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Mediation needed in T&T—Carmona
President Anthony Carmona believes there is a crisis in the way the T&T society handles conflicts and disagreements. Delivering the feature address at the Presentation College, San Fernando,...
View Article$30m jackpot up for grabs but punters remain sceptical
Lotto mania has not hit all of T&T as yet, even though the National Lotteries Control Board (NLCB) has set the jackpot at $30 million, the largest in the country’s history. In San Fernando, Debe...
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New leads in soldier’s murder
This week was a very sad one for T&T’s National Security agencies as it lost three of its law enforcement officers—a soldier, a senior prisons officer and a Special Reserve Police (SRP) officer—all...
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Threeway race for UNC Leader: Vasant Jumps In
The Opposition UNC’s December 5 leadership contest will be a three-way race following yesterday’s decision by UNC Senator Vasant Bharath to challenge incumbent UNC leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar and...
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Drug dealer gunned down in Princes Town
The misery Lisa Thompson-Cooper faced when her youngest son was murdered in 2012 returned to haunt her on Friday night when her elder son was gunned down in similar style.Cylus Cooper, 30, of Lengua...
View ArticleBharath undecided about senatorship
New contender in the United National Congress (UNC) leadership race Vasant Bharath, who officially announced his bid for the leadership post yesterday, says he had not yet decided whether he would give...
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Carmona: Divali celebrates positivity
President Anthony Carmona says the lesson to be learned from Divali is to let positivity triumph over negativity.
View ArticleBrazen daylight murder in Enterprise
A brazen daylight shooting left one man dead in Enterprise, Chaguanas, yesterday. Police are currently investigating the shooting death of 27-year-old Jameel “Bones” Boyce, which occurred just after...
View ArticleKamla: Battle for UNC leadership a holy war
Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar likened the battle for the post of UNC leadership to a holy war. Speaking at the Divali Nagar on Thursday night, Persad-Bissessar quoted the Hindu holy text of...
View ArticleCentral Bank must clear air on balance owed by Clico—Permell
The Clico Policyholders Group (CPG), led by Peter Permell, is “deeply concerned” by the news the Central Bank is planning an update of the resolution plan with it. In a statement released yesterday,...
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Air Guard chopper to blame
The aircraft that allegedly caused damage to a home in Chaguaramas due to alleged low flying in the area on Thursday evening has been identified as one of the AugustaWestland AW139s belonging to the TT...
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Boy, 7, drowns in Gran Couva, Neighbours’ CPR too late
Dexter Jones collapsed on the banks of the Coorsal River in Gran Couva yesterday, after the body of his seven-year-old son, Jordell Jones, was pulled out of the river. Jones, a Standard One pupil of...
View ArticleCrime briefs
Gang leader held, two guns seized Two illegal firearms were seized and eight people arrested during police exercises between Saturday night and yesterday morning. One of the guns was recovered by...
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Kamla wishes opponents well
Opposition leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar is wishing her opponents Vasant Bharath and Dr Roodal Moonilal good luck in their attempt to remove her from the helm of the party’s leadership. Both men, who...
View ArticleNo charge yet for man accused of bar room attack
Police are yet to charge the 36-year-old labourer captured brutally assaulting his 26-year-old girlfriend at a bar in Arima last week. The suspect, an employee of the Customs and Excise Board, remained...
View ArticlePriest: Something wrong with nation’s soul
A Port-of-Spain priest is calling on gun-toting criminals to hand over their weapons to the police and embrace God. Making the call yesterday for parents, guardians, teachers, politicians, taxi drivers...
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Priest at Remembrance service: Gun violence an epidemic in T&T
Reverend Carl Williams, of the Anglican Church, is calling on youths to “put down their guns” as one way to solve the wave of violence that is sweeping the country.“Our young men of T&T need to...
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Shaken, not stirred
My name is Bhisham Maharaj and I carry the duty-free liquor to planes at the airport.I’m from Manzanilla. Live the same place all my life. I just turned 49 and I’m working with the (same family) since...
View ArticleH1N1 drugs run low
Tamiflu, a prescriptive drug used to treat the H1N1 influenza or the seasonal flu, is running out at the nation’s hospitals. Relatives of patients who are being treated for the influenza are also...
View ArticleLaws intolerant of LGBT community
Janielee Kelly Student, Hugh Wooding Law SchoolThis article examines some of the laws in Trinidad and Tobago as they relate to or impact on lesbian and gay people. Many of the laws appear to be...
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