Author: Yvonne Webb
ALLUDING to an extortion link in November 19 murder of businessman Muath Nassar, both Fyzabad’s MP, Lackram Bodoe, and the head of its Chamber of Commerce are calling on police to investigate whether there is a connection and act on it. Nassar, 49, of Brentwood, Chaguanas, was shot dead around 1.30 am on November 19, […]
TRADE and investment consultant to the Ministry of Trade and Industry Taharqa Obika does not subscribe to floating the TT dollar. Adding his voice to the argument, the economist, former banker and former UNC senator believes doing so would cause pain to fixed-income earners, as it would result in higher inflation. Finance Minister Colm Imbert […]
IN its quest to build a resilient Caribbean energy sector, Heritage Petroleum Company Ltd (Heritage) welcomed a high-level delegation from Suriname’s national oil company, Staatsolie Maatschappij Suriname NV (Staatsolie), at its corporate head office on October 23. Co-ordinated by the National Energy Corporation of TT Ltd (National Energy), Staatsolie’s delegation visit included strategic meetings and […]
THE United National Congress (UNC) held a public consultation on education on November 11, which its political leader said, would help inform the party on the shape and scope its education manifesto should take as it gears up to contest the next general election. The forum, held at Naparima College in San Fernando, was chaired […]
THE life of another woman has ended violently. Khadija Hackett died around 5.17 am at the San Fernando General Hospital (SFGH) on October 28 from a gunshot wound to her head. Preliminary reports indicate that Hackett, 30, of Sapathay Hill, Preysal, Couva, was liming at a bar at the Corner of Dallas Avenue and Cocoyea […]
A Claxton Bay man was shot dead when he opened his door to investigate a loud noise outside his home on the morning of October 14. Leon Leacock, 40, of Hill Top Drive, Springvale, Claxton Bay, was asleep with his companion at his one-bedroom wooden house. His companion told police around 1.15 am they were […]
THE blood of all murdered people are crying out for vengeance, but Pastor Brandon Ramdial says vengeance belongs to God. He made this point while officiating at the funeral for kidnapped businessman Sachel Kungebeharry on October 10. Ramdial said he too was enraged that Kungebeharry, 32, was robbed of his life at such an early […]
A call is being made for transparency in the proposed divestment of government’s 49 per cent shareholding in Clico and in the omission of Patriotic Energies and Technologies Company Ltd (Patriotic) from being shortlisted as a potential operator of the mothballed Pointe-a-Pierre refinery. Movement for Social Justice (MSJ) leader David Abdulah stated his intention to […]
FORMER Petrotrin workers are demanding they get leases to land they were promised as part of their termination benefit before the next general election to demonstrate this is not another election ploy. Spokesman for the group of disgruntled, potential landowners, Christopher Jackman, said six years after the closure and restructuring of the State-owned company, not […]
KEEPING a choir together for 40 years is no small accomplishment. The Signal Hill Alumni Choir, (SHAC) having reached this milestone, felt it fitting to celebrate 40 years of championing all styles of music. And celebrate it did, at the first of its four concert initiatives at the Naparima Bowl, San Fernando, on September 21. […]