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T&T could face IMF if Govt fails to reform
Two economics lecturers are warning that T&T could find itself heading to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) within the next few years. One said within two years; the other said three to five...
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Govt spends $3.7b on students
Government has spent close to $3.7 billion on funding citizens to pursue tertiary education and technical and vocational studies since 2010.But with the current climate of falling oil and gas prices,...
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Spike in murders after September 7
Kevin BaldeosinghDoes crime go up when the People’s National Movement (PNM) is in office?In the days right after the September 7 general election, homicide rates spiked in both Trinidad and Tobago....
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Police seek CCTV footage in schoolboy’s accident
Valdeen Shears-NeptunePolice are seeking the assistance of overhead CCTV cameras at the Queen’s Park Savannah, to determine whether one or two cars were involved in the accident which left Isiah Scoon...
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Foreign exchange high on the agenda
T&T Manufacturers’ Association (TTMA) President Dr Rolph Balgobin says access to adequate foreign exchange to run their businesses is the major issue for importers.Speaking to the Sunday Guardian...
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Unesco funds for Sids, education, culture under scrutiny—Rampersad
Details of funds and activities impacting Small Island Developing States (Sids) within Unesco will come before the executive board’s 197th session in Paris next week.This was among items promoted by...
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Moses: T&T committed to UN agenda
Dennis Moses, Minister of Foreign and Caricom Affairs, has reaffirmed T&T’s commitment to the United Nations Post-2015 Development Agenda which focuses on enhanced international co-operation in...
View ArticleTwo candidates vie to lead ILP
Independent Liberal Party (ILP) chairman Rekha Ramjit and member Simeon Mahabir have submitted nomination forms to vie for the post of political leader of the party. This was comfirmed yesterday by the...
View ArticleICC wants payment from Government
The International Code Council (ICC) has written to Minister of Housing and Urban Development Marlene Mc Donald asking to be paid US$27,000 owed to them for development of T&T’s National Building...
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Western Division police go after illegal guns
Young people in Cocorite are calling for more focus on poverty eradication in the 2015/2016 budget. They also want pay increases for police officers as they believe that will help put a better dent on...
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Tourism must be engine for growth
Throwing money behind this country’s tourism ambitions will not solve the perennial challenges that confront stakeholders, says Tourism Minister Shamfa Cudjoe. For this reason, the Keith Rowley...
View ArticleImbert meets with Natuc today
Just a week before he presents the national budget, Finance Minister Colm Imbert will meet with officials of the National Trade Union Centre (Natuc) today to hear their recommendations on the fiscal...
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Local NGO threatens ganja lawsuit
Colin Stephenson, director and co-founder of C420, T&T’s first incorporated marijuana law reform NGO, is threatening to sue the Ministry of Health for failure to make rulesthat govern the use of...
View ArticleTobago Blue food comes to Trinidad
Tobagonians want Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley to attend one of the island’s most successful culinary events, the Tobago Blue Food Festival.Organisers of the event were at the Gulf City Shopping...
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Daddy Cool
My name is Jason Rambally and I am a senior air-conditioning technician. I left school about age 12. Secondary school was a waste of time. Too mucha fighting and teachers ent coming out at Curepe...
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Jah Cure arrested after concert... Owes promoter $83,000
Jamaican reggae artist Jah Cure is the latest international performer to face legal woes whilst on tour in Trinidad. The 36-year-old performer, real name Siccature Alcock, was arrested by marshals of...
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Al-Rawi was abusive
Process server Mark Adams says he was abused by Attorney General Faris Al-Rawi and given the same circumstances as obtained in attempts to serve election petition on Al-Rawi and others he will do the...
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Sea Lots crash victim awarded $800,000
Almost three years after he was paralysed in an accident that claimed the lives of three other people, Sea Lots resident Ryan Rampersad has been awarded $800,000 in damages by the driver’s insurance...
View ArticleTwo men shot in Enterprise
Two men from Enterprise who were shot in separate incidents are now warded at the Eric Williams Medical Sciences Complex.One of the men, Brent Peters, 26, is said to be in a critical condition.The...
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Why no Tobagonian?
Two prominent Tobagonians—former head of the public service Reginald Dumas and political analyst Dr Winsford James—are expressing concern over President Anthony Carmona’s non-selection of any...
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