Bones found by dog that of missing man
The skeletal remains found by a dog in Valencia last Saturday were those of 18-year-old Brandon Thomas.Thomas was identified through his dental records by relatives who visited the Forensic Science...
View ArticleMinister clears Immigration in deportation of 12 Jamaicans
Foreign Affairs Minister Dennis Moses has cleared Immigration officials of any wrongdoing in the recent deportation of 12 Jamaican nationals after reviewing a report sent to him on the cases.Speaking...
View ArticleKamla wary as SSA bill goes to House today
Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar says the Strategic Services Agency (SSA) Bill will result in an onslaught on the constitutional rights of not only citizens but visitors to T&T as well.She...
View ArticleLaws need review, says Ramkissoon
President of the Fire Services Association Leo Ramkissoon says penalties for setting bush fires need to be reviewed.“The law has not been reviewed since its inception and it sends a message about the...
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Boy, 9, killed, mom injured
Mother of Shaliner Theodore-Hospedales was on the ground crawling through the unfriendly flames of a bush fire on Wednesday as she attempted to find her nine-year-old son, Hezekiah. As she desperately...
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Labour Minister suspects: Closer to 5,000 workers sent home
Labour Minister Jennifer Baptiste-Primus said yesterday she suspected that over 5,000 people have lost their jobs in the last seven months as T&T continues to go through economic challenges.“I will...
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Not worthy of public office
Former prime minister of T&T Patrick Manning believes that politicians who are guilty of hiring relatives at their respective constituency offices are not worthy of public office.Manning made a...
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Man in court charged with neighbour’s murder
A 25-year-old San Juan man appeared in court yesterday charged with murdering a neighbour. Jamal Mohammed Khan, 25, of Bagatelle Road, Sunshine Avenue, San Juan, was represented by Keith Scotland.Khan...
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Call for more lifeguards
Faced with two drownings over the Easter weekend, the T&T Life Saving Society has renewed its call for Government to hire more lifeguards to patrol T&T’s beaches.In an interview yesterday,...
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Deyalsingh puts T&T on high alert
A 13-week pregnant Belmont woman has been diagnosed with the Zika virus, even as new international research seems to be tightening the connection between the virus and the potentially devastating birth...
View ArticleMan douses relative with gas, sets him ablaze
Screams filled the air at a Princes Town home shortly after 6 pm yesterday, as a man doused his male relative with gasoline and set him ablaze.However, the flame ignited so quickly that the perpetrator...
View ArticleFuad: Give women option of abortion
Former health minister Dr Fuad Khan says the time has come for the Government to determine its policy on the termination of pregnancies because of the Zika virus.He made the comment yesterday, hours...
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GML and BIGWU settle for 11 per cent
Retrenchment is not a cheap and simple process and it is not currently being discussed at Guardian Media Limited (GML), newly appointed managing director Lucio Mesquita said yesterday.Speaking at the...
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Point highway cost up to $8b
Minister in the Office of the Attorney General and Legal Affairs, Stuart Young, yesterday called on the Integrity Commission to investigate the Solomon Hochoy Highway to Point Fortin project, which he...
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Garcia scraps CAC
The Continuous Assessment Component (CAC) of the Secondary Entrance Assessment (SEA) has been scrapped, Education Minister Anthony Garcia announced yesterday.“Cabinet decided that students who are...
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Family takes in surviving child
Shaliser Theodore, the San Juan mother of two who fought unsuccessfully to save her nine-year-old son Hezekiah from a raging bush fire, has succumbed to burn injuries at the San Fernando General...
View ArticleForestry worker’s colleagues now put safety first
Director at the Forestry Division Carlton Roberts says the new mantra of the employees is to be safe when performing their duties.Roberts made the comment as he paid tribute during the funeral service...
View ArticleMan gunned down after midday prayers
Police are searching for a motive in the killing of a 22-year-old small businessman in Enterprise, Chaguanas, yesterday.According to police reports, around 2.15 pm Aamil Joseph, 22, of Rainbow...
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Las Cuevas project sparks fisherfolk worry
Hundreds of acres of land are being bulldozed and burnt in the Las Cuevas area causing serious concerns for the livelihood of scores of villagers in the Las Cuevas fishing community who depend on the...
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Make most of time behind bars
Female prisoner Natasha De Leon, who has been behind bars for the last 23 years, yesterday advised the inmates at the Youth Training Centre (YTC) to capitalise on all opportunities afforded them while...
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