News
Rough seas batter North Coast
As rough seas continued to batter this country’s coastlines yesterday, fishermen in Maracas and Las Cuevas were unable to go out to sea and instead spent the day repairing their fishing vessels. A Guardian Media team visited the North Coast yesterday and spoke to several fishermen who said although they heeded warnings to secure their vessels on Monday, several boats were badly damaged. Read more here…
Chamber CEO: Chinatown could work
Turning Charlotte Street in Port of Spain into a "Chinatown" could help revitalise the city. TT Chamber of Industry and Commerce CEO Gabriel Faria expressed this opinion on Wednesday. Faria told Newsday it was not uncommon to see Chinatowns in many cosmopolitan cities in different parts of the world. He cited London, Washington DC, Toronto and Sydney among cities which have Chinatowns. "So in my mind, what was done has to form part of a strategy," Faria said. Read more here…
Politics
Le Hunte: TTPost a drain on Treasury
Public Utilities Minister Robert Le Hunte has said TTPost was in the process of being transformed as it was currently a drain on the Treasury. He was speaking last week Monday as the Standing Finance Committee considered the estimates and spending of the Public Utilities Ministry. Read more here…
Business
OWTU sounds warning about OJT safety at T&TEC
Oilfields Workers’ Trade Union vice president Peter Burke said a reported recent directive from T&TEC management to include OJT trainees in groups doing street light and power line repair is putting the trainees’ safety risk. “No life is worth you pleasing your political masters. No life, particularly lives that have been entrusted to T&TEC for the purposes of training and succession planning. Read more here…
Unipet shutdown affects thousands
Thousands of drivers were affected yesterday as Unipet’s 21 service stations across the country remained closed when dealers sought to send a message to the Government that the profits they were making were way too low for them to consider staying in business. Read more here…
Regional
CARICOM trade, human and social development officials meeting in Guyana
Caribbean Community (CARICOM) officials met on Tuesday here ahead of the fifth joint meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) and the Council for Human and Social Development (COHSOD). Read more here…
Wiretap Fears - Government Inks New Deal With US As Phillips’ MOUs Deemed Unconstitutional, Says Chang
Questions are being raised about the legality of extraditions that took place between 2004 and 2010 under Operation ANTHEM – the Peter Phillips-era electronic surveillance memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the United States and United Kingdom – and whether the State might be liable if plaintiffs like deposed Tivoli Gardens don Christopher ‘Dudus’ Coke challenge the decisions in the courts. Read more here…
International
Parties gear up for 12 December election battle
The legislation approved by MPs on Tuesday will later begin its passage through the House of Lords, where it is not expected to be opposed. Boris Johnson says he is ready to fight a "tough" general election. Read more here…
Trump impeachment: Democrats unveil resolution for next steps
The motion sets out a more public phase of the inquiry and hands the lead role in hearings to the chairman of the intelligence committee, Adam Schiff. The House, controlled by the Democrats, will vote on the measure on Thursday. A White House spokeswoman said the resolution was an "illegitimate sham". Read more here…
30th October 2019