NEWS
$24,500 for bird lover held with illegal cargo
A market vendor who was held with 81 birds in Cedros has been slapped with $24,500 in fines. Akash Rampersad, 23, of Petit Bourg has to pay the fines within three months otherwise he could go to prison. Read more here…
Garcia: No hitch in SEA exam
The 2019 Secondary Entrance Assessment (SEA) examination was conducted without a hitch, says Education Minister Anthony Garcia. Read more here…
BUSINESS
23 per cent hike in cruise passengers to PoS
TOURISM Minister Randall Mitchell has boasted that the number of cruise ship visitors to Trinidad increased for the just-concluded 2018/19 cruise season, with over 58,000 tourists recorded. Read more here…
No one’s happy with forex situation
Nobody is happy with the foreign exchange (forex) situation in T&T, said the head of the local operations of Scotiabank, at the bank’s launch of its digital banking platform at the Hyatt Regency on Wrightson Road in Port of Spain on Wednesday evening. Read more here…
POLITICS
Registration of asylum seekers: ‘system to minimise fraud’
The Government plans to put in place as robust a system as possible to minimise fraudulent duplication of the registration cards which are to be provided for Venezuelans wishing to stay in Trinidad and Tobago. Read more here…
REGIONAL
Not ‘business as usual’ in Guyana
Despite government claims to the contrary, it has not been all “business as usual” in Guyana following the contentious December 21 no-confidence motion. Read more here…
'Action' Did That!... Ann-Marie Vaz Beats Damion Crawford In Portland Eastern By-Election
The Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) has ended its 30-year political drought in the flourishing Portland Eastern constituency after Ann Marie Vaz today defeated the People’s National Party (PNP's) Damion Crawford in a hotly contested by-election. Read more here…
INTERNATIONAL
Brexit: UK asks EU for further extension until 30 June
The UK is currently due to leave the EU on 12 April and, as yet, no withdrawal deal has been approved by MPs.
The prime minister has proposed that if UK MPs approve a deal in time, the UK should be able to leave before European Parliamentary elections on 23 May. Read more here…
Homes and people swept away in Iran floods
Rescue operations are under way across Iran as the death toll from severe flooding has reached more than 60. Read more here…
5th April 2019