Tears as thief gets one year in jail
A Debe man wept as he was sentenced to one year in jail yesterday for breaking and entering a house and stealing $10,000 worth of jewelry. Shairo Khan, 21, pleaded guilty to the charge when he came...
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Mayaro residents on Gypsy’s resignations: He should have gone long time
No tears were being shed in Mayaro for former MP Winston Gypsy Peters yesterday, even though he represented the constituency for 15 years. Instead, many expressed delight at his exit from the seat...
View ArticleUNC candidate to Peters on $5m bribe: Bring proof
UNC’s Mayaro candidate, Rushton Paray, is challenging his predecessor Winston “Gypsy” Peters to bring evidence to prove he paid $5 million to contest the marginal Mayaro seat. In an interview, Paray...
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Prakash’s brother vows to vote PNM
Kishore Ramadhar, the brother of Congress of the People (COP) leader Prakash Ramadhar, has vowed to vote for the PNM in the September 7 general election. Kishore also promised to be in one of several...
View ArticleUnions to sign MOA with PNM and ILP
The Joint Trade Union Movement (JTUM) will take serious umbrage to any initiative that will result in job losses, and plans to sign a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with the People’s National Movement...
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Specialist: Landfill fires pose health threat
Ear, nose and throat specialist Dr Austin Trinidade says the inhalation of toxic fumes from fires at landfill sites is harmful to the elderly and the young. On Monday, a fire started at the Guanapo...
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Mayor: Hearty Foods site a disaster area
Arima mayor George Hadeed says the site of Hearty Foods Supermarket and surrounding area may soon be declared a “disaster” area and is calling for the authorities to assist. Last week some 200 workers...
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Rowley warns voters: Take bribes to vote and face charges
People’s National Movement (PNM) leader Dr Keith Rowley has warned voters not to accept money and other inducements from the People’s Partnership to vote or not vote in next month’s general...
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‘Storm in a tea cup’
An apparent mix-up and/or misunderstanding between Concacaf and the Central Football Club (CFC) caused the regional governing body for football to deposit some US$39,000 into the personal US account of...
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Rowley questions Minister’s integrity
As he mounted a People’s National Movement (PNM) platform in Point Fortin, which he dubbed “football country”, on Wednesday night, Rowley challenged Sport Minister Brent Sancho to say if he has an...
View ArticleHowai sees $3b loss in revenue
Finance and the Economy Minister Larry Howai said yesterday the Government expected to lose $3 billion in revenue from the current fiscal year.He said so during yesterday’s post-Cabinet news conference...
View ArticleMinister: Property Tax not a priority
Government has no intention of implementing the Property Tax and will seek to extend the amnesty if it is returned to power next month.This is according to Finance and the Economy Minister Larry Howai...
View ArticleTeen charged with manslaughter
The teenaged woman, accused of stabbing to death a girl two years younger than her, will re-appear in court today after spending one night in jail has been charged with manslaughter.Kelly Ann Lewis,...
View ArticleRowley using them as part of strategy
The apparent “defection” of three Congress of the People (COP) members was a staged, made-for-TV event and was part of Opposition Leader Dr Keith Rowley’s latest manoeuvre to present himself as the new...
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Sabga tells all in A Will and a Way
He slept on the floor covered in straw in a house made of mud, with a roof of tree trunks covered with rocks from a river bed in a small, primitive village called Anez in Syria.His family kept animals...
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Suspect held in theft at PNM candidate’s office
A 37-year-old Williamsville man suspected in the $95,000 robbery at the office of PNM Pointe-a-Pierre candidate, Neil Mohammed, was arrested on Wednesday night.Describing the suspect as a “career...
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Dillon vows to deal with crime
Retired Major General Edmund Dillon said the people of Chatham where four members of one family were recently wiped out continue to live in fear and have become prisoners in their own home.Dillon, a...
View ArticleSpinal damage for Caura tree victim
One of the victims from Saturday’s freak accident in Caura, Mary Bhaggan, 42, may never be able to walk again as she may suffer permanent paralysis from the waist down.T&T Guardian understands that...
View ArticleRowley wants more time to respond to IC
Opposition Leader Dr Keith Rowley is requesting more time from the Integrity Commission to ascertain whether “there is any further information available to provide a response in light of the remarkable...
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MVA only $230M
Opposition Leader Dr Keith Rowley was not telling the truth when he said the Motor Vehicles Authority (MVA) building in Caroni cost the Government over $1 billion, Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar...
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