
Dookeran: Prepare for major cost-cutting
May 13th 2012 12:01 PMMAJOR surgery is needed if the flagging fortunes of Caribbean Airlines Ltd (CAL) are to be turned around. This suggestion was made by Finance Minister Winston Dookeran when asked as to how the State-owned airline will come out of the its financial problems in the light of his announcement last read more…

Bittersweet Mother’s Day for Patricia
May 13th 2012 11:59 AMWHILE Mother’s Day has been a time of sadness for Patricia Charleau and her grand-daughters for the last two years, this year it’s tinged with a little bit of sweetness. Charleau’s daughter, Candace, was murdered in 2010 in Princes Town. She was chopped on the neck one week before Mother’s read more…

Eye patients facing four-year wait
May 13th 2012 11:58 AMPATIENTS with serious visual problems who were referred to the ophthalmologist outpatient clinic at the Eric Williams Medical Sciences Complex in 2010 are now being informed of an appointment in 2014 to see an eye specialist. Sources at the hospital said that the backlog of cases continues to mount and read more…

Moonilal and Ramadhar talking
May 13th 2012 11:57 AMTHE United National Congress appears to be heeding the call by one of its coalition partners, the Congress of the People (COP), for consultation on policy matters. Mirror was told that UNC deputy police leader Dr. Roodlal Moonilal met with COP leader Prakash Ramadhar earlier this week to discuss the read more…

Grounded!
May 13th 2012 11:56 AMCAL unable to pay for planes THE financial crisis facing Caribbean Airlines Ltd (CAL) has forced the company to put on hold the delivery of seven ATR72-600 aircraft as efforts are being made to secure a US$l00 million (TT$630 million) loan to pay off the French manufacturer. In wake of read more…

Drug racket
May 11th 2012 8:57 PMAudit finds expensive hospital medication being sold to pharmacies A SHAKE-UP is coming in the staff at the C-40 facility at Chaguaramas, which imports and distributes the Chronic Disease Assistance Programme (CDAP) drugs to hospitals and health centres across the country. This follows a forensic audit, which has unearthed a read more…



