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Councillor pleads not guilty to 3 traffic charges
People’s National Movement (PNM) councillor Sherrie Ali yesterday pleaded not guilty to three traffic offences arising out of an incident last year. Ali, of Palmiste, appeared before San Fernando...
View ArticleEx-worker wins out in corporate scam
A former employee of a construction company has successfully sued his former boss who attempted to avoid paying him over $1 million in compensation for being injured on the job by closing the company...
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Kudos for T&T’s stand on abuse of children
Almost every day citizens in this country, like everywhere in the world, are bombarded by reports of child abuse. The perpetrators are often those known to the child and even people who hold...
View ArticleActing CoP dismisses contract rumours
Acting Police Commissioner Stephen Williams will be reporting to the office as normal tomorrow. Dispelling rumours circulating yesterday that he would be proceeding on vacation from July 1, after his...
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Man ambushed after roulette argument
Some 228 people have been murdered in the first six months of the year, according to Homicide Bureau of Investigations. This figure is 28 more than for the corresponding period last year. The most...
View ArticleTrini national leaves Turkey
T&T national Sherlin Stewart, who was among those who escaped death in Tuesday’s terrorist attack at the Ataturk airport in Turkey, left that country and is due to pick up her job in Greece by...
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Mottley replaces Jones on Energy body, PM admits WGTL failed
While Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley has praised service to T&T by former Petrotrin chairman, Malcom Jones, he also admitted yesterday the World Gas to Liquids (WGTL) project — done under Jones —...
View ArticleRowley on low human trafficking convictions: Fill vacancies in DPP office
Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley wants the Judicial and Legal Services Commission (JLSC) to ensure vacancies within the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) are filled as soon as possible...
View ArticleMedic: T&T needs cardiac centre
Faced with an increase in heart disease, head of the Cardiology Care Unit at the San Fernando General hospital, Dr Pravinde Ramoutar, is calling for a cardiac rehabilitation centre to be established in...
View Article‘Brexit’ can affect HSF’s value—PM
The value of T&T’s Heritage and Stabilisation Fund could deteriorate if the UK “Brexit” situation causes a recession which spreads to the US, Prime Minister Keith Rowley said yesterday. He spoke...
View ArticleLawyer: PNM would have still won
Even if the votes of all electors who cast their ballots in last year’s general election after 6 pm were deducted from PNM candidates, they would have still won by convincing majorities. This was the...
View ArticleChopped former soldier held after home invasion
A former solider was arrested on Wednesday afternoon after one of three people he robbed chopped him in the lower back. The former military officer and four others tried to escape in a waiting...
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Manning in stable condition
Results of blood tests on former prime minister Patrick Manning, who is still warded at the San Fernando General Hospital, are yet to be released to the family.In an interview yesterday, Manning’s...
View ArticleBarataria CMOH offices face shutdown
The Ministry of Health has been given 21 days in which to address a number of health and safety infractions at the Barataria County Medical Officer of Health (CMOH) Department or face a complete...
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Man to hang for killing probation officer
The mother of murdered Cedros probation officer, Krysta Lackpatsingh, broke down in tears yesterday after the man accused of stabbing her daughter to death 12 years ago was found guilty and sentenced...
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Report now in DPP’s hands
The director of Public Prosecutions has been asked to give urgent attention to the Colman report from the Commission of Enquiry into Clico and the Hindu Credit Union which contains “very serious...
View ArticleCops get backpay
Police officers are smiling all the way to the bank as the majority have received their backpay. The rest, however, are expected to receive their monies by the end of this month.Contacted yesterday,...
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DPP: Justice system in crisis
The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), Roger Gaspard, has admitted that T&T’s criminal justice system is on the edge of a precipice and in a crisis. He said the “sluggishness” at which the...
View ArticleEducation system failing youths—Harris
Roman Catholic Archbishop Joseph Harris is blaming the country’s education system for failing the nation’s youths, many of whom are now involved in criminal activity.He said if the education system is...
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Medical director replaced at Sando hospital
After five years in charge of doctors at the San Fernando General Hospital, medical director Dr Anand Chatoorgoon has been replaced by the board of the South-West Regional Health Authority.Chatoorgoon,...
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