President of the Contractors’ Association of T&T (CATT) Mikey Joseph says he is in total disagreement with politicians appointing companies to work on State projects.

A few residents of Cascade were in a celebratory mood yesterday on hearing that Calder Hart had resigned from Udecott.

They alighted from a sleek, white stretch limousine dressed in their finest; walked a red carpet; were bestowed with tiaras, coronets and sashes; ate a meal fit for a king or queen; and were serenaded in front of 100 pre-schoolers.

Director of the Seismic Research Centre, Dr Richard Robertson is urging Government to install strong motion instruments over the country.

As a trade unionist fighting for the rights of poor cane workers, Basdeo Panday in 1994, one year short of being sworn in as the country’s first Indian Prime Minister, spoke out against the drug lords, who he said were working in collusion with the “parasitic oligarchy” and the “corrupt PNM government.”

While Kamla Persad-Bissessar was gearing up to grace Parliament as the country’s first female Opposition Leader, Basdeo Panday could not tell what the future holds for him in politics.

Prime Minister Patrick Manning says he is confident that six fast patrol craft with which the T&T Coast Guard has been outfitted, and three other naval vessels arriving in the country soon will reduce significantly the drugs and illegal arms that have infiltrated the country.

Sangre Grande Corporation has honoured four of its own for their valuable contribution to the region.

Mosi Haynes is a mere step away from becoming a street dweller. With the demolition of his Palmiste Street, Belmont, home last November, Haynes, 32, has been running from pillar to post in search of shelter.

“Arima was bush.” This remark made by Local Government Minister Hazel Manning during a public meeting on the draft Arima Spatial Development Plan created an uproar among burgesses, who felt the minister’s comment was out of place and uncalled for.