NEWS
Woman, 61, first confirmed Zika case
Fears that the rapidly spreading Zika virus would hit the shores of T&T materialised yesterday when Health Minister Terrence Deyalsingh announced T&T’s first confirmed case. Careful not to identify the victim or location, Deyalsingh said it was a 61-year-old woman who recently returned from a visit to New Zealand. Read more…
Sheron put out mansion
A AUTO and real estate businessman charged for assaulting his wife, has been barred from entering his palatial home after a protection order was taken out against him by his wife. Read more…
Top cops not probing Alleyne’s complaint: Alexander was on official duty
The T&T Police Service (TTPS) is apparently dismissing Crime Watch host Ian Alleyne’s complaints over his arrest by rival television presenter Insp Roger Alexander on Tuesday, and will not launch any probe into whether excessive force was used in the matter. Read more…
POLITICS
Mayor Paul remains silent on calls to quit
POINT Fortin Mayor Clyde Paul once again declined to comment on calls from certain quarters to follow in the footsteps of former Port-of-Spain Mayor Raymond Tim Kee and resign in the wake of comments both men made after the discovery of the body of Japanese pannist Asami Nagakiya at the Queen’s park Savannah . Read more…
Problems force schools’ closure
PARENTS of students attending two schools yesterday complained that their children are being denied an education as the schools remain closed for varying reasons .Success Laventille Secondary remained closed for a second consecutive day because of staffers’ absence in protest over the Ministry of Education’s continued failure to build a wall to protect pupils from the intrusion of gangsters, some of whom pelt bottles into the school and openly cavort, eating lunch atop the low school walls . Read more…
BUSINESS
JMMB group revenue grows
THE JMMB Group posted an increase of 9.2 percent in operating revenue, for the nine-month period ending December 31, moving from J$7.8 billion in the corresponding prior period, to J$8.5 billion. The Group, however, reported a net profit of J$1.73 billion, a decline of 7.1 percent over the comparative period. Read more…
ILO director wraps up first Caribbean visit
“Important discussions need to be had on how to diversify the economy and create new sources of growth and new engines of job creation,” said director of the International Labour Organization (ILO) for Latin America and the Caribbean, José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, during a two-day official visit to T&T. Read more…
REGIONAL
Second term for CARICOM Secretary-General, following unanimous vote
CARICOM Secretary-General Ambassador Irwin LaRocque has been re-appointed to a second term of office.CARICOM Chairman, Prime Minister of Belize Dean Barrow, made the announcement during the closing press conference of the CARICOM Heads of Government Inter-sessional Meeting in Belize yesterday. Read more…
Cayman Islands governor again ordered to release corruption report
The acting information commissioner in the Cayman Islands has once again ordered a redacted release of the infamous Operation Tempura corruption report after reviewing the objections of the Governor’s Office, which has refused to release the documents for four years. Read more…
INTERNATIONAL
Death by pollution: Delhi's fight for clean air
The night before the biggest exam of his life, Sarthak Jain couldn't breathe. His limbs were listless, his breathing labored.Jain's parents, both trained doctors, recognized the signs of a severe asthma attack. They put the 18-year-old in the family car and raced to a nearby hospital. Doctors determined that Jain was suffering from low levels of oxygen in his blood. His life was in danger. Jain was given injections and put on a nebulizer. His relatives, told to prepare for the worst, huddled together in the intensive care unit and cried. Read more…
Ankara blast: Turkey PM says Syria Kurds to blame
18th February 2016