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Mentally challenged woman killed during home invasion
A mentally challenged woman was suffocated by bandits, who bound and gagged a Gasparillo family during early morning robbery.When paramedics arrived at Carla Archalal’s Bonne Aventure Road home around...
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The evolution of subsidies
Chief Editor, Business Anthony Wilson explores the background to T&T’s reliance on subsidies to support the economy.In the original 2016 budget, the Government allocated 52 per cent of the...
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Revenue streams cannot support us anymore
Economist Indera Sagewan-Alli is cautioning Government to be careful about subsidy cuts when it presents the 2016-2017 budget on September 30.Sagewan-Alli in an interview with the T&T Guardian...
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Anger as bandits kill hardware owner’s daughter
Gasparillo residents reacted with anger and panic yesterday after bandits invaded the home of a hardware owner and killed his daughter.The hardware owner is the fifth family to be targeted in the past...
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Pensioner going blind waiting on eye surgery
Pensioner Dolly Rampersad has been hoping to do cataract surgery at the San Fernando General Hospital for the past few months but she may well go blind before the surgery is done there.With no...
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Teenager back in custody after father’s service
Minutes after reading the eulogy at her father's funeral, 14-year-old Shivanie Persad was led away in a waiting vehicle by four police officers.The teen, dressed in a simple white shalwar, described...
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Report cannot stand
The findings and observations contained in the report of the $40 million Las Alturas commission of enquiry cannot stand. That was the view of attorney Fyard Hosein, SC, in legal advice on the matter...
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Rise above the social stigma
United States ambassador John Estrada has encouraged children from high-risk communities in east Port-of-Spain to rise above the social stigma of where they live and strive to become future leaders of...
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PM: No word on release of Trinis in Turkey
There has been no indication by Turkish authorities to release the nine people, including one child, carrying T&T passports, who have been detained in Turkey since July, Prime Minister Keith Rowley...
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Jwala gets ok to challenge refusal of reasons for dismissal
Former Central Bank governor Jwala Rambarran has been given the green light to pursue his lawsuit challenging Cabinet’s decision to refuse to reveal its reasons for dismissing him last December....
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Akeem snags silver in discus finals
With a gold medal already in his bag at the 2016 Paralympic Games in Brazil, Akeem Stewart has now added a silver medal to his collection.Stewart claimed the silver medal in the Men's Discus Throw...
View ArticleCane farmers give PM 7-day deadline
Cane farmers have given the Government a seven-day ultimatum to say when they will be paid the outstanding $57 million owed following an agreement with the European Union.Attorney for the cane farmers,...
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MP promises to help
RALPH BANWARIEToco/Sangre Grande MP Glenda Jennings-Smith yesterday visited 600-pound Marissa Nelson after learning about her plight in a series of T&T Guardian stories earlier this week.Nelson,...
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No convictions yet
Between 2011 and 2015 the Financial Intelligence Unit analysed 2,341 suspicious activity reports with a dollar value of approximately TT$3.7 billion. However, to date there have been no convictions in...
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‘Sicko’ held, beaten
A Central mother posing as her 11-year-old daughter was able to trap a paedophile who tried to seduce her child via WhatsApp on Thursday night.The paedophile got more than he bargained for when the...
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Girl’s fingers severed in school accident
A Point Fortin family is considering legal action against the Ministry of Education, after a three-year-old girl’s fingers were severed at the Salazar Trace Early Childhood Care and Education Centre...
View ArticleCentral Bank bulletin: T&T economy contracts 5.2%
The Central Bank yesterday estimated that the T&T economy contracted by 5.2 per cent in the first quarter of 2016, compared with the same quarter in 2015, as a result of a 9.1 per cent decline in...
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Maracas Valley residents against new quarry in area
Residents of Maracas Valley, St Joseph, yesterday expressed outrage over the possibility of another quarry starting operations in their community. During a consultation on the matter at the Maracas...
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2 men killed, dumped along Valencia road
Police have described the killing of two men in Valencia yesterday as a hit. The men were shot in their foreheads and then riddled with bullets about their bodies along a road leading to WASA’s Sangre...
View ArticleHomeless man attacks woman
A street dweller’s daylight attack on a woman in San Fernando yesterday has led to renewed calls for the Government to use a firm hand in dealing with the country’s homeless.However, San Fernando Mayor...
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