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Govt wage bill may reach $11.25b
Posted: Monday, February 23, 2026
Govt wage bill may reach $11.25b
Prof Hosein warns:
Penny bashes Kamla over Govt's failed recruitment drive
She has referred to it as a "farce" and "publicity stunt," noting that the Kamla Persad-Bissessar administration had hired a mere 1,801 people despite promising 20,000 jobs.
T&T's downstream sector: From inflection point to slippery slope Part 2
Diseases are not just numbers
PAHO estimates that more than 200 million people in the region of the Americas are affected by one or more neglected tropical diseases (NTDs), including Chagas disease, leprosy, leishmaniasis, trachoma, schistosomiasis, and others that disproportionately impact vulnerable and underserved populations. These diseases usually carry a heavy health, social, and economic burden, and often cause lifelong disability, stigma, and hardship.
Dangerous surge of Sahara dust forecast for T&T this week
Trinidad and Tobago is forecast to experience mostly dry, dusty condition throughout this week, as this year's first major Saharan Dust surge arrived on Sunday.
Who wants to be a PNM Local Government candidate?
12-year-old student's cheating case set for court review
THE Appeal Court has upheld a High Court ruling granting leave for judicial review in a dispute over disciplinary measures imposed on a 12-year-old student of ASJA Girls' College after she was caught cheating during an exam in 2024.
Local businesses investigated for possible role in Cartel payments
A senior police source speaking on the condition of strict anonymity with The Express said, "These cartels have to be paid in USD and based on the intelligence we have been able to gather so far, local drug traffickers who don't have access to USD are seeking the help of local businesses to access that USD currency to pay their South American counterparts for the drugs. What we are told, is that these local businesses are given 10% commission on every sum they launder. So if they launder, for example, $500,000 in a week, then they get $50,000," explained the source.
Woman shot to death while protecting three-year-old-daughter, laid to rest
Woman hides in drain to avoid being shot by carjackers
A 25-year-old woman had parked and secured her black Toyota Yaris Cross, valued at $199,000, before walking along the roadway. She later met a 24-year-old woman who had parked and secured her blue Honda City nearby.
2 ambushed, killed while celebrating Man City win
The cries of residents at El Dorado Road, Tunapuna, yesterday mirrored similar sentiments expressed by those in Diego Martin on Friday, following yet another double murder.
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