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Govt can't pay $7b to NIB workers
Posted: Wednesday, March 10, 2021
Imbert: Govt can't pay $7b to NIB workers
It would cost $7 billion to pay the wage increase contemplated by the recently concluded collective agreement between the Public Services Association (PSA) and the National Insurance Board (NIB).
Imbert 'looking for war', says Duke
So said Public Service Association (PSA) President Watson Duke as he challenged the Finance Minister's statement in the Senate yesterday that a collective agreement for 2014 wasn't authorised.
TT Express seabridge ferry sold
"The TT Express has been sold. The selling price was US$3, 022,000. We executed a memorandum of agreement that was signed on February 25, 2021." The boat was bought in 2006 for $20 million. In July 2018, the Prime Minister announced the government had decided to sell it after it experienced several electrical and mechanical issues that would cost the government over US$10 million in repairs.
Minister: Worldwide scramble for doses
‘Rest of vaccine order expected in April-May'
Minister says 21 children have COVID related illness
Minister of Health Terrence Deyalsingh said there were 21 confirmed cases of Multi-system Inflammatory Syndrome (Mis-C) among infants in Trinidad and none in Tobago - and all have recovered.
UNC's HQ relocates to Sando, Panday not impressed
It is the second move since the party vacated Rienzi Complex in 2016. The UNC's headquarters was at Rienzi for 27 years after its inception. However, party founder Basdeo Panday believes the location "will make no difference to their incompetence".
Judge: No bail for murder remains the law
NO BAIL for murder remains the law as a High Court judge has delivered her ruling in a much-anticipated decision on the issue.
Wife hacked to death, husband dies by suicide, children witness it all
Family furious over police treatment of missing Christopher case
However, even after they made the report, and some three days had passed, the police did not treat with the issue with any sense of seriousness, she said.
Tunapuna teen's body found below galvanise sheets
Relatives of murdered 17-year-old Christopher Cummings cannot think of any reason why anyone would want him dead.
While playing games on cell phone, 15-year-old murdered
Police were told that at about 3pm yesterday Duke was in the front passenger seat of a vehicle that was parked along 12th Avenue, Bon Air Gardens. He was playing games on his cellular phone waiting on his mother to finish a job interview. One man approached the car and opened fire at the vehicle.
The suspect then walked over to the passenger side of the vehicle and continued to shoot at the teenager. The suspect then walked away.
Bandit shot dead after Barrackpore robbery
Police said the teenager, who lives at Tarodale, on the outskirts of San Fernando, was the getaway driver in an armed robbery at Carmen's Roti Shop at Rochard Douglas Road in Barrackpore. Police identified the deceased as Dane Boodoo of Stella Street in La Romaine. In the past, Boodoo and the detained woman had bought roti from the shop, police said.
Thieves make off with parts from police vehicles
Police are hoping to recover several auto parts stolen from its fleet of derelict vehicles at the Vehicle Management Company (VMCOTT) yard in San Fernando.
Tobago mom informs cops teenage daughter found safe
A 19-year-old of Bottom Ridge, Belle Gardens, Tobago, who was reported missing on Saturday, has been found.
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