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Monday, July 7, 2025

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Opposition Whip Marvin Gonzales

Opposition Whip Marvin Gonzales

ROGER JACOB

Gonzales knocks UNC over ‘attack’ on fired CEO

Per­sons who were pre­vi­ous­ly sus­pend­ed for “ques­tion­able” is­sues are re­turn­ing to the Wa­ter and Sew­er­age Au­thor­i­ty (WASA) and for­mer ju­nior staffers are be­ing el­e­vat­ed over qual­i­fied, ex­pe­ri­enced ex­ec­u­tives, claims for­mer Pub­lic Util­i­ties min­is­ter Mar­vin Gon­za­les.

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Thu Jun 26 2025
Newly installed Central Bank Governor Larry Howai gives a thumb’s up during an interview at Guardian Media’s St Vincent Street, Port-of-Spain office  yesterday.

Newly installed Central Bank Governor Larry Howai gives a thumb’s up during an interview at Guardian Media’s St Vincent Street, Port-of-Spain office yesterday.

ANISTO ALVES

New Central Bank boss Howai to focus on forex crisis

For­mer fi­nance min­is­ter Lar­ry Howai is the new Cen­tral Bank Gov­er­nor, and one of his first tasks is to ad­dress the for­eign ex­change woes this coun­try has been ex­pe­ri­enc­ing.

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Andrea Perez-Sobers
Thu Jun 26 2025
Former Finance minister Colm Imbert during a media conference at Balisier House in Port-of-Spain yesterday.

Former Finance minister Colm Imbert during a media conference at Balisier House in Port-of-Spain yesterday.

KERWIN PIERRE

Imbert questions reasons for Hilaire’s firing

For­mer Fi­nance min­is­ter Colm Im­bert is baf­fled by the sud­den re­vo­ca­tion of Dr Alvin Hi­laire’s ap­point­ment as Cen­tral Bank gov­er­nor, es­pe­cial­ly if it stemmed from his re­fusal to name the coun­try’s top for­eign ex­change users.

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Dareece Polo
Thu Jun 26 2025
A screenshot from a video showing a group of girls assaulting a Holy Faith Convent (Couva) student on June 10.

A screenshot from a video showing a group of girls assaulting a Holy Faith Convent (Couva) student on June 10.

COURTESY: SOCIAL MEDIA

Five teen girls charged after attack on Holy Faith student

Prime Min­is­ter Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar is vow­ing to purge schools of vi­o­lence as she re­peat­ed her warn­ing that there will be se­ri­ous con­se­quences for crim­i­nal be­hav­iour. 

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Sascha Wilson
Thu Jun 26 2025
Prof Ramesh Deosaran

Prof Ramesh Deosaran

NICOLE DRAYTON

Deosaran urges PolSC: Break silence on Martin’s fate in TTPS

As DCP In­tel­li­gence and In­ves­ti­ga­tions Suzette Mar­tin re­mains on ac­tive du­ty up to yes­ter­day, for­mer chair­man of the Po­lice Ser­vice Com­mis­sion (PolSC) Pro­fes­sor Ramesh De­osaran is urg­ing the com­mis­sion’s cur­rent ex­ec­u­tive to pub­licly ad­dress the mat­ter.

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Shane Superville
Thu Jun 26 2025
THA Chief Secretary Farley Augustine

THA Chief Secretary Farley Augustine

Farley credits millions spent on security by THA for drop in murders

Af­ter record­ing its blood­i­est year in his­to­ry with 26 mur­ders in 2024—in­clud­ing the is­land’s first-ever quadru­ple mur­der—To­ba­go is now see­ing a sharp de­cline in killings, with on­ly three record­ed so far for the first half of 2025.

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Elizabeth Gonzales
Thu Jun 26 2025
Standard One student Myra Leigh, poses in her traditional attire during the Gloster Lodge Moravian School’s celebration of 130 years in education yesterday.

Standard One student Myra Leigh, poses in her traditional attire during the Gloster Lodge Moravian School’s celebration of 130 years in education yesterday.

KERWIN PIERRE

Gloster Lodge celebrates 130 years but hopes for new school building

Dressed in vin­tage at­tire and full of pride, stu­dents at the Gloster Lodge Mora­vian School brought his­to­ry to life yes­ter­day, as the in­sti­tu­tion marked its 130th an­niver­sary by cel­e­brat­ing a rich lega­cy while re­new­ing calls for a long-over­due new school build­ing.

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Thu Jun 26 2025
Diego Martin North West MP Colm Imbert, left, Opposition Leader Pennelope Beckles  and PNM General Secretary Foster Cummings during a media conference at Balisier House yesterday.

Diego Martin North West MP Colm Imbert, left, Opposition Leader Pennelope Beckles and PNM General Secretary Foster Cummings during a media conference at Balisier House yesterday.

KERWIN PIERRE

PNM rejects claims of voting irregularities in internal poll

The Peo­ple’s Na­tion­al Move­ment (PNM) is de­nounc­ing claims of vot­ing ir­reg­u­lar­i­ties in its re­cent in­ter­nal poll.

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KAY-MARIE FLETCHER
Thu Jun 26 2025
Opposition Leader Pennelope Beckles speaking at a PNM media conference at Balisier House, Port-of-Spain, yesterday.

Opposition Leader Pennelope Beckles speaking at a PNM media conference at Balisier House, Port-of-Spain, yesterday.

KERWIN PIERRE

Penny plans to reach out to defeated election candidates

Some Peo­ple’s Na­tion­al Move­ment (PNM) mem­bers are call­ing on po­lit­i­cal leader Pen­ne­lope Beck­les to ex­er­cise mag­nan­i­mous lead­er­ship and ask Farai Hove Ma­sai­sai to re­main a mem­ber of the gen­er­al coun­cil.

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Thu Jun 26 2025
PNM Political Leader

PNM Political Leader

KERWIN PIERRE

Beckles defends her track record in Parliament

Op­po­si­tion Leader Pen­ne­lope Beck­les has hit back at Pub­lic Util­i­ties Min­is­ter Bar­ry Padarath who re­cent­ly claimed that she had failed to con­tribute to the two bills de­bat­ed in the Low­er House. She said no one will dic­tate when she speaks. 

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KAY-MARIE FLETCHER
Thu Jun 26 2025
Police officers leave the Aripo Farms Breeding Station as the manhunt for the five escaped Venezuelans intensifies in the Heights of Aripo on Wednesday.

Police officers leave the Aripo Farms Breeding Station as the manhunt for the five escaped Venezuelans intensifies in the Heights of Aripo on Wednesday.

ABRAHAM DIAZ

Three IDC escapees recaptured in Arima; police hunting for two

Three of the five Venezue­lan na­tion­als who es­caped from the Im­mi­gra­tion De­ten­tion Cen­tre in Aripo on Tues­day were re­cap­tured that same night in the Ari­ma dis­trict.

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Anna-Lisa Paul
Thu Jun 26 2025
Minister of Local Government and Rural Development Khadijah Ameen, centre, alongside regional corporation disaster management coordinators and field officers during the stakeholder session at Kent House, Maraval, yesterday.

Minister of Local Government and Rural Development Khadijah Ameen, centre, alongside regional corporation disaster management coordinators and field officers during the stakeholder session at Kent House, Maraval, yesterday.

Otto Carrington

Local Government Ministry boosts disaster response

With the rainy sea­son al­ready trig­ger­ing flood events across the coun­try, the Gov­ern­ment is rac­ing against time to rev­o­lu­tionise its dis­as­ter re­sponse by in­tro­duc­ing faster dig­i­tal as­sess­ments, ramp­ing up man­pow­er, and mailing an ad­di­tion­al 90,000 sand­bags to safe­guard vul­ner­a­ble com­mu­ni­ties.

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Thu Jun 26 2025
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