Erla: Police 'grateful'
Posted: Monday, October 7, 2024

Erla: Police 'grateful' for 2024/2025 budget allocation
Finance Minister Colm Imbert presented the budget at the Red House in Port of Spain on September 30. National Security got a total allocation of $6.113 billion. From that, the police got $2.6 billion.

EBC gets $61m more for 2025

UNC will scrap property tax
'Within days' of winning election, Lee promises:

Patriotic wants refinery bid process scrapped

Continued deficits could crash T&T economy
A senior lecturer in economics at the University of the West Indies (UWI) is warning the Government that its nine fiscal deficits in ten fiscal years is not sustainable in the long term and can spell “doom and gloom” for T&T's future.

Police challenge PCA's report on domestic violence failings
The head of the police service's Gender-Based Violence Unit ag Supt Michelle Rowley-Powder has challenged the findings of a 2024 report by the Police Complaints Authority dealing with the police response to domestic violence cases.

Southex CEO: More expos needed
SOUTHEX CEO George Singh says government should consider the staging of more expos around TT to encourage the development of small businesses.

Beverley re-elected as Pan Trinbago head

Dealing with rival gangs behind bars

Whistleblower fired after revealing alleged abuse at Couva Children's Home
Whistleblower Kerri-Ann Leon Sing, who came forward with information in an exclusive Guardian Media investigation that several children at the Couva Children's Home and Crisis Nursery were allegedly abused by an older resident, has been fired.

Bangladesh resident identified as woman killed in Curepe
Reports indicate the off-duty officer had been washing down his yard when he was approached by a man and told to check his cameras, as a dead woman was seen in the derelict house.

Upon checking, the officer discovered the partially nude Roopchand lying on a mattress on her back, with a wooden handle knife stuck in the right side of her neck. A brown cloth covered her face.



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