The T&T Po­lice Ser­vice (TTPS) has bro­ken its si­lence, de­fend­ing Home­land Se­cu­ri­ty Min­is­ter Roger Alexan­der against on­go­ing al­le­ga­tions that his meet­ing with al­leged gang leader Ra­jaee Ali ear­li­er this year was un­sanc­tioned.

Dra­ma erupt­ed at City Hall yes­ter­day as dai­ly-paid work­ers stormed the San Fer­nan­do City Cor­po­ra­tion (SFCC), de­mand­ing over­due salaries, say­ing fi­nan­cial in­sti­tu­tions have been press­ing them for pay­ments.

Con­gress of the Peo­ple (COP) leader Prakash Ra­mad­har has raised con­cerns about the state of the Oc­cu­pa­tion­al Safe­ty and Health Au­thor­i­ty (OS­HA), ques­tion­ing whether the in­sti­tu­tion has been com­pro­mised and call­ing for a thor­ough in­ves­ti­ga­tion.

Close to 100 stu­dents from sec­ondary schools across Trinidad were cel­e­brat­ed at the Trinidad Eye Hos­pi­tal’s (TEH) in­au­gur­al Es­say Writ­ing Com­pe­ti­tion prize-giv­ing cer­e­mo­ny on Sep­tem­ber 18.