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Teelucksingh: Parliament an embarassment
Parliament is a “national embarrassment” and politicians are responsible for “endless civilian casualties”, Presbyterian minister Rev Daniel Teelucksingh, a former independent senator, said in his...
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Dumas: I don’t want to be President
Former head of the public service Reginald Dumas isn’t interested in being a candidate for the country’s highest office.He made this point clear in a letter yesterday in which he pointed out that the...
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First Christmas baby born at Mt Hope
The Eric Williams Medical Sciences Complex in Mount Hope recorded the birth of T&T’s first Christmas baby 2017 when Jelysia Hall gave birth to a bouncing baby boy at 12.13 am yesterday.The second,...
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Turbulence on the sea bridge
The year started with campaigning in full swing for the Tobago House of Assembly (THA) elections. It was a four-way battle between the incumbent Peoples National Movement (PNM), Christlyn Moore’s...
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Murder rate—40 killings a month
The year started with one of the highest numbers of murders ever recorded in a single month—more than 50. It is ending with the toll close to 500, with murders taking place at a rate of about 40 a...
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UWI backs protests against EU blacklist
KINGSTON—The University of the West Indies (UWI) is backing Caribbean Community (Caricom) governments in protesting the European Union’s (EU) recent blacklisting of regional countries it considers tax...
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Dick family homeless for Christmas
A meal of bacon and bread was all Allison Dick could give her children on Christmas Day and she was in tears.She had been hoping her family would be relocated from under the steps of an abandoned HDC...
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Suspect held in supermarket attack
A man who police said is mentally challenged was arrested after he attempted to assault the customers at a supermarket on Pinto Road, Arima, over the weekeend.A video posted on social media showed the...
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Man dies after fight
Two days he was involved in an altercation, 23-year-old Assaf Khan died at the High Dependency Unit of the San Fernando General Hospital yesterday. Police said an autopsy will confirm whether Khan, of...
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Cops arrest man for gun,drugs; find fake AK-47
Police seized two guns and a fake assault rifle and arrested five people over the Christmas Day and Boxing Day holidays in Princes Town. Investigators had initially believed the AK-47 was real, but...
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Khan urges all judges to speak up on Archie case
Senior Counsel Israel Khan has called on High Court and Court of Appeal judges to “say something” on the issue of Chief Justice Ivor Archie’s alleged “misconduct.”In an open letter to the judges...
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LATT meets on CJ issue Friday
The Law Association’s Council will caucus on Friday regarding a preliminary report on alleged matters involving Chief Justice Ivor Archie, who’s expected back from overseas this weekend.LATT members...
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Public offers ray of hope for Stephanie
Heart patient Stephanie Mohammed spent a happy day yesterday as she received several calls from good Samaritans responding to the T&T Guardian’s article about her medical condition.“Three people...
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Crowds flock to Gulf City
While several people spent the day visiting with family and friends, others were taking advantage of the Boxing Day sale at the Gulf City Shopping Complex in La Romaine yesterday.Scores of people...
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Salvatori vendors ‘ketching hell’
Spokesman for the Salvatori Vendors Association, Steve “Black Hat” Fletcher, is calling for a better location for vendors, saying for the past year they have been “kecthing hell” to ply their...
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Shot cop spreads Christmas cheer with family’s help
The police officer who was shot in the abdomen after he confronted an armed 15-year-old bandit in Marabella almost two weeks ago has not yet made a full recovery, but he is in good spirits.Although...
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Rough ride for some
Two Government ministers fell ill this year, but while one is back on the job the other remains hospitalised in Washington. It was also a year which saw another Cabinet reshuffle, the third in 22...
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Slow Boxing Day in PoS
In stark contrast to the hustle and bustle of downtown Port-of-Spain in the days leading up to Christmas, the usually busy Charlotte Street was almost devoid of vehicular and pedestrian traffic for...
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We ran for our lives
What caused utter chaos and panic among shoppers at the Aventura Mall in Miami on Saturday night may remain a mystery, but four Trinidadians are today thanking God for life.Amid shouts of “active...
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Teen killed after Couva pool party
The sound of machine-gun fire sent patrons of an all-night private pool party scampering for safety in Couva yesterday and left one teenager dead and another injured.Witnesses said patrons had hide...
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