted
A five-year-old girl has been sexually assaulted by a 29-year-old man, and the child's grandfather is appealing to the police to find her attacker.

Robber snatches cash from woman's hand
...Tells court: Ah get weak when I see that money

Nightclub owner shot
The owner of a nightclub in Rio Claro was shot in the left leg during a robbery on Sunday morning.

Gunmen wanted to make a point...to some bad boys
Murder victim's relatives



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