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Man, 93, believed strangled to death
A 93-year-old man was found murdered in his Diamond Vale, Diego Martin yesterday.According to a police report, Leo Bousigard, who lived alone, was found tied up and gagged by a caretaker who went to...
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Reprieve for Charlotte Street vendors
Charlotte Street vendors have been given the green light to return to their traditional location next Thursday.The decision to allow vending to return temporarily to the location was announced...
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Doctor freed after 15 years
Fifteen years after a patient accused him of rape, Dr Shauffie David Ali, the owner and medical director of Gulf View Medical Centre, was yesterday found not guilty.As he walked out of the San Fernando...
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Suicide on hospital ward
Hours after being admitted to the psychiatric ward of the San Fernando General Hospital, a 25-year-old man hanged himself using a piece of cloth.Sheldon Sobers, of Skinner Street, was found dead around...
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Body found in Gran Couva
Police are searching through missing persons records in a bid to identify a man who was found bound, gagged and his throat slit near a river in Gran Couva yesterday.The discovery was made around 6 am...
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Judge orders sale of property at $2.5m
An over decade-long legal dispute between mas band leaders and former business partners Mike “Big Mike” Antoine and Ian McKenzie over ownership of their former mas camp has been resolved.Delivering an...
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Woman, daughter-in-law sue State for squatting rights
A woman and her daughter-in-law have commenced their lawsuit against the State over a move to demolish their homes in a squatting community in Valencia last year. Ashiminee Joseph and her...
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Three charged with killing pharmacist
A 25-year-old female employee of the Family Court and two of her teenaged neighbours have appeared in court charged with murdering a pharmacist during a botched car jacking in March. Shanice Alleyne...
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Court orders retrial for man accused of raping girl
Derek AchongThe Court of Appeal has ordered a retrial for a Siparia man convicted of raping a 15-year-old schoolgirl in 1997.Delivering a 64-page majority judgment, Appellate Judges Alice Yorke-Soo Hon...
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Senators against retroactive Property Tax
Ridiculous to have retroactive Property Tax!That’s the view of Opposition Senator Taharqa Obika who, along with Independent Senator Stephen Creese, yesterday expressed concerns about retroactive...
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Independent, Opposition Senators:
Strong condemnation of the proposed Property Tax from the Independent and Opposition in the Parliament yesterday, with a plea to Government to reconsider implementation of the tax, which has been...
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Oil spill at Soldado fields
Divers were up to late yesterday trying to clamp a major oil leak from an offshore line at the Trinmar 694 Northfield Soldado, off the south western peninsula of Trinidad.A source said up to last...
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Point man killed in Gran Couva
The corpse found lying face down near a river at Corosal Road, Gran Couva, has been identified as Bevan James. Investigators said James 40, of Fanny Village, Point Fortin, was identified by his family...
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I begged Jehovah God to spare life—Pastor
radhica.sookraj@guardian.co.ttHog-tied, gagged and bleeding heavily, a La Romaine pastor begged Jehovah God to spare his life after bandits stormed his home, chopping him and his son before stealing...
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Govt rolls out $50m laptop initiative in Sept
When the Ministry of Education rolls out its $50 million secondary school laptop programme for the new school term in September, students will not be allowed to take the computers home.The news was...
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Region-wide operation on human trafficking nets 350
Close to 350 potential victims of sexual exploitation and forced labour have been rescued in an Interpol-coordinated operation targeting human trafficking in the Caribbean, Central and South...
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2 killed in Petit Valley drive-by
Two men were murdered and three injured in a drive-by shooting in Petit Valley yesterday evening.According to reports, around 4.10 pm a group of men were playing cards under a shed in an area off Morne...
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14 days jail for clicking fingers in court
A High Court judge yesterday expressed concern about a magistrate’s decision to charge a La Brea man with contempt of court and jail him for 14 days because he clicked his fingers twice in court.“The...
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Geneva team to visit T&T
United Nations Secretary General António Guterres is sending a team to T&T to inquire into Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley’s recent complaint about criticism from the UN representative in T&T on...
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Two hurt in Belmont fire
An 85-year-old woman and her nine-year-old granddaughter were injured in a fire that razed their Belmont home yesterday morning.According to reports, around 9 am Winnyfred Labon and granddaughter...
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