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Sunday, May 18, 2025

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Prime Minister  Kamla Persad-Bissessar

Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar

PM justifies sweeping cost-cutting changes

Prime Min­is­ter Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar yes­ter­day dou­bled down on her Gov­ern­ment’s in­ten­tion to shift its spend­ing pri­or­i­ties, by an­nounc­ing a sweep­ing cost-cut­ting ini­tia­tive aimed at redi­rect­ing pub­lic funds to­ward es­sen­tial ser­vices.

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Jesse Ramdeo
Wed May 14 2025
Commissioner of Police Erla Harewood-Christopher goes into her vehicle after leaving the Ministry of National Security following a meeting with the Minister of Homeland Security Roger Alexander at Temple Court, Port-of-Spain, on Monday.

Commissioner of Police Erla Harewood-Christopher goes into her vehicle after leaving the Ministry of National Security following a meeting with the Minister of Homeland Security Roger Alexander at Temple Court, Port-of-Spain, on Monday.

ROGER JACOB

Erla to get letter lifting suspension today, says PolSC chairman

Com­mis­sion­er of Po­lice Er­la Hare­wood-Christo­pher is ex­pect­ed to re­ceive an of­fi­cial let­ter from the Po­lice Ser­vice Com­mis­sion to­day say­ing that her sus­pen­sion was lift­ed, paving the way for her to lead the po­lice ser­vice.

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Shane Superville
Wed May 14 2025
Former Police Service Commission chairman Nizam Mohammed

Former Police Service Commission chairman Nizam Mohammed

Police Service Commission chided over delay in reinstating CoP

For­mer chair­man of the Po­lice Ser­vice Com­mis­sion (PolSC) and at­tor­ney Nizam Mo­hammed and Pamela El­der, SC, want the PolSC to ex­plain why both Er­la Hare­wood-Christo­pher and Ju­nior Ben­jamin did not re­ceive of­fi­cial let­ters yes­ter­day re­gard­ing their roles and du­ties.

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Wed May 14 2025
Port of Port-of-Spain

Port of Port-of-Spain

Businessmen blame new ministry for delay in clearing containers at Port

Some busi­ness own­ers are rais­ing con­cerns over mount­ing costs and pro­longed de­lays, as con­tain­ers con­signed to a non-gazetted Gov­ern­ment min­istry re­main stuck at the Port of Port-of-Spain.

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Otto Carrington
Wed May 14 2025
PNM stalwart Ferdie Ferreira

PNM stalwart Ferdie Ferreira

PNM stalwarts unhappy with June election date

Peo­ple’s Na­tion­al Move­ment (PNM) stal­warts are rais­ing alarm over the par­ty’s pro­pos­al to host its in­ter­nal elec­tions by the end of June, a move they say risks fur­ther desta­bil­is­ing the al­ready shak­en par­ty.

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Dareece Polo
Wed May 14 2025
National Nurses Credit Union and Co-operative Society president Nisha Nedd, left, vice president Aleisha Edwards and T&T National Nursing Association president Idi Stuart at the launch of the credit union in St Augustine yesterday.

National Nurses Credit Union and Co-operative Society president Nisha Nedd, left, vice president Aleisha Edwards and T&T National Nursing Association president Idi Stuart at the launch of the credit union in St Augustine yesterday.

CARISA LEE

T&T nursing students failing exams, worst in the region—Stuart

Trinidad and To­ba­go Na­tion­al Nurs­ing As­so­ci­a­tion (TTNNA) pres­i­dent Idi Stu­art says more than half of the stu­dents who sit the Re­gion­al Ex­am­i­na­tion for Nurse Reg­is­tra­tion (RENR) fail the ex­ams.

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Carisa Lee
Wed May 14 2025
Minister of Housing David Lee, third from left, and Minister in the Ministry of Housing Phillip Alexander look at plans at one of the projects during their tour of several housing development projects on Monday.

Minister of Housing David Lee, third from left, and Minister in the Ministry of Housing Phillip Alexander look at plans at one of the projects during their tour of several housing development projects on Monday.

COURTESY: MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

Housing Minister on HDC funding: We will get it done

In an ef­fort to ramp up the con­struc­tion of new hous­es, new­ly-mint­ed Hous­ing Min­is­ter David Lee has promised that the Gov­ern­ment will make funds avail­able to the Hous­ing De­vel­op­ment Cor­po­ra­tion (HDC) to pay con­trac­tors.

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KAY-MARIE FLETCHER
Wed May 14 2025
Local Government Minister Khadijah Ameen, left, stands on an excavator with Chaguanas Mayor Faaiq Mohammed and Minister of Agriculture, Lands and Fisheries Ravi Ratiram at the Ministry of Local Government launch of the Flood Mitigation Exercise 2025 yesterday.

Local Government Minister Khadijah Ameen, left, stands on an excavator with Chaguanas Mayor Faaiq Mohammed and Minister of Agriculture, Lands and Fisheries Ravi Ratiram at the Ministry of Local Government launch of the Flood Mitigation Exercise 2025 yesterday.

VASHTI SINGH

Ameen orders urgent use of resources to clear drains, prevent flooding

New­ly ap­point­ed Lo­cal Gov­ern­ment Min­is­ter Khadi­jah Ameen has start­ed a na­tion­al flood mit­i­ga­tion cam­paign, which she said will see the im­me­di­ate de­ploy­ment of equip­ment and man­pow­er to clear drains and wa­ter­cours­es to pre­vent flood­ing.

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Radhica De Silva
Wed May 14 2025
A motorist drives past a massive landslide along Papourie Road in Barrackpore yesterday.

A motorist drives past a massive landslide along Papourie Road in Barrackpore yesterday.

RISHI RAGOONATH

Residents tell PM: Papourie Road not a drain, it's a death trap

While Prime Min­is­ter Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar de­scribed Pa­pourie Road, Bar­rack­pore, as a drain, many res­i­dents say it is much worse.

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KEVON FELMINE
Wed May 14 2025

State to pay man for wrongful arrest... again

For the fourth time in eight years, the State has been or­dered to pay sig­nif­i­cant com­pen­sa­tion to a man from Clax­ton Bay due to the ac­tions of the po­lice. 

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Derek Achong
Wed May 14 2025

Inshan’s brother wants to know what expenses ex-PNM ministers claimed

A tele­vi­sion host has re­quest­ed the dis­clo­sure of records re­lat­ed to mo­tor ve­hi­cle tax ex­emp­tions, State-fund­ed hous­ing, and med­ical ex­pens­es claimed by mem­bers of the for­mer Peo­ple’s Na­tion­al Move­ment (PNM) gov­ern­ment.

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Derek Achong
Wed May 14 2025
Attorney Varun Debideen

Attorney Varun Debideen

Attorney appeals judge’s move to refer him to LATT disciplinary committee

A lawyer has chal­lenged a judge’s de­ci­sion to re­fer him to the Dis­ci­pli­nary Com­mit­tee of the Law As­so­ci­a­tion of T&T (LATT) for fa­cil­i­tat­ing a ques­tion­able mul­ti-mil­lion dol­lar loan. 

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Derek Achong
Wed May 14 2025
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