News and Commentaries from Various News Sources in T&T
Govt, Auditor General at loggerheads Posted: Sunday, April 28, 2024
Govt, Auditor General at loggerheads over $2.6b error A Government motion to extend the time to present information to the Auditor General was passed in Parliament on Friday night, after Ramdass refused to accept information seeking to correct a $2.6 billion understatement of T&T's revenue for 2023.
NiQuan founder going after Government NiQuan owes investors and contractors hundreds of millions of dollars, with exposure to several financial institutions in the country, including sums outstanding from legal judgments of about US$400 million.
T&T's Palestine hypocrisy Trinidad and Tobago and Bahamas are the only two Caribbean nations that to date have failed to recognise Palestine. What a disgrace from two countries which emerged from colonialism and slavery. Trinidad and Tobago must act now; no Caricom nation should be amongst the last set of nations to recognise Palestine.
SWRHA: Millions spent fixing faulty equipment Chief executive officer (CEO) of the SWRHA Dr Brian Armour was responding yesterday to statements made by Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar in the House of Representatives on Friday.
NWRHA gets 20th baby death complaint The letter stated that Felix, 29, and her common-law husband Stephen Rodney, 34, were looking forward to becoming parents but that their journey to parenthood took a devastating turn when they were confronted with the heartbreaking reality of their baby's tragic passing. Azariah was the couple's first child in their two-year union.
UWI biologist: Bounty should be a last resort Zaheer Hosein told the Sunday Express in a telephone interview that the bounty should have been a last resort and suggested that other options such as making the area uncomfortable for the shark would have been a better option to get the predator out of Tobago's waters.
Shark attack victim on mend after surgeries Smith sustained severe injuries to his left hand, left thigh, and stomach after a bull shark attacked him while he was bathing at Courland Bay, also known as Turtle Beach, on Friday.
Smith, a guest from the UK at the Starfish Resort, was 10 meters away from the shore when he was attacked. The shark, estimated to be between eight to ten feet in length and two feet in width, caused severe injuries to Smith, severing his left hand from the elbow down, severing his left thigh, and lacerating his stomach.
Restroom, pavement obstacles for disabled Unfortunately, in TT, I cannot make any assumptions about an establishment's provisions, so I usually try to find out about the place (make a phone call or ask friends who've been there before) before venturing out. This way I can make informed decisions. The odd time that I don't confirm that I can scoot in but still visit, someone would go in to evaluate when we arrive and then I make a decision.
Sharda's 'Samvada' … sitarist explores what it means to be East Indian in T&T
Daylight murders, shootings ignite fear in capital city Up to April 26, 35 people were murdered in the Port of Spain police district, and about 18 of those took place in the city itself. There have been numerous shooting incidents, in some cases no one was injured, but others left a trail of people wounded.
A Massacre in Jamaica
After the United States demanded the extradition of a drug lord, a bloodletting ensued. By Mattathias Schwartz - December 12, 2011
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