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No bobol in helicopter deal—Griffith
A National Heliport Services Ltd (NHSL) accountant was a member of a 2014 tender committee that approved a $500 million contract for Bell Helicopter to provide four helicopters and the construction of...
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Top awards for Naparima Girls’ in Modern Studies, Foreign Languages
While Naparima Girls’ High School celebrated its victory of 45 scholarships and the President’s Medal, two of its students received news that they had emerged as the top performers in Modern Studies...
View ArticleLeaking sewer tank sickens 45 students
Two students from Jordan Hill Presbyterian School who were hospitalised on Wednesday night, after complaining about the scent from a leaking school sewer, have been discharged from hospital.Six others...
View ArticlePolice Association wants seized info
The Police Service Social and Welfare Association is seeking to stop investigators from analysing its confidential files seized by investigators probing a cash for government houses scheme.Lawyers...
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ACS looks at regional air, sea links
Works and Transport Minister Fitzgerald Hinds yesterday underscored the importance of air and maritime connectivity throughout the Caribbean, as he admitted that the region was not where it needed to...
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Contract teachers threaten to sue THA
As more than 40 contract teachers are threatening to sue the Tobago House of Assembly (THA) over discrimination and inequitable salaries, secretary for Education of the THA, Huey Cadette, says they...
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Govt to probe $239m spent
Finance Minister Colm Imbert is set to probe why $239 million was allocated by the previous government towards the Couva Children’s Hospital when the project was being fully funded by the Chinese...
View ArticleImbert replaces Rambarran as IMF rep
Finance Minister Colm Imbert is now the International Monetary Fund (IMF) representative for T&T. This post was previously held by Central Bank Governor Jwala Rambarran. Rambarran and his...
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Cops bust human trafficking ring in South
In a massive bust yesterday, detectives from the Human Trafficking Unit swooped into a club in Penal and arrested 22 female nationals from the Dominican Republic, believed to be victims of a human...
View ArticleMoonilal defends stays at Hyatt
Former housing minister Dr Roodal Moonilal is lashing back at his successor Marlene McDonald for her dig about his special living accommodations set up at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Port-of-Spain...
View ArticleWoman, 90, beaten with hammer by relative
A grandmother and great-grandmother of Sangre Grande is warded in serious but stable condition at hospital after she was beaten by a relative with a hammer and piece of wood about her body in the early...
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Millions spent on Caroni Green, little to show
An audit into the controversial Caroni Green Initiative (CGI) project conducted by Ernst and Young Service Ltd has shown that more than $9 million of taxpayers’ money has been spent on the agricultural...
View ArticleParliamentary Secretary’s uncle implicated
The uncle of Parliamentary Secretary in the Ministry of Agriculture, Land and Fisheries Avinash Singh has described the 2014 audit done by Ernst & Young into the Caroni Green Initiative (CGI)...
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We have power in our purses, wallets
The price of eggs and bread baked by one large conglomerate were raised prior to the October 5 budget. Super gasoline and diesel prices went up by 15 per cent post-budget. Chag-uanas/Curepe and Grand...
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Rowley dismisses nepotism charges
Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley is dismissing any allegations of nepotism or cronyism in his appointments to key state boards.This comes after former prime minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar alluded to...
View ArticleGovt to put new properties on tax roll
Government will hire temporary staff to go out and identify properties not yet on Government’s roll to which a value will be assigned for payment of property tax, Finance Minister Colm Imbert said on...
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Police probe Ojoe Road murder
For the second time in as many days there has been a brutal attack on a senior citizen in the Sangre Grande area. This time the victim, a 61-year-old nurse who had only recently come out of retirement,...
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Khan: $239m to start hospital project
Finance Minister Colm Imbert needs to learn the details of a government to government loan, Barataria/San Juan MP Dr Fuad Khan said yesterday. The opposition parliamentarian has accused the new...
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Questions over $1.6m a month helicopter
Questions are being asked about whether or not $1.6 million a month was spent to lease a helicopter from Briko Air Services by the National Operations Centre (NOC) under the People’s Partnership...
View ArticleMurder at Point Fortin poultry shop
Poultry dealer Ajodar Carasingh thought hunters were on the prowl when he heard gunshots on Saturday. However, when he investigated, he found his son’s corpse downstairs his home at 166 Cap-de-ville...
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