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Woman complains at community meeting: Police pouncing on Grande drivers
A resident of Sangre Grande complained that traffic police officers were not exercising their discretion in issuing tickets in the eastern town and were rather hiding and lying in wait to pounce on...
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Take charge of your real estate
One day after Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley called on the police to do more to improve the detection rate, National Security Minister Edmund Dillon read the riot act to divisional heads, calling on...
View ArticleVillagers rescue PH driver after bloody hijacking
The luck of the stars was with a 22-year-old PH taxi driver yesterday, after he survived being tied up, beaten, stabbed and being thrown off a cliff in a forested area at the Heights of Aripo.Nershan...
View ArticleCops probe baby’s death
Police are now investigating the death of a 19-month-old child, after an autopsy by pathologist Dr Valery Alexandrov found the child died as a result of blunt force trauma.During the examination of the...
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Division heads on crime: We’re trying our best
With both Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley and National Security Minister Edmund Dillon upping the pressure on the police service to bring rising crime, in particular murders, under control over the last...
View ArticleNo more take home laptops for students
Pupils who will be entering Form One in secondary schools in the new school term, which opens on September 5, will face disappointment as they will not be receiving free personal laptops from the...
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Teen dies after Tunapuna shooting
Nineteen-year-old Kadeem Griffith, who died on Thursday night, hours after he was shot near his Tunapuna home, may have been alive today had he been identified as one of the gunmen who robbed a Chinese...
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Driver seeks police protection
PH-driver Marlon Lynch, who claims he is wrongfully accused of the murder of nine-year-old Cyon Paul, says he will not rest until Paul’s real killer is found.Lynch, who has been in hiding since Sunday...
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Valentine rejected in Local Govt screening
Port-of-Spain Mayor Keron Valentine and leader of business in the Port-of-Spain City Council, Jennel Young, are among seven incumbent city councillors out of the PNM’s Local Government race following...
View ArticleLocal Govt minister vows: I will bring back sanity to CEPEP
ROSEMARIE SANTRural Development and Local Government Minister Franklin Khan is promising a return of “sanity” to the Community-based Environmental Protection and Enhancement Programme (CEPEP) which he...
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Dog pound shut down for good
Only one stray dog was seen lingering around the south city yesterday following the permanent closure of the San Fernando pound by Mayor Kazim Hosein.Some of the stray dogs housed at the pound before...
View ArticleWhy I want to give the gift of life
On a Sunday morning in April 2010, I returned from a weekend trip to Tobago and headed straight to the St Augustine Private Hospital. My father had been hospitalised there and I was going to meet my...
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Criminals feel emboldened
ROSEMARIE SANTThe crime detection rate in T&T has been put at an abysmally low 8.6 per cent for the period August 2015 to March 2016—way below the 35 per cent target Acting Commissioner of Police...
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Minister concerned about oil spills
Energy Minister Nicole Olivierre says she is extremely concerned about recent oilspills, particularly those affecting fishing communities in her La Brea constituency.The minister, who was at the PNM...
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Construction worker shot dead outside bar
Less than 24 hours after a police mobile unit was set up in La Romaine following the shocking murder of nine-year-old schoolboy Cyon Paul, another man has been shot dead.Construction worker Adrian...
View ArticleJailed for assault on cops
A man who claimed he was innocent vented his frustration by assaulting two policemen after he was convicted and fined in the San Fernando Magistrates Court has been jailed for five months.Kevin King,...
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Youth spokesman urges: Put young people on state boards
More young people should be on state boards, says vice-chairperson for policy, advocacy and projects of the Commonwealth Youth Council, Nikoli Edwards.Edwards said he “took offense” when only one young...
View ArticleWoman killed in brutal attack
A 30-year-old woman was killed in a brutal attack by a masked gunman who slit her throat after invading her Chaguanas home.The dead woman has been identified as Apphia Quamina. Her roommate Josanne...
View Article$50,000 bail for man accused of incest
A Gasparillo man accused of having sexual intercourse with his 14-year-old daughter was granted $50,000 bail and warned to stay away from the child.The 56-year-old man, who receives a social welfare...
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Floods in Debe and PoS
Heavy rains caused flash flooding in several parts of the country yesterday. Among the hardest hit areas was Debe in south Trinidad where several residents reported that their homes were flood out.At...
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