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Pay hikes proposed for PM, Cabinet, Opposition
Posted: Tuesday, June 21, 2016
Pay hikes proposed for PM, Cabinet, Opposition
Fresh moves are underway to increase the salaries of the Prime Minister, cabinet ministers, the Opposition Leader and all other MPs.
Trinidad's west coast an open border
Last month, a man dropped a grenade while fleeing from police officers in Carli Bay near to the Point Lisas Industrial Estate.
Trincity Mall hoax caller gets 21 days in prison
THE man who made a bogus bomb threat to the Trincity Mall last month, which led to national chaos, will spend the next 21 days in prison pondering that phone call.
Tobago tourism officials open to Sandals all-inclusive
As Sandals becomes embroiled in row with Antigua and Barbuda government Mixed views on impact of a Tobago Sandals
Potential investor queries liquidation process
The sole investor to have expressed an interest in purchasing the now defunct ArcelorMittal steel plant at Point Lisas may be on the verge of pulling out.
Debe floods cause thousands in damage
Exhausted after a long night of making coconut oil at their Debe home, Telockie Chattergoon and his wife Kemawatie Ramdath slept through their neighbors shouts and warnings that the lower portion of their home was being flooded.
'Admin problem' blamed for July backpay date
Government departments were tardy in preparing their paysheets and therefore failed to meet the required June 14 deadline for the payment of public sector backpay by June 30.
Archbishop honours Pereira's and Harvey's 40 years of priestly service
Barrackpore driver dies after crash
RENNIE Ramlochan wished his father a happy Father's Day and left for work on Sunday.
Govt to curb old chicken imports
Government is extremely concerned about the export of chicken parts that were frozen for as long as five years in the United States and are being sold locally as fresh poultry, Trade and Industry Minister Paula Gopee-Scoon said yesterday.
Stew: Britain helps boost TT services sector
Britain wants to strengthen its partnership with Trinidad and Tobago (TT) in building the services sector, which promotes employment, revenue and economic growth, advocates British High Commissioner Tim Stew.
President hails Butler and Rienzi
PRESIDENT Anthony Carmona has called on the nation to work hard through trying economic times to achieve the model labour and industrial practices that will make the country proud.
Labour Minister: Govt can't stop layoffs
In the face of criticisms from JTUM leader, Ancel Roget, that Government had failed to stop the mass retrenchment of workers currently occurring in the industrial sector, Labour Minister Jennifer Baptiste-Primus has pointed out that Government could only use "moral suasion" to implore employers to use retrenchment as a "final option"...
Economic analysts react to Roget's tough message
Following the uncompromising message to both the government and opposition from JUTM President Ancel Roget, two analysts been weighing up what it means.
Girl, 16, raped, doused with gasoline
A man and a woman were arrested last Friday for the rape and assault of a 16-year-old schoolgirl, nearly a year after the alleged offences were committed.
Big spike in child abuse cases
The number of reports of child abuse to the Children's Authority (CA) has continued to increase exponentially since it first began operating in June 2015, with the body having now received more than 6,000 complaints.
2 nabbed with bogus pension cheques, IDs
Eastern Division police believe they may have stumbled upon a racket involving the use of false national identification (ID) cards and bogus pension cheques with the arrest of two Sangre Grande men last Wednesday.
Lady Killers
A lime with two women turned deadly for a Petit Valley man as his "lady friends" stabbed him during a fight in a car as they drove along Wrightson Road, Port-of-Spain on Sunday night.
Ex-cop held with gun, ammo
A 61-year-old retired constable of Pleasantville, San Fernando was arrested at his home on Friday night by officers of the Port of- Spain (PoS) CID, who seized a 9 mm pistol and a quantity of ammunition.
PH driver fleeces pensioner of $27,000
A private for hire taxi-driver has been arrested for fleecing $27,000 from the bank account of a pensioner who lost his bank card, on which a piece of paper with his personal identification number (PIN) was a attached, in his car this past March.
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