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Bill needs strengthening
Posted: Tuesday, December 9, 2025
Citizens Against Noise Pollution: Fireworks Regulation Bill needs strengthening
House to debate the Summary Offences (Amendment) Bill, 2025
According to the Bill, fireworks may be discharged without a permit only during the following hours:
Public holidays: 8 p.m. to 9 p.m.
December 31: 11.30 p.m. to 12.30 a.m.
Anyone who violates the law will be issued a ticket by the police.
Chambers call for fair forex distribution as Eximbank CEO axed
BUSINESS CHAMBERS have called for equity and balance in distribution of foreign exchange (forex) from Eximbank after the newly-appointed board fired chief executive officer (CEO) Navin Dookeran.
Tobago radar could 'be used in US Venezuela conflict'
A US communications specialist said in a military radio broadcast that the G/ATOR radar installed in Tobago can be used in US conflict in Venezuela. The statement was made by Specialist Second Class Natasha Chevalier Losada on December 4 on the radio station AFN Guantanamo Bay (Radio GTMO).
Blind Welfare president appeals for protection of children's sight
BORN with only ten per cent vision and having lost even that 15 years ago, president of the Trinidad and Tobago Blind Welfare Association (BWA) Deonarine Ragoo made a clarion call for the nation to protect children's sight.
Maintaining trade union independence
In suggesting that unions which "did not fight" or were aligned to a particular political party should not expect the same treatment as the Public Services Association, the minister crossed a dangerous and deeply regressive line. His remarks imply that workers' benefits and the outcomes of collective bargaining could depend on political loyalty rather than on principles of fairness, equity and industrial justice. This is not only inaccurate; it is profoundly alarming.
Duke: PDP will not contest Jan 12 THA polls
Unions say they won't stay silent on Govt's handling of backpay
A major showdown is brewing in the public sector, with both the Trinidad and Tobago Unified Teachers' Association (TTUTA) and the National Union of Government and Federated Workers (NUGFW) warning that the Government's proposed 10 per cent wage settlement with the Public Services Association offers little comfort to other employees in the state sector.
Govt unveils marriage-system overhaul
Legal Affairs Minister Saddam Hosein said the appointment of the new officers represents the first major effort to reduce delays that have kept some applicants waiting up to 10 years. Addressing the gathering, he criticised the entrenched red tape across state agencies and noted that several religious bodies had complained that licensing gaps left couples unable to have weddings officiated by their preferred priests, imams or pundits.
City icons honoured in Harris Promenade art display
Two freed of Tobago double murder as State fails to give evidence
TWO men facing double-murder charges were discharged by the High Court after prosecutors failed to present any evidence during a scheduled sufficiency hearing, effectively leading to a collapse of the State's case.
Angel's horrendous end: Woman's throat slit, boyfriend takes own life
Despite repeated pleas by her relatives and friends to end an abusive relationship, 42-year-old Angel Lutchman stayed. That decision ended in tragedy yesterday.
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