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Public Utilities Minister Reveals Water Racket In Sangre Grande

Public Utilities Minister Reveals Water Racket In Sangre Grande

February 19, 2025

Sunil Lalla



Public Utilities Minister Marvin Gonzales says he has information of a water trucking “racket” involving “elected Councillors” of the Sangre Grande Regional Corporation.

Speaking to reporters at a Sod Turning Ceremony for the construction of the Guanapo and North Oropouche Water Treatment Plants on Wednesday, he alluded to a water trucking racket in the Sangre Grande area involving high level officials in…
DahvidC
February 20, 2025 at 6:22 AM

WIGUT Accepts 6% Salary Increase, Ending Protests At UWI

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WIGUT Accepts 6% Salary Increase, Ending Protests At UWI

February 9, 2025

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The West Indies Group of University Teachers (WIGUT) has accepted a 6% increase in salary. The acceptance follows weeks of protests and withholding grades of 20,000 students at the beginning of the semester.

WIGUT has instructed their membership to stop all protest action and submit grades for students at the St. Augustine Campus by midnight on Monday, February 10th.

WIGUT President Dr. Indira…
DahvidC
February 10, 2025 at 8:01 AM
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Former President Jimmy Carter, the 39th president of the United States, has died at age 100

Former President Jimmy Carter, the 39th president of the United States, who dedicated his life after he left office to brokering international peace, has died at age 100, his office confirmed Sunday.

Jimmy Carter delivers his Fireside Chat from the library in the White House.
Carter, who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002 for his human rights work around the world, had been in hospice care since February 2023 at his home in Plains, Georgia, where he lived with his wife of 77 years, Rosalynn Carter. The former first lady, 96, died on Nov. 19, 2023.

Carter was the…
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December 30, 2024 at 12:46 PM
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Bahamas rejects Trump Proposal To Take Deported Migrants

Bahamas rejects Trump proposal to take deported migrants

The Bahamas on Thursday said it had rejected a proposal from the incoming Trump administration to take in deported migrants, as the next US president seeks to follow up on pledges to tackle immigration.

Donald Trump’s team has drawn up a list of countries to which it wants to deport migrants when their home countries refuse to accept them, according to NBC News.

But the Bahamas — a tourist hotspot in the Caribbean — said it had…
FHIST NEWS
December 6, 2024 at 4:45 PM
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Namibia Elects Its First Female Leader

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New President of Namibia, Dec 2024 Photo: @africanewsfr

Namibia elected its first female leader as Vice President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah was declared the winner on Tuesday of a presidential election held last week, which was marred by technical glitches that caused a three-day extension to allow votes to be cast and was rejected as illegal by opposition parties.

The 72-year-old candidate won with 57% of the vote, defying predictions that she might be forced into a runoff. Her ruling SWAPO party…
FHIST NEWS
December 6, 2024 at 11:13 AM

MEDIA RELEASE: Prime Minister Rowley Travels to Guyana Today

MEDIA RELEASE: Tuesday 19th November, 2024

Prime Minister Rowley Travels to Guyana Today

Prime Minister Dr the Hon. Keith Rowley will travel to Georgetown, Guyana today (Tuesday 19th November, 2024) where he will participate in several meetings convened by the Caribbean Community (CARICOM).

Dr Rowley will join regional Heads of Government for the second CARICOM-India Summit and engagement with the Prime Minister of the Republic of India, the Hon. Shri Narendra Modi.

The summit will focus on…
DahvidC
November 19, 2024 at 11:49 PM

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Fearless Warrior
November 8, 2024 at 2:47 PM
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UK to hand over sovereignty of Chagos Islands to Mauritius

Mauritius and the UK have been in dispute over the Indian Ocean islands for the past 50 years. The deal includes ensuring the tropical atoll of Diego Garcia, home to a strategically key military base, remains under US and UK jurisdiction for the next 99 years.
FHIST NEWS
October 4, 2024 at 10:09 AM
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World's First Ovarian Cancer Vaccine Being Developed

World's first ovarian cancer vaccine being developed in UK 'could wipe out the disease'

The world's first ovarian cancer vaccine could wipe the disease out, researchers have said.

Experts hope the ovarian cancer jab could work in a similar way to the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine, which is on track to stamp out cervical cancer

OvarianVax is a vaccine that teaches the immune system to recognise and attack the earliest stages of ovarian cancer.

It's being developed by scientists at the…
FHIST NEWS
October 4, 2024 at 9:39 AM
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Trinidad and Tobago - Foreign Minister Addresses UN General Debate, 79th Session | #UNGA

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Amery Browne, Minister for Foreign and CARICOM Affairs of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, addresses the General Debate of the 79th Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations (New York, 24 - 30 September 2024). World leaders gather to engage in the annual high-level General Debate under the theme, "Unity and diversity for advancing peace, sustainable development, and human dignity, everywhere and for all." Heads of State and Government…
DahvidC
September 29, 2024 at 11:23 AM
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PXGEO 2 Seismic Vessel On Assignment In T&T

Minister Young Tours PXGEO 2 Seismic Vessel

The PXGEO 2 seismic vessel’s assignment in Trinidad and Tobago spans three major projects pioneered by the Government of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago (GoRTT).

The Honourable Stuart R. Young S.C., M.P Minister of Energy and Energy Industries and Minister in the Office of the Prime Minister toured the PXGEO 2 seismic vessel and met with its specialist crew on 26th September 2024.

This comes after cabinet approved negotiations towards a production…
FHIST NEWS
September 27, 2024 at 10:49 AM

Queens Hall Offficially Renamed Winifred Atwell Auditorium

About Winifred Atwell


As a young woman Atwell worked in her father’s chemist shop, and he insisted that she took a degree in pharmacy. However, in her spare time she entertained friends and continued to take part in charity concerts.

After performing in Trinidad’s Services Club during World War II, Atwell went to New York to study piano technique with the celebrated classical pianist Alexander Borovsky. In 1946 she went to Britain, determined to become a concert pianist, and studied at the…
FHIST NEWS
September 23, 2024 at 10:30 PM
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Trinidad and Tobago establishes Diplomatic Relations with The State of Palestine

On September 22, 2024, The Government of Trinidad and Tobago formally establishes Diplomatic Relations with The State of Palestine.
This historic event took place at the commencement of the High-Level week of the 79th Session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York City USA.
FHIST NEWS
September 22, 2024 at 7:58 PM
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OUTBREAK: Battle Against Dengue Continues

Trinidad & Tobago: Deaths from Dengue Fever Rise to 18, Seven in September

A total of 18 people have died from dengue in Trinidad and Tobago since the outbreak began three months ago, with seven cases recorded this September, the Trinitarian Ministry of Health announced on Friday.

Health also reported in a brief report that laboratory-confirmed cases of infection in the country amount to 1,416.

As of 30 August, 11 deaths from dengue fever and 1,053 cases had been reported. The first death due to…
FHIST NEWS
September 20, 2024 at 11:18 PM