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Homeless get Independence Day treat
Businessman George “Umbala” Joseph, president of the Civil Liberties Union of T&T (CLUTT), broke down in tears yesterday as he promised to continue “to bathe, feed and clothe” the homeless. He said...
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Woman clings to life
Denise Martin was fighting for her life at the Intensive Care Unit of the San Fernando General Hospital last night after she and her boyfriend, Shamshudeen Mohammed, were shot by gunmen at their...
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Public Utilities gets Alexandra Place
Cabinet has given the green light for the staff of the Public Utilities Ministry to be relocated to the controversial One Alexandra Place building, Port-of-Spain.Minister in the Office of the Prime...
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Grandfather dies in house fire
For most of his adult life, Alexander Baksh had been caring for his ailing father, Jaglal Rampersad. But there was nothing he could do to save the elderly man’s life when their wooden two-bedroom home...
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Pokemon players walking into traffic —cops
The Police Service is urging parents to speak to their children about playing the popular Pokemon Go on their mobile devices while walking, noting yesterday that some of them end up in traffic while...
View ArticleFresh batch of cancer drugs in T&T
Cancer patients can expect some relief soon as the first batch of fresh oncology drugs arrived in T&T yesterday.Confirmation came from Health Minister Terrence Deyalsingh at yesterday’s...
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Police heads want more support from army in crime fight
As Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley and Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar meet to discuss spiralling crime today, divisional police commanders say they are unfazed by impending challenges but with...
View ArticleChanderpaul needs to move on
I am one of the old school cricket lovers. I also believe that it is not cricket for players to be whinging about being unceremoniously laid off when the obvious reasons may be age and diminished...
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MATT calls for journalistic best practice
The Media Association of T&T (MATT) has responded to the decision by local television station CNC3 to sever ties with Crime Watch host Ian Alleyne.The decision was announced by the station in a...
View ArticleVIDEO: Ian Alleyne thanks CNC3
After spending several days criticising his former bosses at CNC3, Crime Watch host Ian Alleyne has changed tactics, yesterday saying CNC3 had been "really good to him.""Over the last few days I got...
View ArticleSwimming with Dolphins
The August holidays are quickly coming to an end. Guardian journalist Kalifa Clyne swam with dolphins at Dolphin Discovery in Anguilla during her vacation.Anguilla is just over an hour away by plane,...
View ArticleKamla wants more ‘police boots’ on ground
Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar says one of the major recommendations they submitted at yesterday’s crime meeting with Government was for more law enforcement officers to take to the streets....
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Hangings can be carried out if done in ‘time’
Corporal punishment was one of the issues both the Opposition and Government saw eye-to-eye in discussing yesterday during their crime talks, Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley said.“The Opposition raised...
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PM waits to see if ‘fruit’ will bear
The Government and Opposition yesterday agreed that the attack on crime has to be to dealt with at the Parliament level through 16 pieces of legislation.This was revealed by Prime Minister Dr Keith...
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Section 34 act could come back
The Opposition yesterday expressed a willingness to bring back to Parliament the controversial Section 34 act (Administration of Justice) bill to help the Government accelerate cases through the...
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TTUTA hopes for smooth restart to school term
President of the Unified Teacher's Association, Devanand Sinanan, is hoping that the new school term will open without a hitch next week.In a brief interview yesterday, Sinanan said they were quietly...
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They are worth more to us alive
Shark advocate and environmental activist Marc de Verteuil is making another appeal to the authorities to get serious about protecting local sharks.He made the appeal after a photo of a Tiger Shark,...
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Relief funds not ready yet
They came with eager faces yesterday, hoping to get a pittance to send their children to school next week. But many fisherfolk left dejected when they were told it would be three weeks before they...
View ArticleCook on bail caught robbing grocery
Six days after being released from a four-year prison stay, a 22-year-old cook and his accomplice were caught with high-powered pistols as they were robbing a La Romain supermarket on Thursday...
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Calypsonian King Austin dies at age 73
Austin Lewis, 73, known in the calypso world as King Austin, died Saturday morning at the Port-of-Spain General Hospital.Austin’s son, Marvin King, said his father had been battling with Alzheimers for...
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