NEWS
Ex-Petrotrin employees paid
ENERGY Minister Franklin Khan says all former Petrotrin employees have received severance payments. “As I speak all workers on the Petrotrin payroll have been paid including the 1,129 non-permanent workers who qualify for ex gratia payments.” Read more here
Four held in multi-million dollar drug bust
Commissioner of Police Gary Griffith has warned criminals, "Happy Hour is over," after a multimillion dollar drug bust in Westmoorings just before noon today. Read more here
Murdered teen’s uncle Psychopath living among us
Hayden Wilson, the great uncle of Joash Pantin, 13, believes the little boy was murdered by a psychopath living within the community. Read more here
POLITICS
Retirement, severance benefits tax break increased
CABINET has agreed to increase the allowance for tax exemptions on severance/termination benefits from $300,000 to $500,000, the Ministry of Finance said in a release. Read more here
BUSINESS
T&T's national CNG strategy
STATE-OWNED National Gas Co (NGC) has been mandated by the government to accelerate the use of compressed natural gas (CNG) as a major alternative fuel in Trinidad and Tobago. Read more here
TOFCO wins new bpTT contract
La Brea based Trinidad Offshore Fabricators Company Limited (TOFCO) has been awarded a contract to build the jacket for bpTT’s latest offshore development, Cassia C. In confirming the award of the contract, company officials said it will create an additional 50 jobs. Read more here
REGIONAL
Petrojam Report - High Levels Of Oil Losses Posing Major Risk To Refinery Operations
Auditor General Pamela Monroe Ellis has found that high levels of oil losses continue to pose a major risk to the operations at the state-owned oil refinery Petrojam. Read more here
INTERNATIONAL
Mueller investigation: No jail time sought for Trump ex-adviser Michael Flynn
The special counsel investigating alleged Russian collusion in the 2016 US election will not be pursuing a jail sentence for former national security adviser Michael Flynn. Read more here
5th December 2018