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Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar says do not blame the UK government for imposing visa requirements on TT nationals wanting to travel to Great Britain, blame the Prime Minister and the PNM government for not tackling the crime scourge which has led to this form of travel restriction. Her comment on March 12, came hours after […]

CENTURIES from Evin Lewis and Barbadian Kadeem Alleyne, handed Bess Motors Marchin Patriots their second win on the trot in Group A of the CPL/TKR T20 Festival at the Queen’s Park Oval in St Clair on March 12. Patriots defeat Preysal by 97 runs and the latter are now staring elimination as they now have […]

Minister in the Ministry of Housing and Urban Development Adrian Leonce said contractors working with the Ministry’s Housing and Village Improvement Programme (HVIP) will now receive $200,000 per unit built on flat lands, an increase of $35,000 from the current grant of $165,000. He made the announcement at a key handover ceremony at the Bon […]

The award-winning production Mary Could Dance, written by Richard Ragoobarsingh and directed by Raymond Choo Kong, will conclude its 25th anniversary celebration with two final performances this weekend at Naparima Bowl, San Fernando. The production which played to packed houses at Queen’s Hall, St Ann’s and Cipriani College of Labour and Co-operative Studies, Valsayn, goes […]

A Williamsville man who killed his wife in 2012 after confronting her about an affair will serve three more years in prison after receiving a 20-year sentence. Roger Sewlal was sentenced by Justice Hayden St Clair-Douglas after accepting a plea agreement with the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions, allowing him to plead guilty […]

THE High Court has rejected an application by the Tobago House of Assembly (THA) to set aside a default judgment ordering it to pay $18,299,468 to a construction company for breach of contract. Justice R Rahim, in a ruling on the THA’s application filed on June 11, 2024, found that the assembly failed to demonstrate […]

MASSY Holdings Ltd has announced Chloe Bermudez, CEO of Bermudez Group Ltd, as its newest non-executive director. “Bermudez has been the CEO of Bermudez Group Limited since 2017 and was elected chairperson of its board of directors in 2018,” Massy said in a release on March 12. “Bermudez holds a BSc in microbiology from Imperial […]

This story was originally published with the headline Trinis now need visas to visit UK and has been updated to include additional details. See original post here. FOREIGN and Caricom Affairs Minister Dr Amery Browne has registered his and the government’s disappointment over the UK’s decision to immediately implement visa requirements for all Trinidad and […]

This story has been updated to include additional details. See updated post here. FROM March 12, Trinidad and Tobago citizens who want to visit the UK will be required to apply for a visa. In a statement on the morning of March 12, the British High Commission, Port of Spain, said the UK government announced […]

THE MAIN chamber of the International Criminal Court (ICC) is named after ANR Robinson. This country’s third prime minister was instrumental in the court’s establishment. In 1989, he moved a motion at the UN General Assembly calling for “an international criminal court or other international criminal trial mechanism.” Back then, Robinson was concerned with the […]