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FURLOUGHED workers at the Caribbean Dockyard and Engineering Services Ltd (Caridoc) are asking for a speedy resolution to their situation after 137 workers were given a 90-day furlough last Tuesday, leaving a skeleton crew of 24 workers and 21 managers at the facility. A letter sent to the furloughed staff dated May 16, signed by

WITH no further advice from Government since last Thursday’s Privy Council ruling that the one-year extension of local government terms was illegal, the United National Congress (UNC) is drafting another pre-action protocol letter to the Prime Minister demanding he call the elections now.

More than half our population did not experience the ravages of the 1988 International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) intervention.This group likely does not pay attention to the news reports on the Arti

Families who have been displaced by a oil spill in Fyzabad are seeking legal advice even though they say they are comfortable with the response by state-owned Heritage Petroleum Company Ltd. One of the victims of the oil spill Sareeta Ali told Newsday on Saturday, legal advice is being sought to safeguard their own interest

THE EDITOR: The latest round of job losses in Finance Minister Colm Imbert’s “booming” economy is the sending home of 100 workers at Caridoc, a state-owned enterprise, for an indefinite period. The workers were told that they were furloughed. What is furlough, you may ask. All of a sudden during covid19 we started to hear

HREE families affected by Sunday’s oil leak in Avocat, Fyzabad, are set to remain at Paria Suites Hotel and Conference Centre in La Romaine, as a precautionary measure. An initial agreement between state-owned Heritage Petroleum Co Ltd and the families was that they relocate to the hotel at state expense until Friday. After that, the

The latest round of job losses in Finance Minister Colm Imbert’s “booming” economy is the sending home of 100 workers at Caridoc, a state-owned enterprise, for an indefinite period. The workers were told that they were furloughed.

The TT Unified Teachers’ Association (TTUTA) has accepted the Chief Personnel Officer’s (CPO) Dr Daryl Dindial’s offer of a four per cent increase over six years on Wednesday. TTUTA is among the unions that Finance Minister Colm Imbert had been negotiating with. So far, the TT Fire Service Association and Public Services Association have not

THE EDITOR: Finance Minister Colm Imbert said in last week's mid-year review that the Government would be repaying VAT refunds up to $250,000 in cash and $3 billion via bonds. While this would give SMEs room to breathe, he did not tell the whole truth to the population of this continuing scheme of issuing bonds

EVEN as it continues clean-up operations following the rupture of its 16-inch diameter oil pipeline in Massahood Village, Avocat on Sunday, state-owned Heritage Petroleum Company Ltd is warning the public that strong action will be taken against anyone violating the right of way of its above and below-ground network of pipelines. Finance Minister and Acting