Trinidad and Tobago News

PM praises Soca Princesses
The Honourable Kamla Persad-Bissessar, Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, has sent a congratulatory message to the victorious Trinidad and Tobago team on their historic 2-1 victory against Chile i... story.trinidadtimes.com | 9/6/10 8:24 PM
Trinidad and Tobago project designed to protect Buccoo Reef

Canadian experience in water and wastewater engineering is portable. The engineers at IBI-MAAK Inc.

www.topix.net | 9/4/10 8:22 AM
T&T Celebrates 48 Years of Independence

September 2, 2010 Trinidad & Tobago : Trinidad and Tobago celebrated 48 years of independence on Tuesday August 31, 2010.

www.topix.net | 9/3/10 8:38 AM
The hanging debate

The recent spate of murders in Trinidad and Tobago has reignited the death penalty debate.

www.topix.net | 8/28/10 1:17 AM
Embracing a new culture

The phrase "open sepulchre'' does double duty when used to describe the ease with which arms enter Trinidad and Tobago.

www.topix.net | 8/26/10 5:31 AM
Business groups urge PM to diversify in budget

Diversification of the economy was the main area of focus at the pre-budget consultations yesterday as various stakeholders met with Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar and Finance Minister Winston Dookeran.

www.topix.net | 8/25/10 8:58 AM
Labour laws main issue for trade unions
Labour Minister Errol Mc Leod, right, shares a laugh yesterday with from left Senator David Abdulah and president of the Oilfields Workers Trade Union Ancel Roget at the ministry’s national stakehol... story.trinidadtimes.com | 8/25/10 6:48 AM
A-Level student dies from dengue
Andrew Siewlall Relatives of an A-Level student, who died from dengue haemorrhagic fever have accused the two medical institutions that treated him of negligence. Siewlall Anirudh complained that ... story.trinidadtimes.com | 8/25/10 6:48 AM
Karamath, wife on $3m bail
Led by their attorney Om Lalla, right, Khalil Karamath, centre, 22, son of deceased construction mogul Hafeez Karamath, and his wife, Sabeerah Mohammed, 23, leave the Port-of-Spain Magistrates’ Cour... story.trinidadtimes.com | 8/25/10 6:48 AM
PM gets budget wish lists
Representatives of ten special-interest groups yesterday presented Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar their respective 2010/11 budget wish lists. The discussions took place at the Prime Minister’... story.trinidadtimes.com | 8/25/10 6:48 AM
120 days jail for AWOL soldier
A solider was sentenced to 120 days in a military jail for going on sick leave without the necessary permission from his immediate superiors. A release from the Defence Force yesterday said Private Al... story.trinidadtimes.com | 8/25/10 6:48 AM
Flag-burning suspect sent back to Venezuela
The Venezuelan national suspected of burning his country’s national flag has been sent back home. In a telephone interview yesterday, Venezuelan Ambassador Maria Eugenia Marcano said the man who als... story.trinidadtimes.com | 8/25/10 6:48 AM
‘Busy’ driver fined $2,400
A Santa Flora man was fined $2,400 after pleading guilty to two traffic offences. Ronald James Jeffery was almost arrested, however, for failing to attend court yesterday. Senior Magistrate Rajendra R... story.trinidadtimes.com | 8/25/10 6:48 AM
Parade in Savannah on Tuesday
The Independence Day Parade will begin at 7.30 am at the old Grand Stand site at the Queen’s Park Savannah on Tuesday, according to Defence Force public relations officer Captain Al Alexander. In a ... story.trinidadtimes.com | 8/25/10 6:48 AM
Three held as cops seize ammo, ganja
Southern Division police have seized some 602 rounds of high-powered ammunition, including AK47 and M16 bullets, during an exercise on Monday. Thirteen packets of compressed marijuana, were also recov... story.trinidadtimes.com | 8/25/10 6:48 AM
Ramadhar seeks new office for Registrar General
Minister of Legal Affairs Prakash Ramadhar, left, looks a the view from one of the buildings on Harris Street San Fernando that has been earmarked to house the Ministry of Legal Affairs. Photo Rishi R... story.trinidadtimes.com | 8/25/10 6:48 AM
Defeated PP candidate plans peace walk
Ralph Maximin Belmont resident Ralph Maximin and members of the Belmont North West Team will be staging a peace walk through the streets of Belmont on Independence Day. Maximin, who contested the ... story.trinidadtimes.com | 8/25/10 6:48 AM
Is T&T ready to host the women’s U-17 W Cup
Jack Warner, centre, Works and Transport Minister, Anil Roberts, right, Minister of Sports and Youth Affairs and Oliver Camps, TTFF president talk about the upcoming Fifa Under-17 Women’s World Cup ... story.trinidadtimes.com | 8/25/10 6:48 AM
Raw sewage flows in Tarouba
Lisa Forde points to the hole on Ian Atherly Drive at Tarouba Heights in Marabella. PHOTOs: RISHI RAGOONATH Raw sewage is flowing from an open hole on Ian Atherly Drive,Tarouba Heights in Marabell... story.trinidadtimes.com | 8/25/10 6:48 AM
$3M bail granted to Karamath couple
KHALIL KARAMATH, held hands with his wife Sabeera Mohammed as they left Port-of- Spain Magistrates Court after securing bail of $1.5 million each yesterday. story.trinidadtimes.com | 8/25/10 6:18 AM
Unipet wants CNG subsidised
The United Independent Petroleum Marketing Company Limited (UNIPET) is hoping Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) subsidies and crime are some of the issues that would be addressed in the upcoming Budget for... story.trinidadtimes.com | 8/25/10 6:18 AM
PSA holds first meeting with CPO
The Public Services Association (PSA) yesterday afternoon held its first meeting with the Chief Personnel Officer (CPO) at the Office of the Minister of Public Administration on Abercromby Street, Por... story.trinidadtimes.com | 8/25/10 6:18 AM
Jazz is alive at the Hilton

Head of the Jazz Alliance of Trinidad and Tobago Sean Thomas is considered one of the most accomplished jazz drummers in the country.

www.topix.net | 8/25/10 4:59 AM
Upgrades coming for Crown Point, Scarborough
Tobago is soon to get a new Licensing Office as well as upgrades at the Crown Point International Airport and the Scarborough port facilities. The decisions were the outcome of a meeting with the Toba... story.trinidadtimes.com | 8/25/10 4:36 AM
Minimum wage won’t go up to $20 says Mc Leod
Minister of Labour, Small and Micro Enterprises Errol Mc Leod says the minimum wage will not be increased to $20 an hour. He was speaking yesterday at a press briefing after the ministry’s consultat... story.trinidadtimes.com | 8/25/10 4:36 AM
I begged him not to join Police Service
Grace Thomas, the mother of slain police constable Jason Thomas, at the Forensic Science Centre yesterday. The mother of Police Constable Jason Thomas, the officer who was killed by carjackers on M... story.trinidadtimes.com | 8/25/10 4:36 AM
Hip hop star to launch ‘Localize Itt’
Nikki Minaj One of the world’s biggest female hip hop artistes, Nikki Minaj, is coming to Trinidad. Minaj, 25, who has Trinidadian parentage, will be the headline act at a concert to officially ... story.trinidadtimes.com | 8/25/10 4:36 AM
Caribbean financier indicted in US in fraud case
A Jamaican financier accused of defrauding thousands of investors with an alleged multimillion-dollar Ponzi scheme has been indicted in a Florida court on fraud and money laundering charges, officials... story.trinidadtimes.com | 8/25/10 3:08 AM
Girls in green ready for Samba sisters
The girls in green earned their historic place in the sun by finishing runners-up in the European Championship finals, only losing out to Spain in a penalty shoot-out in the final. And, as he announce... story.trinidadtimes.com | 8/25/10 2:32 AM
Papa Reu - Put It In The Air

Papa Reu has been a fixture in the Houston rap scene for awhile now. A Originally from Trinidad and Tobago, he's known for blending island sounds with southern rap.

www.topix.net | 8/25/10 12:50 AM
BBC Caribbean News in Brief
But he has told BBC Caribbean that there are some questions that need to be addressed including what he claims are inconsistencies in the vetting process. story.trinidadtimes.com | 8/24/10 10:22 PM
Miss T&T fails to qualify

MISS TRINIDAD and Tobago, Latoya Woods, failed to qualify as one of the top 15 contestants at last night's Miss Universe Pageant in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.

www.topix.net | 8/24/10 8:35 PM
Spectrum for T&T reprocessing gig
    Spectrum will reprocess 2D data covering the eastern coasts of Trinidad & Tobago under a 20 August 2010 deal. Spectrum said under the deal it it signed with the Ministry of Energ... story.trinidadtimes.com | 8/24/10 7:45 PM
Kamla in top ten female leaders

Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar yesterday played down being named by Time magazine as one of the top 10 female world leaders.

www.topix.net | 8/24/10 4:25 PM
Kamla begins budget talks with interest groups today
PORT OF SPAIN - In preparation for the 2010/2011 national budget, Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar will hold several meetings with various stakeholders starting today. Persad-Bissessar, on her... story.trinidadtimes.com | 8/24/10 2:14 PM
Study launched to educate women on cervical cancer

Professor K Ashing-Giwa chats with chairman of the T&T Cancer Society Dr George Laquis at the launch of CCAREa s awareness campaign and research study yesterday at the Carlton Savannah, Cascade.

www.topix.net | 8/24/10 12:06 PM
Help trickles in for Couva family
Radesh Dijindra, 28, Angela Mahabir, 26, Sonjay Mangaroo, 13, and Angela’s five-year-old son at their home. Photo: Innis Francis Help has come for a mentally challenged family whose life of squa... story.trinidadtimes.com | 8/24/10 8:42 AM
Venezuelan quizzed on embassy ‘attack’
AC Maria Eugenia Marcano. Photo: Shirley Bahadur Employees of the Venezuelan Embassy were left confused yesterday, after their country’s national flag was discovered burnt and the embassy’s c... story.trinidadtimes.com | 8/24/10 8:42 AM
Sando gets disaster warehouse
Lester Mattadeen, left, helps Marvelle John into his new wheelchair held by Minister of Local Government Chandresh Sharma yesterday.The wheelchair was part of the relief supplies. Photo: Tony Howell ... story.trinidadtimes.com | 8/24/10 8:42 AM
Karamath’s son denied bail
Khalil Karamath, son of deceased millionaire Hafeez Karamath, in the carpark of the Port-of-Spain Magistrates’ Court during a viewing of the illegal items allegedly found at the family’s home last... story.trinidadtimes.com | 8/24/10 8:42 AM
Disorderly mom gets reprimand
Frustrated by the outcome of her son’s case, Patricia Watt also found herself in trouble with the law after she began to shout in the corridor of the San Fernando Magistrates’ Court yesterday. Mo... story.trinidadtimes.com | 8/24/10 8:42 AM
Man hangs self 14 years after parents’ murder-suicide
Fourteen years after his father killed his mother and then committed suicide, a 28-year-old construction worker also ended his life on Sunday. Police said Suresh Balgobin of North Road, Robert Villag... story.trinidadtimes.com | 8/24/10 8:42 AM
No dengue deaths in Tobago
Tobago House of Assembly Secretary of Health and Social Service Albert Pilgrim has confirmed there are no dengue related deaths on the island to date. Pilgrim said there had been 507 screenings of pe... story.trinidadtimes.com | 8/24/10 8:42 AM
Rock: Extradition decision puzzling

Now, let me get this straight. Federal authorities will not seek to extradite the former principal of Winterville Elementary School accused of stealing thousands of dollars from an after-school activities fund at the school, but that former principal, 64-year-old Yvonne John-Daniels, faces arrest and prosecution if she ever returns to the United ...

www.topix.net | 8/24/10 7:51 AM
Car thief shot dead by cop
A robber, who was caught red-handed by police as he broke into a car at San Fernando on Sunday night, was shot dead by an officer. Alysta Tannis, of Blitz Village, Pleasantville, died around 10.50 pm... story.trinidadtimes.com | 8/24/10 6:38 AM
Kamla in top ten female leaders
Kamla Persad-Bissessar Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar yesterday played down being named by Time magazine as one of the top 10 female world leaders. “Please let me know when they have lis... story.trinidadtimes.com | 8/24/10 6:38 AM
Soon Haiti will no longer be beggar
Feature speaker Prof Emeka Nwabueze, left, Chief Servant Makandal Daaga and his wife, Liseli, at the National Action Cultural Committee and Caribbean Historical Society's 28th annual emancipation dinn... story.trinidadtimes.com | 8/24/10 6:38 AM
Study launched to educate women on cervical cancer
Professor K Ashing-Giwa chats with chairman of the T&T Cancer Society Dr George Laquis at the launch of CCARE’s awareness campaign and research study yesterday at the Carlton Savannah, Cascade. ... story.trinidadtimes.com | 8/24/10 6:38 AM
Granville residents call for widespread spraying after dengue outbreak
Granville residents are calling on the Health Ministry to begin immediate spraying in the region after three residents contracted dengue fever. President of the Granville Village Council Shankar Teel... story.trinidadtimes.com | 8/24/10 6:38 AM
Shooting spree victim discharged from hospital
Bevon Drakes, one of four people who escaped death in a shooting spree at Tarodale Gardens, Ste Madeleine, on Thursday night, has been discharged from the San Fernando General Hospital. Up to late ye... story.trinidadtimes.com | 8/24/10 6:38 AM

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