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Frontline backing for Moonilal
While UNC MPs Barry Padarath and Christine Newallo-Hosein are supporting UNC incumbent Kamla Persad-Bissessar for the leadership of the party, several other UNC MPs are not committing yet on who they...
View ArticleFuad: I knew about swine flu death
Former health minister Dr Fuad Khan says he knew about the death of Siparia mother Cherrie Ryce to the deadly H1N1 Influenza (Swine Flu) but withheld information because he did not want anyone to...
View ArticleRowley: No witch-hunting
There will be no witch-hunting by the Cabinet of T&T but Government will not be turning a blind eye and allowing wrongdoing to become fashionable in the country.That was the promise of Prime...
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Election finance reform needed
Political scientist Dr Bishnu Ragoonath is calling on Government to reform the Representation of the People’s Act (RPA), using proposals drafted by the Elections and Boundaries Commission.His comments...
View ArticleNurse held in abuse of elderly man
One day after a couple was held for the abuse of a two-year-old, a 39-year-old geriatric nurse was held yesterday for allegedly assaulting an elderly man. Police said the woman, who lives in Cumuto,...
View ArticleDay care owners close up shop
Police officers are yet to make contact with the husband and wife owners of the day care in Diego Martin where three-month-old baby Anastacia Phillip allegedly died on Wednesday.The T&T Guardian...
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PM: Govt working on autonomy for Tobago
Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley was treated to a welcoming fanfare at his alma matas—the Mason Hall Government Primary School and Bishops High School—yesterday. He visited Tobago for the first time...
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Consultation next year on education
Education Minister Anthony Garcia says a national consultation on education will be held early next year to address indiscipline in schools.Speaking at the T&T Unified Teachers Association (TTUTA)...
View ArticleStakeholders set to back new NCC boss
Carnival stakeholders say they are prepared to give newly-appointed National Carnival Commission (NCC) chairman Kenneth De Silva a chance, for the fourth time.In an interview yesterday, PanTrinbago...
View ArticleNorman Sabga gets honorary doctorate
History was created yesterday at the University of the West Indies (UWI) St Augustine Campus as it was the first time that an honorary doctorate was ever conferred to a father and son.The announcement...
View ArticlePenal/ Siparia fares increase
Route Five Maxi Taxi drivers plying the San Fernando to Siparia route have increased their fares by $1 across the board. Executive member of the association Ashook Sirju said the decision was taken...
View ArticleQuestions over ex-envoy’s OAS post
Foreign Affairs Minister Dennis Moses has raised questions about a sitting head of T&T’s mission in Washington who he claimed “separated himself from the employ of the ministry” and became a staff...
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Cut Budget to $50bn—Mahabir
There was a minor clash in the Senate last Thursday evening between Finance Minister Colm Imbert and Independent Senator Dr Dhanayshar Mahabir, an economist, over the 2015/2016 budget.Mahabir’s chief...
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Forex system not at crisis stage
Sourcing of US currency continues to be a challenge but it is not yet at crisis stage, says First Citizens deputy CEO Jason Julien.He said the business community continues to feel the pinch of the...
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Bharath, Moonilal courted to head UNC
A shadow of uncertainty hangs over the United National Congress (UNC) even as former prime minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar launched her bid for re-election as party leader yesterday. The inner turmoil...
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New political party takes over Rienzi ...UNC just renting complex
The birthplace of the United National Congress (UNC)—the historical Rienzi Complex—is now home to a new political party. The National Solidarity Assembly (NSA), launched yesterday at the UNC base, is...
View ArticleCoP: No serial killer in Tobago
Acting Commissioner of Police Stephen Williams says there is no serial killer at large in Tobago.He was speaking to reporters after the T&T Police Service’s graduation ceremony for Special Reserve...
View ArticleKamla launches re-election campaign
Despite the UNC losing the last five elections they contested, Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar got a fresh mandate from party members to seek re-election as their political leader.Launching...
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Couva residents clamour for general hospital
Residents of Couva and environs are clamouring for the Couva Children’s Hospital to be opened for use as a general hospital, where everyone could access its services.The nearest health care...
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Govt to plug gaps in real estate sector
Establishing formal rules to govern the real estate sector in T&T will be a key part of the legislative agenda of the Keith Rowley-led administration says Minister in the Ministry of the Attorney...
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