$34m MRI machine too small for some patients
JOEL JULIENjoel.julien@guardian.co.ttThe wrong-sized Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) machine, valued $34 million, has been installed at the Scarborough General Hospital.As a result of this, dozens of...
View ArticleGroup urges 120kmph speed limit
An online group, Safe Drivers for Efficiency, has created a petition for the Government to increase the speed limit on highways to 120 kilometres per hour (kmph.)The petition comes one day after Works...
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Centrin worker’s funeral delayed
Confused, frustrated and heartbroken is how Chandrawatie Nandlal, the common-law wife of former Centrin worker David Francis, says her family feels after a High Court injunction was granted late Friday...
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Put people before buildings
Valdeen Shears-NeptuneIt was a case of repetitions, as far as residents of Trincity and environs were concerned, following the close of a meeting with a team sent by Bhagwansingh Hardware and Steel...
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Duprey’s plan caters $10b for policyholders
The plan by CL Financial (CLF) majority shareholder Lawrence Duprey to repay the group’s “bailout” debt to Government involves the creation of two Clico entities, one of which should have a total asset...
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House to tighten up MPs’ hiring practices
Moves are being made by the Parliament to improve constituency management arrangements and to ensure MPs comply with the parliament’s guidelines manual on this.And it’s possible the guidelines will be...
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TCL chairman sells off his $33m in shares
JOEL JULIEN joel.julien@guardian.co.ttThe Trinidad Cement Limited Group (TCL) chairman Wilfred Espinet’s sale of all of his “direct holdings” in TCL has raised some eyebrows among shareholders of that...
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AG reviewing T&T’s drug laws
Government has begun statistical groundwork for decriminalising of marijuana possession, says Attorney General Faris Al-Rawi. He told the T&T Guardian he is reviewing the Dangerous Drugs Act and...
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Three murdered in South overnight
Three men were killed in separate incidents in South Trinidad between Saturday night and yesterday morning. They have been identified as Collin Mitchell, 52, Dixon Richards, 23 and Kirk Veronique, 25....
View ArticleFamily wants body returned from Venezuela
Valdeen Shears-NeptuneA Central man is pleading with Government to intervene in getting the body of his 28-year-old son released by Venezuelan authorities. Jodah Aron wants his son’s body so an autopsy...
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PM Rowley: Special programmes for Laventille
Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley has promised to initiate a special programme in Laventille schools that would require parents and teachers working together to raise the next generation on the right...
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Protest at Shore of Peace
Residents of Oropouche and councillors from the Siparia Regional Corporation braved heavy rains yesterday to ensure that cremations continue at the Shore of Peace.A group of about 50 people gathered at...
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Deosaran on petition for pardon: Victims suffer too
Rosemarie SantProfessor Emeritus Ramesh Deosaran says while the petition by Roman Catholic Archbishop Joseph Harris to pardon remand prisoners is “worthy of consideration”, he believes “justice, due...
View ArticleUS warns citizens about T&T’s high crime rate
WASHINGTON—The United States Department of State has warned that violent crime “remains high” in T&T.In a travel update yesterday, the State Department said the high crime rate “affects local and...
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Brenda works hard for her money
Every day Brenda Harry, 30, totes a hammock with her when she goes to her vegetable shed on the Clarke Rochard Road junction, Penal, a stone’s throw from Barrackpore. The hammock is for her eight-month...
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TTOC confirms Marissa Dick for Rio Olympics
Marissa DickThe T&T Olympic Committee (TTOC) has announced that gymnast Marissa Dick will be the T&T representative for the Rio Olympics.The announcement was made just before 11am at a news...
View ArticleStall on purchase of 50 speed guns
A $14 million purchase for 50 Lidar speed guns to be used by the Police Service to ticket offenders who go over the speed limit has come to a halt.Confirmation came from Vehicle Management Corporation...
View ArticleUse of device now law
The speed of motorists across the nation is expected to be measured by speed guns today as the use of the device is now law. The order to establish speed guns on the nation’s highways was published on...
View ArticleInitiative in police cars from today
Police officers can, from their fully air conditioned cars, while driving along the highways determine if motorists are driving above the speed limit and issue the $1,000 tickets.Unlike popular belief,...
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FCB moves on Jack to recover $1.2m
Former government minister Jack Warner may potentially lose the Centre of Excellence, Macoya, as First Citizens Bank (FCB) seeks to recover $1.2 million in unpaid overdraft fees from him. Through a...
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