Napa faces closure over health, safety concerns
The National Academy for the Performing Arts, Port-of-Spain, will be shut down indefinitely and evacuated as health and safety concerns have made it uninhabitable, says Arts and Multiculturalism...
View ArticlePanday disputes Al-Rawi claims
Former prime minister Basdeo Panday says during his years as opposition leader he was not afforded any state security detail as the People’s National Movement public relations officer Faris Al-Rawi...
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Debates Commission still hoping
One week before its scheduled date, the Leaders’ Debates between Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar and Opposition Leader Dr Keith Rowley that was being organised by the T&T Debates Commission...
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Rowley: Laptop initiative failed
Leader of the Opposition Dr Keith Rowley says a report prepared by the UWI Faculty of Social Sciences on the role of the Government’s multi-million dollar laptop initiative failed to significantly...
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Chaguanas East bound, Jack gets more followers
Calypsonian/businessman Iwer George wasn’t the only one donning a green ILP T-shirt and wearing broad smiles on Wednesday night in Chaguanas West.George, giving a lusty thumbs-up to ‘photogs’ amid ILP...
View ArticleBody cameras for cops coming soon
Police officers may soon have their daily duties monitored as the service moves to launch its pilot project on officers wearing body cameras.In a telephone interview yesterday, acting Police...
View ArticleStage collapses at Children's Hospital
Heavy winds and torrential rains caused a stage set up for the formal opening of the Children's Hospital, in Couva to collapse. There were no immediate reports of any injuries and the function was...
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Stage collapses at Children's Hospital
Heavy winds and torrential rains caused a stage set up for the formal opening of the Children's Hospital, in Couva to collapse. There were no immediate reports of any injuries and the function was...
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COP goes with 8 candidates
The Congress of the People (COP) will not be contesting the marginal Tunapuna and San Fernando West seats in the September 7 general election, apparently giving them up to the more dominant partner in...
View ArticleSurprise UNC candidates for Tunapuna and Sando West
Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar last night announced United National Congress (UNC) candidates to contest two marginal seats previously held by their coalition partners, the Congress of the...
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Tornado-type terror
Tornado-type weather systems tore through Bhagaloo Trace and Dass Trace in Enterprise yesterday, ripping off parts of residents’ roofs and sending them scampering in fear.The phenomenon began around...
View Article$70,000 bail for minors on manslaughter charge
Two minors charged with unlawfully killing an 11-year-old boy were granted $70,000 bail each after spending two nights in remand.The two brothers narrowly escaped being sent back to the Youth Training...
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Scamper off stage as tent collapses
The commissioning of the Children’s Hospital almost turned into tragedy yesterday as almost 200 people, including 45 children, had to make a dash for safety as the canopy covering the ceremonial stage...
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‘Irrelevant if I get the job’
Nobody should be in an office acting for three years. So said acting Police Commissioner Stephen Williams as he commented on his sixth six-month extension from the Police Service Commission (PSC) which...
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Prove conspiracy claims or face criminal probe
Attorney General Garvin Nicholas has called out Opposition Leader Keith Rowley regarding his claim that he is “under attack” from the Government and given Rowley 48 hours to produce evidence of...
View ArticleSuspect on 91 rape charges suffers heart attack
A 44-year-old self-proclaimed spiritual healer suffered a mild heart attack yesterday and could not be taken to court to face 91 charges of sexual assault against a 15-year-old.According to police, the...
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Jack: I’ll crawl on my belly to remove Kamla
ILP leader Jack Warner says he will do anything he can to remove Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar from office on September 7.Warner said this during a meeting of his party at the basketball court...
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Minister: $321m to manage waste disposal
It costs the Government $321 million per year to manage this country’s waste collection and disposal.According to Environment and Water Resources Minister Ganga Singh this figure included...
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‘Too much hypocrisy’
Independent Liberal Party (ILP) leader Jack Warner is putting together another political bombshell—one that further intrudes into the private life of Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar. On Friday...
View ArticleRowley: HDC paid millions to clean empty units
Opposition Leader Dr Keith Rowley yesterday questioned why the Housing Development Corporation (HDC) awarded millions of dollars in cleaning contracts to “a particular woman who had a problem with me.”...
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