Housing Minister announces Cheaper HDC homes coming
Housing Development Corporation (HDC) homes which became more expensive over the last five years may now become more affordable under the new Government. The promise was made by new Housing Minister...
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Northern Division cops seize 84 guns
Northern Division say, so far, for the month they have removed ten guns from the streets and are 16 guns away from meeting their mandated quota of 100 guns in the division set by acting Commissioner of...
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Man survives being run over by four cars
Crippled by grief and uncertainty, relatives of accident victim Chaitram Rampersad are begging for help to care for him after he was discharged from hospital with gaping bed sores. Shrunken and...
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Jurors hear accused’s alleged confession: ‘I saw them cut her up’
One of the 11 men on trial for the murder of businesswoman Vindra Naipaul-Coolman allegedly confessed to his involvement in the crime when questioned by police months after her disappearance. Jurors in...
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Sparrow to get OBE
The Mighty Sparrow (Slinger Francisco) has been bestowed the Order of the British Empire (OBE). Currently in Trinidad, the Calypso King of the World will receive the award in his birthplace, Grenada,...
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Cutlass Attack: Guard slain in front of girlfriend on beach
Hours before appearing before a Point Fortin magistrate for being an uncontrollable child, a 14-year-old Granville girl spent Tuesday night assisting police with their investigation into the murder of...
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‘Glory to my school’
Hard work, discipline, respect and attention for her teachers led to her success, says one of the top performing students in the Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE).Ashisha Nirupa Persad,...
View ArticleGovt schools get only 5% of schols
Denominational schools copped 95 per cent of the 443 national scholarships and the Ministry of Education intends to find out why Government schools are performing so badly.Speaking at a press...
View ArticleImbert and PP MPs ‘butt heads’
Finance Minister Colm Imbert and Opposition Members, including former prime minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar “butt heads” in yesterday’s Parliamentary Finance Committee session on Tobago House of...
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Smith apologises to Padarath
Sport and Youth Affairs Minister Darryl Smith says he has apologised to Opposition MP Barry Padarath for refering to him as a “princess” during last Saturday’s Budget debate in Parliament and he is now...
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Cuffie defends Hinds’ Parliament comments
Government Minister, Fitzgerald Hinds did not say anything unparliamentary to cause Oropouche MP Dr Roodal Moonilal to tell him in Parliament to “hush his stink mouth” during the Budget debate and...
View ArticlePCA to complete probe by Dec
The probe into the March 23 day of “total policing” by the Police Complaints Authority (PCA) is expected to be completed by year’s end.If there is enough evidence to warrant disciplinary action against...
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Ganga promises cricket gear to girls at SAGHS
In an effort to further encourage the development of cricket among the nation’s youth and contribute to the all-round development of young women, cricketer Daren Ganga has pledged to provide cricketing...
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Beaches face boycott
Members of the public are being warned that lifeguards are not guaranteed to show up for duty this coming weekend at the nation’s beaches.Yesterday, a contingent of lifeguards protested outside the...
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Partnership gave PSA $10m
While the Opposition PP has expressed concern about the PNM Government’s $15 million budget concession for trade unions, the past PP cabinet in 2014 had agreed to fund the Public Services Association...
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Anteater finds its way to woman’s home
The opening of the 2015 hunting season has put wildlife on the run. On Tuesday night a two-year old anteater seeking refuge ran into the yard of Cindy Mohammed, of Killdeer Trace, Rio Claro. Mohammed...
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No free passes on this matter
Opposition MP Barry Padarath has called on People’s National Movement (PNM) Ministers Darryl Smith and Colm Imbert to apologise to the Parliament and people of T&T for comments about him, which he...
View ArticleGate fund will cover all—Colm
Finance Minister Colm Imbert says there are adequate resources in the Gate fund to ensure that all demands from tertiary students are met.Imbert gave the assurance during yesterday’s Standing Committee...
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Sack security company
President of the T&T Registered Nurses Association (TTRNA) Gwendolyn Loobie-Snaggs is demanding the removal of the security firm, SWAT estate police, from the compound of the St James Medical...
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Truck driver’s son gets maths schol
Bishop Anstey/Trinity East College scholarship winner Richard Nandoo never believed he would one day win a scholarship for mathematics. For him, solving mathematical problems was a hobby. It was in...
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