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Dillon condemns call for prison officers to boycott work
National Security Minister Edmund Dillon has condemned Prisons Officers Association president Ceron Richards for allegedly calling for his members to engage in illegal industrial action.In a press...
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Sinanan: Repairs scheduled before protest
Although Rousillac residents yesterday said their protests over poor roads had nothing to do with politics, an unapologetic Works and Transport Minister Rohan Sinanan yesterday deemed the action to be...
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Prison officers in sick-out action
Prison Commissioner William Alexander says there was an increase in absenteeism at the nation’s prisons yesterday, in wake of a voice note circulating on social media that was alleged to have called...
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Smoke signals sent to Govt
Thick dark smoke blocked out the sky in Rousillac during the early hours of yesterday, as residents signalled to Government: “Fix our roads or we’ll shut down the entire South-Western peninsula.”Miles...
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Late salaries upset public servants
The Ministry of Finance says it made the necessary funds to pay salaries for the month of October 2017 available since last week. The ministry payments were made in accordance with Civil Service...
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Ganga: Kamla’s leadership unassailable
Ganga Singh says Kamla Persad-Bissessar’s “political leadership is unassailable,” but he is maintaining his position that “there is need for constitutional propriety in the actions of the National...
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More ferry woes
Problems continue to plague the sea bridge as Caribbean Airlines had to schedule additional flights following the cancellation of sailings of the T&T Express on Sunday at 3 pm and 6.30 pm...
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CLF shareholders blanked Privy Council access
A group of CL Financial (CLF) shareholders has been denied permission to challenge the Court of Appeal’s decision to appoint provisional liquidators for the company in July.In an oral ruling at the...
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3 challenge Duke in PSA elections
Public Services Association (PSA) president Watson Duke will be challenged by three candidates in the union’s November 27 election.However, the outspoken trade unionist who is leading his own slate in...
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Body found in river
The body of an unidentified man was found in a river near Roodal Cemetery in San Fernando at around 8 am yesterday.Game warden Rennie Lokpath, 60, said he was taking his 36-year-old son to the San...
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Ishan gets $300,000 bail on gun charges
Popular businessman, television personality and community activist Inshan Ishmael spent last night in prison. Ishmael, 49, who hosts Breaking Barriers on his Islamic Broadcast Network (IBN) on Channel...
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JCC wants Govt revisit Kallco, Namalco contracts
The Joint Consultative Council (JCC) for the construction sector is raising questions about contracts awarded to Namalco and Kallco, two local construction companies accused of “cartel behaviour” in...
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Imbert to probe late salaries of nurses
Finance Minister Colm Imbert has promised to investigate the reasons why delays in the payments of salaries for nurses have been happening.Idi Stuart, president of the T& Registered Nurses...
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Mayor seeks funding for homeless shelter in city
Port-of-Spain mayor Joel Martinez says he is attempting to get funding to build a homeless shelter for homeless people in the capital.Martinez made the comment following Hugh Bernard’s lawsuit which...
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Woman claims late salary forced her to sell ganja
Fallen on hard times after her husband, a CEPEP worker, was not paid four consecutive salaries, Adana Stewart decided to sell marijuana as a supplement income.Stewart told San Fernando magistrate...
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Khan writes Kamla on UNC party election process
Senior Counsel Israel Khan has penned an open letter to Political Leader of the UNC Kamla Persad-Bissessar telling her that if she fails to resign as political leader of the party before the election...
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UNC executive votes for Nov 26 election
Kamla Persad-Bissessar will face Vasant Bharath in the battle for leadership of the United National Congress on November 26.This after the party’s national congress yesterday voted unanimously in...
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2 found dead in razed house
An 88-year-old bed-ridden man who once rented out his home to a church died in a house fire on Monday night, in what police suspect may have been a murderer’s attempt to conceal their...
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Drive-by is Tobago’s 9th murder
Tobago police are probing the circumstances surrounding the island’s ninth murder for 2017.The victim was identified as Dave Vincent, 56, of San Fernando, Trinidad, who resided at Les Coteaux,...
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Body on highway causes traffic jam
Homicide officers are investigating the killings of two men in separate instances between Monday night and yesterday morning.In the most recent incident, police said an unidentified man was found at...
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