Ministry ends use of PBR by private users in 2016
Motorists who have grown accustomed using the Priority Bus Route (PBR) as an alternative route to and from Port-of-Spain will no longer have that opportunity in the new year.The Ministry of Works and...
View ArticleBandits target bars with games in ‘Rio’
In the past month three bars in the Rio Claro area were robbed. Police said in each case patrons and proprietors were beaten. This string of crimes has triggered the police to issue a warning to bar...
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Schools’ swine flu alert
Parents are being told to keep their children away from school come Monday when the new school term reopens, once they display cold and flu symptoms or any other form of discomfort.This is a major...
View ArticleScholarships to be cut by 15 per cent
The Ministry of Education is to cut scholarships by 15% in 2016. Education Minister, Anthony Garcia says there’s need for more discussion. "The (scholarship) cap will reside in the area of about 400...
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Marlene house inquiry sent to police
The Housing Development Corporation (HDC) Allocations Manager Lauren Legall has referred a matter regarding Housing Minister Marlene Mc Donald to the Integrity Commission and the Commissioner of...
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New governor assures policy continuity at CBTT
Newly appointed Governor of the Central Bank, Alvin Hilaire, yesterday signalled that he intends to keep faith with the interest rate policies instituted by the previous governor, Jwala Rambarran, even...
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Fyzabad man shot dead outside parlour
While many families rang in the 2016 together, Victor Corrio “Dan” Welch’s children were left to mourn his death after he was shot dead while liming on Wednesday night.His children spent yesterday in...
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Role for CEPEP in Agri sector
Agriculture Minister Clarence Rambharat says Community-based Environmental Protection and Enhancement Programme (CEPEP) and Unemployment Relief Programme (URP) workers who fall under his ministry will...
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Contractors welcome new housing drive
Local contractors are welcoming the decision by Prime Minister Keith Rowley to encourage private capital into the housing market to service a sector which forms the Housing Development Corporation...
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The year that was
The end of 2015 was a far cry from the beginning.The year started with what remained of the People’s Partnership in government and ended with the Keith Rowley-led People’s National Movement.It began...
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McDonald denies wrongdoing
Housing Minister Marlene McDonald has firmly denied allegations made Thursday by Housing Development Corporation (HDC) Allocations Manager Lauren Legall that she requested a file for HDC customer...
View ArticleHundreds stuck in airport on New Year’s
Hundreds of people arriving at the Piarco International Airport on Old Year’s Night were forced to ring in the New Year, 2016, in Immigration, as there was a reported skeleton staff.Some arriving...
View ArticleNo fatal crashes on Old Year’s
There were no reported fatal road accidents on Old Year’s Night and early New Year’s Day and it may be that people are finally getting the message, the Police Traffic Branch says.“It was a quiet...
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Lucky seven New Year’s babies at Sando
Seven babies were born at the San Fernando General Hospital (SFGH) on New Year’s day.The first baby, a girl, was born at 1.55 am to Trisha Bridgemohan.Speaking to reporters at her bedside yesterday,...
View ArticleThree give birth at Mt Hope
Twenty-six-year-old Kelly Charles wished for peace and prosperity as she was the first to deliver a baby for the new year at the Mt Hope Women’s Hospital.The mother of two delivered her second child,...
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Boy, 6, and pensioner shot dead
While party-goers were bringing in the new year with revelry, yesterday, a six-year-old boy and a 68-year-old woman were shot dead by gunmen at Phase One in Beetham Estate, Beetham.The year opened with...
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Old Year’s murder in Siparia
As a tradition, every Old Year’s night, Zwade Taylor would leave his Sudama Alley home and venture a short distance away to his brother’s home to ring in the New Year surrounded by family.But on...
View ArticleHunter goes missing
RALPH BANWARIEA 56-year-old hunter of Matura, who left his home on Boxing Day in company with two dogs to hunt in the Matura Forest, is missing.Dennis Mitchell, 56, who left his home on December 26...
View ArticleDeyalsingh: Nipdec will buy medicine
Health Minister Terrence Deyalsingh says his ministry will revert to Nipdec (National Insurance Property Development Company Limited) to procure medication and pharmaceuticals and will return to doing...
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Victims of crime pleased with talk show host
The Year 2015 saw CNC3’s Crime Watch host Ian Alleyne breaking some of the country’s top stories, some of which became the talk-of-the-town, while others proved to be exclusives that showcased...
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