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Moonilal to stage protest march, Kamla plans to sue
The political arena is heating up as Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley and the Opposition United National Congress (UNC) clash over the legality of the new reduction to the qualifying salary for accessing...
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‘Well-to-do must pay their own way’
Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley says it is financially impossible to continue to provide state-subsidised houses for high-income earners. Rowley, speaking at the key handover ceremony at Chaconia...
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Leave it in God’s hands
Do not seek revenge, leave it in the hands of God. That was the advice given to the parents and, in particular, the father of Keyra Singh who was gunned down as she slept in the family’s Good Session,...
View ArticleCreative TT CEO fired by phone
Ria Karim, the daughter of former minister of tertiary education and skills training Fazal Karim, was fired by phone on Friday as CEO of the T&T Creative Industries Company Ltd (Creative TT).Sunday...
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‘Asia-Marie playing with angels’
Baby Asia-Marie Small who died on November 9 is in heaven and will not have to account for any sins. These were the words of comfort offered to her parents, 19-year-old Chelsea Robinson and Brian...
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‘I nearly joined Isis’
Thirteen years after Umar Abdullah, leader of Waajihatul Islaamiyyah, also known as The Islamic Front, was sought by US and British Intelligence for supporting al-Qaeda, the Taliban, and jihad (holy...
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People unhappy with govt’s silence on crime and food prices
Government’s silence on crime and rising food prices in T&T is a cause for concern among the population says Vasant Bharath, former opposition senator and minister of food production under the PP...
View ArticleMoonilal: Stop bullying candidates, supporters
Candidate for the UNC political leadership post Dr Roodal Moonilal is calling on his opponents in the party’s internal election to stop bullying hopeful candidates and their supporters.Moonilal was...
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2,500 cases for Children’s Authority
Director of the Children’s Authority of T&T, Dr Shariffa Ali-Abdullah, says more than 2,500 cases have been received, inclusive of more than 150 emergency cases.She said the recent placement of the...
View ArticleNo million-dollar houses built under my watch
Former Housing Development Corporation (HDC) chairman Rabindra Moonan yesterday said there were never any multi-million dollar government-sudsidised houses built under his watch at the state...
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PM to citizens: Be vigilant
Shortly before he departed yesterday for the Commonwealth Heads of Government Conference (CHOGM) which begins in Malta on Friday, Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley called on T&T’s security forces to...
View ArticleRambharat visits farms to decide on $831m budget
Agriculture Minister Clarence Rambharat is visiting farmers across the country to decide how his ministry’s $831 million budgetary allocation will be spent. The minister, who met with farmers in South...
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THA investing in business development
The Tobago House of Assembly (THA) has spent close half-a-billion dollars over the past 13 years to stimulate and nurture business development on the island, says Chief Secretary Orville London.He said...
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Archbishop appeals to RC schools: Send students to seminary
Roman Catholic Archbishop Joseph Harris says the shortage of priests in T&T has been compounded by the local church’s inability to recruit young men for the seminary. “I look at our Catholic...
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Enill: Lowering HDC ceiling not illegal
Former government minister Conrad Enill says the decision by the new PNM administration to reduce the qualifying income for nationals seeking Housing Development Corporation (HDC) homes is appropriate...
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Griffith: Government can revoke SSA appointment
Heads of strategic security agencies are appointed by governments and if an administration changes, those appointments can be revoked. Those posts can include the National Operations Centre (NOC), the...
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Missing lecturer remembered at Costaatt graduation
Graduation day was bittersweet for staff and students of the College of Science, Technology and Applied Arts of T&T (Costaatt), who paid a moving tribute to missing lecturer, Glenda Charles-Harris,...
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West Indian Philosopher
My name is Gerry Anthony Williams and I am a West Indian philosopher and Renaissance man.Does one need to be a PhD to be able to formulate philosophy? I don’t think so. I attended the University of...
View ArticleConsent, children and related offences
Jean-Marc Morris Student, Hugh Wooding Law SchoolWith the proclamation of the Children’s Act No 12 of 2012 (“the Act”) on 18th May 2015, several changes followed. A “child” is now defined as “a person...
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Father, son killed in crash
The quiet, rural village of New Grant reacted with shock yesterday after a horrific accident in Princes Town which claimed the lives of a father and his son and left two other members of the same...
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