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Single fathers treated unfairly, JSC told
Mothers win in 74 per cent of the child custody cases in the local courts, Rhondall Feeles, president of the Single Fathers’ Association, told a Joint Select Committee (JSC) on Human Rights, Equality...
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Cyber tools to be usedto prevent corruption
Rhondor DowlatIn a bid to tighten on transparency, accountability and value for money, the newly-installed Procurement Board chairman, Moonilal Lalchan intends to utilise the latest cryptocurrency...
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Trinis detained at Iraqi camp
The Ministry of National Security is currently investigating a group of Trinidadians being held at a detention camp in Iraq.This was disclosed yesterday by National Security Minister Edmund Dillon in...
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Public to get limited invites to Max funeral
The public will be invited to the funeral of former president Prof George Maxwell Richards by invitation only. However, a limited number of invitations will be distributed to the public on a "first...
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Roget, Abdulah go after cop for spraying residents during protest
Sixty-year-old Joycelyn Neptune, who claimed she was injured when a a police officer hosed down a group of protesting villagers in New Grant last week, has reported the incident at the Princes Town...
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Enough Iz Enough...Women, men come forward
A social media conversation triggered by the brutal murder in December of Samantha Isaacs, who was shot to death and her body dumped on a road in Carenage, has given rise to a local movement against...
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Woman, 20, injured in hit and run accident
Relatives of a 20-year-old woman who has been hospitalised after she was struck in Penal by a car are appealing to the driver to surrender to the police.Seema Ramkissoon suffered a broken arm and...
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Milly happy after being granted asylum
Deyone "Milly" Guiseppi fled this country five years ago after being bullied, harassed and victimised for her sexual orientation and sought asylum in a European country.Guiseppi has since been granted...
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6 companies tendered for ferry in November
Six companies submitted tenders in November 2017 for the acquisition of an inter-island ferry to service the route between Trinidad and Tobago.Tender submissions were received from:• Get Away Cruises...
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Government starts land acquisition for Curepe overpass
Government has started the compulsory acquisition of land for construction of the $221 million overpass and ancillary roads at the intersection of the Southern Main Road and the Churchill-Roosevelt...
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NY City, T&T go different directions in crime fight
New York City is the largest city in the United States and boasts a population of 8.5 million. This means that Trinidad and Tobago with its population of 1.3 million is more than six times smaller than...
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Bullet riddled body found
The bullet riddled body of a URP worker was found by police in Fyzabad on Saturday night.Acting on an anonymous tip off called in to the Fyzabad Police Station at around 11 pm, officers went to Gowers...
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Opposition MP: Citizens will be spied upon
Naparima MP Rodney Charles, in a statement yesterday, warned that citizens might be spied upon for political or other reasons and soon there will be little they can do about about it.“This is all part...
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‘We will not give up’
With 28 murders in just the first 14 days of the year, National Security Minister Edmund Dillon yesterday said the various national security agencies are “not comfortable.” However, he assured that...
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Open casket for Richards
There will be an open casket during public viewings of President George Maxwell Richards and at his State funeral on Wednesday at the National Academy for the Performing Arts (NAPA).National Security...
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Maxine: I can’t believe he’s gone
Maxine Richards, daughter of former president George Maxwell Richards, shared fond memories of her father yesterday during a function in his memory at the San Fernando City Hall.She was welcomed by San...
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Ex-prisoner shot several times
Nicholas Gajadhar, 27, who survived being shot multiples times six years ago, is once more fighting for his life after being shot multiple times.Gajadhar, who was released from prison less than two...
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Bar owner fatally shot during robbery
Sangre Grande recorded its first murder for the year on Saturday night when bar owner Ashram Persad was shot during a robbery at his business place.The 49-year-old father of three died at the Sangre...
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Massive Gosein in Chutney Soca finals
Chutney soca artistes Nermal “Massive” Gosein and Kenneth Supersad, whose songs have generated great controversy in recent weeks, have made it into the finals of the NLCB Play Whe Chutney Soca Monarch...
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New facility for homeless in San Fernando
With the official opening of the long awaited San Fernando Centre for Displaced Persons in San Fernando yesterday, homeless people in the southern city now have a place to go for meals, hair cuts and...
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