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Trini writer takes Canada’s ‘most distinguished award’
Trinidad born André Alexis has won this year’s Scotiabank Giller Prize for his novel Fifteen Dogs. Alexis won this award on Tuesday night at a ceremony which was held at Toronto’s Ritz-Carlton...
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Emailgate heads for dead end
As the two-and-a-half-year investigation into Emailgate finally draws to a close, evidence so far unearthed seems to point in one inevitable direction—the case is caving in.Reliable sources last night...
View ArticleAfter SRP officer shot at police station: Offending cop sent on leave
The Special Reserve Police (SRP) constable who fatally shot PC Govindra Ramroop at the Guapo Police Station last Thursday has been sent on leave. A senior police officer said the officer was given time...
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Police wrap up major probes: DPP to decide on criminal charges
Several major cases that grabbed headlines over the last year have been completed and sent to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) for consultation, following which instructions will be given to...
View ArticleBoy claims sex assault by 2 men in online video
Scores of people on social media yesterday called on the police to investigate a claim by a boy he was sexually assaulted by two men at a house along the East/West Corridor. The boy made the claim in a...
View ArticleSecond SFGH patient tests positive for swine flu
Tests done for H1N1 by the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) on swabs taken from a Point Fortin security officer have come back positive.San Fernando General Hospital (SFGH) medical director Dr...
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Ganga takes over as UNC’s Chief Whip
Chaguanas West MP Ganga Singh will assume the position — and seat — of Opposition Chief Whip from tomorrow’s resumption of Parliament and Roodal Moonilal, who previously occupied the position, says...
View ArticleClerk of Peace absent so Alleged ‘wife-beater’ stays in jail
The 36-year-old bar owner charged with assaulting a woman in a bar in Arima, after a video of the incident went viral on social media last week, remains behind bars in prison because he could not...
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Father halts autopsy
The autopsy scheduled to be done on baby Asia Marie, who died in her mother’s womb with faeces in her mouth on Monday, was yesterday halted by her parents after the child’s body was taken to another...
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NGO on anti-human trafficking drive: $.6m needed to fight cause
Children’s Ark (TCA) president Simone de la Bastide is on a mission to raise $600,000 to sensitise the public about human trafficking. So far, De La Bastide has received some funding from the Royal...
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Query over Sharon’s Malta trip
Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley will attend the upcoming Commonwealth Heads of Government conference in Malta accompanied by a small delegation including his wife Sharon, Communication Minister Maxie...
View ArticleThe political, financial costs
Commonwealth Summits, one of which Trinidad and Tobago hosted in 2009, its golden year for summitry, are short, intensely busy affairs, held as the Malta one is over the last weekend in November,...
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Gridlock as mechanic crushed to death
It was a motorist’s nightmare in south Trinidad yesterday as gridlock traffic along the Solomon Hochoy Highway snaked its way from Tarouba to San Fernando, following an accident which claimed the life...
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Agent who sold $31m ticket: I wanted to sell winning ticket
While the country’s latest lotto millionaire may forever remain a mystery, 53-year-old Ronald Rampersad, the Carapichaima agent whose machine sold the winning ticket says he feels equally as...
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Don’t panic over swine flu deaths, says doctor
In the face of two confirmed cases of swine flu and reports of other cases, the public is being advised that there is no need to panic.The assurance came from medical director of the San Fernando...
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Deal with the ‘dregs’ of society
Citizens of this country should show more gratitude to the protective services particularly the Prison Service. The call came yesterday from head of the Prisons Commissioner Sterling Stewart at the...
View ArticleUnited Opposition as House resumes today
Sorry folks, no brawling ahead on the Opposition bench.As Parliament resumes today that was the advisory to the Government from new Opposition Chief Whip Ganga Singh following his appointment,...
View ArticleContract awarded to fix leaking sewer
Students of the Chaguanas Government Primary School, who have been out of classes for the last week, got a glimmer of hope on Wednesday after they got news that a contract to repair the school’s...
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Defence Force officers receive international recognition
Three senior local Defence Force officers have been highly recognised by the United States Southern Command (USSOUTHCOM) following an annual workshop of the Military Legal Committee of the Americas...
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Ramona Ramdial to contest deputy political leader post as independent
Weeks after Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar chastised Couva North MP Ramona Ramdial for her indecision in not openly demonstrating her support for her bid to retain leadership of the United...
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