PoS food vendors, mayor reach agreement
The Association of Local Culinary Ambassadors (ALCA) and Port-of-Spain Mayor Raymond Tim-Kee have reached a mutual agreement on vending at the Savannah.A release yesterday said after a cordial meeting...
View ArticleSwine flu scare... ‘Don’t capitalise on fear of citizens’
While news of the fifth confirmed H1N1 (swine flu) death swept the country yesterday, there has been a call for companies and medical institutions not to capitalise on the fear of citizens.This comes...
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Jit was a dreamer and practical man
During his lifetime, pan icon Dr Jit Sukha Samaroo straddled the “delicate balance between dreamer and practical man.”This, according to his daughter Amrita in a moving tribute read by Hollick Rajkumar...
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Pantrinbago gets $30m, biggest slice of the pie
Chairman of the National Carnival Commission (NCC) Kenny Da Silva says it is time the commission raises its own funds and not depend on the public purse to stage the greatest show on earth.When...
View ArticleCops rake in $43m from bad drivers
President of Arrive Alive Sharon Inglefield says while there has been a 12 per cent decrease in the number of road deaths in 2015, the fact that more older people were dying on the roads is a cause for...
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Former MPs job hunting
After years of reviewing legislation, attending debates, advocating and promoting the interests of their constituents in the Lower House, some former MPs are jobless and job hunting following last...
View ArticlePSA to defend suspended TRHA docs
The Public Services Association (PSA) will be defending the three doctors who were involved in performing the caesarean section on Rose Gordon, 35, of Charlotteville, who died on New Year’s Day after...
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Machel joins Digicel family
Soca star Machel Montano is now an ambassador for the Digicel family with the likes of other top local artistes like Destra Garcia, Kees Dieffenthaller and Ravi B. Montano, 41, took to his Instagram...
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Big start at Kalypso Review tent
The Kalypso Review tent opened its 2016 season on Friday at the Arima Velodrome under overcast skies t0 a near sold-out audience. Over 25 calypsonians, mostly women, performed on the night.Proving to...
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Supermarkets will find VAT changes difficult
Even though the revised Value Added Tax (VAT) list is to be released today during the debate of the Finance Bill 2016, president of the Supermarket Association of T&T (SATT) Dr Yunus Ibrahim said...
View ArticleCOP slams property tax
Prakash Ramadhar, political leader for the Congress of the People (COP) said 2016 will be difficult on all fronts and the return of the controversial Property Tax will only make the country’s situation...
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Robbers set fire to Siparia warehouse
When burglars at a warehouse in Siparia failed to steal hundreds of thousands dollars in goods early Sunday, they then set the building on fire, causing more than $2M in damage.According to reports,...
View ArticleCEPEP in potential lawsuit from unhappy contractors
Valdeen Shears-NeptuneA group of five contractors with the Community-based Environmental Protection and Enhancement Programme (Cepep) is contemplating seeking legal advice about their contracts with...
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Maharaj urges Government to pay up
Former Attorney General and Clico legal adviser Ramesh Lawrence Maharaj yesterday appealed to the Government to pay the money owed to the United Policyholders Group. Maharaj’s appeal comes ahead of the...
View Article‘Gang leader’ killed in shootout
A 26-year-old reputed gang leader was killed in a early morning shootout with police in Laventille, yesterday. According to reports, around 4.45 am, officers of the Inter Agency Task Force (IATF) went...
View ArticlePolicemen charged with extortion
Four police officers have been arrested for attempting to bribe a Chinese businessman. According to reports, the officers, all police constables assigned to the North Eastern Division, were arrested at...
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Unpaid bills to companies could worsen recession
Economist Dr Vaalmikki Arjoon is appealing to the Government not to dip into the Heritage and Stabilisation Fund (HSF) to pay local contractors who are owed $2 billion, even as he admits that failure...
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Teen mom beats tough life to help others
Abandoned by her mother at age nine and left to care for three younger siblings she later lost, Melanie Daniel endured a life of pain and tragedy. But she was determined to survive.Today, at 45, Daniel...
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Nobby pushes right buttons at Kaiso Showcase
Calypsonian Carl “Nobby” Barrington stole the show at the opening of the Kaiso Showkase 2016 on Friday night with his composition, Marriage Advice.Barrington and 22 other calypsonians performed at the...
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Citizens to pay more for food
While an estimated 1,300 businesses will no longer have to pay Value Added Tax (VAT) from next month, thousands of citizens will have to dig deeper in their pockets to buy several items, such as rice...
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