Public sector contract labour under review
Government has appointed a committee to examine all contract workers in the public sector as a matter of priority, Communications Minister Maxie Cuffie announced yesterday, noting a huge number of such...
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Neighbour in court for nurse’s murder
RALPH BANWARIEA neighbour of a 62-year-old retired nurse, who suffocated on a towel stuffed in her mouth, appeared in court yesterday charged with her murder.Simeon Garcia, 29, unemployed, of Cocorite...
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Roodal reaches out to Vasant
“There will be no Rudy 2020!”This was the assurance given to United National Congress (UNC) supporters at the Rienzi Complex, Couva, on Thursday night as Oropouche East MP Dr Roodal Moonilal announced...
View ArticleMickela sits out Dec 5 elections
Mickela Panday has put to rest speculation that she intends to follow in the footsteps of her father and contest the top or any other post in the December 5 internal elections of the United National...
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Workers caught back-dating deals
A secret contract millhouse was discovered at the Education Facilities Company Ltd (EFCL) in Maraval, and armed guards have been called in to secure a mountain of potentially damning evidence which...
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‘Devil’ seeks protection from prisons officers
The 20-year-old man charged with murdering prison superintendent David Millette claimed yesterday that he has received death threats from prisons officers. Speaking through his lawyer Criston J...
View Article53 illegal immigrants held in police raid
A total of 53 illegal immigrants were detained yesterday as a joint task force swooped down on known hideouts along the East/West corridor.According to a release from the T&T Police Service, the...
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Bail reduced but accused remain in jail
Two men, charged with separate assaults on a two-year-old girl and a 36-year-old woman, after videos of the incidents went viral on social media, are closer to coming out of prison. Dexter Gobin, of...
View ArticleJSCs to look them over
Proposed legislation to protect whistleblowers from prosecution, victimisation, harassment and danger to their employment, as well as the past People’s Partnership government’s procurement/disposal of...
View ArticleAl-Rawi wary of financial law deficiencies
The ease of doing business in T&T could be hampered by recent downgrades of the country by the US and Canada concerning our compliance with Caribbean Financial Action Task Force (CFATF)...
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Vasant unveils early treachery
Minutes after launching the slate for his newly-formed “Team Reconnect” at the Couva South Hall yesterday, Vasant Bharath raised concerns about the United National Congress’ (UNC) internal elections...
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Small buyers still feel Forex pinch
The half-a-billion United States dollars injected into the system by the Central Bank to ease the currency crisis in the country has already been used up by the business community. On October 29,...
View ArticleBeating Isis
Orin GordonEditor-in-ChiefWith exquisite bad timing, President Barack Obama declared, in an interview with ABC News early on Friday, that the US and its allies had contained Isis. Then Friday night’s...
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Rowley, Kamla send condolences
No Trinis have so far been reported injured or dead following Friday’s horrific terrorist attacks in Paris, according to a statement issued by the Ministry of Foreign and Caricom Affairs.The ministry...
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Paris tries to breathe again
As tends to happen in major cities after terrorist attacks, life in Paris yesterday morning continued almost as normal. Despite the recommendations by security forces that Parisians stay inside, the...
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Beetham Wastewater deal under review
The details of the billion-dollar Beetham Wastewater Treatment facility contract are currently being reviewed by the National Gas Company (NGC). In response to questions by the Sunday Guardian, NGC...
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ISIS pursuing Trini foothold
Criminologist Daurius Figueira is warning that T&T Muslims recruited by ISIS could be used to infiltrate and destabilise western countries, including those in Europe coping with an influx of...
View ArticleMan killed, 2 hurt in nightclub attack
A 28-year-old taxi driver who agreed to take two men to a nightclub in Port-of-Spain was ambushed and killed yesterday morning.According to police, Tyrike George, of Le Platte Village, Maraval, had...
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Blueprint for future attacks
T&T born UK-based terrorism expert Candyce Kelshall has warned that last Friday’s deadly Paris attack is the new blueprint for future terrorist attacks.The death toll stood at well over 100 from...
View ArticlePlayer shot while celebrating SSFL win
A 17-year-old student, who was out celebrating his team’s Secondary Schools’ Football League victory over St Benedict’s College, was wounded when a bar patron ran into the road and fired shots wildly...
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