Cops: 2015 road deaths lowest in 14 years
Figures released by the Police Service yesterday pointed to a decline in road fatalities for 2015, which senior officials claimed was the lowest on record in 14 years.During the weekly briefing at the...
View ArticleAs more workers go home, Bosses urged to find alternatives
As energy prices continue to plummet, the Oilfields Workers’ Trade Union (OWTU) is appealing to employers to find alternatives to sending workers home. The statement follows confirmation from bhp...
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Opposition moves to block top cop order
The Opposition has initiated steps to prevent moves by the Government to appoint a Commissioner of Police and Deputy Commissioner of Police. Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar also said once the...
View ArticleAlcohol stash at PM’s residence
A well-placd sourc has told the T&T Guardian that there is no trace of the accounts for the purchase of more than $400,000 worth of alcohol at the official residence of the Prime Minister and...
View ArticleMan surrenders after knocking down biker
A 26-year-old Chaguanas man surrendered to police Tuesday evening, four hours after he knocked a motorcyclist off his bike. The biker died two hours after he was struck.According to police, the...
View ArticleFixin’ TT on Mc Donald issue: Rowley disrespectful
Fixin’ T&T leader and activist Kirk Waithe is describing Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley’s position on allegations against Housing Minister Marlene Mc Donald as disrespectful and contemptuous to the...
View ArticleBooksellers want clarity on VAT list
The Book Industry Organisation of T&T (BIOTT) is seeking to meet with Finance Minister Colm Imbert to clarify the list and types of books and stationery which are to be subjected to Value Added Tax...
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Acting top cop may get 7th extension
Acting Police Commissioner Stephen Williams may get another six months extension to his post when it expires on January 31, possibly making it the seventh extension. Williams has been acting as Police...
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Osei’s not giving up
Though the road may be rough, I’m not givin’ up. Some days may be tough, I’m not givin’ up, I’m not givin’ up.” Osei JamesIn the remote village of Matura on the northeast coast of T&T there is a...
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Sangre Grande man is the country's latest murder victim
A 59-year-old man was shot dead at his Sangre Grande home last night. According to reports, around 10 pm Felix Ramsaroop was sitting under his home at Toco Road, Vega de Oropuche, when an gunman...
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Fire Fete has been cancelled
The T&T Fire Service has cancelled their annual Fire Fete. An announcement from the organisers on their Facebook page Fire Fete 2016 - the Re-Ignition stated:“Despite efforts to create a...
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6 cops jailed
Sighs of vexation and disappointment filled the Port-of-Spain Eighth Magistrate’s Court yesterday after court prosecutor Inspector Winston Dillon objected to bail for six of his junior officers charged...
View ArticleSturge wants AG probed over HDC loan to Garcia
Opposition Senator Wayne Sturge wants the Integrity Commission to investigate the behaviour of Attorney General Faris Al-Rawi for his alleged involvement in what Sturge deems a questionable loan...
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T&T has to cut to suit
Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley says T&T has to cut costs to be able to live on the limited resources in the country.“The conversation of the country has to be what action we will take to address...
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Body of missing mother found
Even as relatives searched the Central area for 41-year-old mother of three, Hassina “Sarah” Khan, her killer was allegedly directing the police to her mutilated body.Khan, who went missing on Tuesday,...
View Article$2 million for two crime agencies—Imbert
The Government has allocated an initial sum of $2 million to set up two new agencies to deal with crime in the country.Finance Minister Colm Imbert told the Senate yesterday that an initial $2 million...
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No used cars over four years old
In a move expected to shake up the foreign used car industry, Trade Minister Paula Gopee-Scoon yesterday announced a new policy which bars the importation of gasoline-powered vehicles more than four...
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TOFCO workers say firm should leave
With last year’s industrial action forcing Trinidad Offshore Fabrication Company (TOFCO) to outsource part of their construction of bpTT’s Juniper Platform to a US firm, protesting workers said they...
View ArticleBoy, 15, held for 13 robberies
A 15-year-old boy was being questioned by the police up to late yesterday in connection with 13 robberies in Arouca.A report said the teenager, of Maloney, and his accomplice robbed random victims...
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TOFCO workers say firm should leave
With last year’s industrial action forcing Trinidad Offshore Fabrication Company (TOFCO) to outsource part of their construction of bpTT’s Juniper Platform to a US firm, protesting workers said they...
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