MATT raps CNC3, Alexander and police over Ian Alleyne clash
The Media Association of T&T says CNC3 breached journalistic ethics in airing an edited video clip of Tuesday’s clash between Crime Watch host, Ian Alleyne and Inspector Roger Alexander. According...
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Wonders of wood carving
Wooden carvings (often of human faces and figures, steel pans and local flora and fauna) are a common sight in Tobago. Sold largely at roadsides, on beaches or in small stalls in populated areas, these...
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Chow men
Corn chow, dongs chow, peewah chow, mango, pineapple, pommerac, green apple, whatever fruit is in season, you can be sure Hot Mouth on Main Street in Chaguanas has it. There is always a small crowd...
View ArticleT&T to showcase cuisine
The Trinidad Hotels, Restaurants and Tourism Association (THRTA) is to host an awards ceremony at Hyatt Regency at 10 am, to announce the Trinidad & Tobago National Culinary Team 2016. CEO of the...
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The privilege of service
My name is Robert Alexander Kendal Lee and I fought Ebola in Liberia.I am fifth-generation Trinidadian, descended from people who arrived from Canton, a small town outside Paris and either Northern...
View ArticleAbout human and intellectual property rights
Ajay Baball Student, Hugh Wooding Law SchoolWe hear about “human rights” regularly and we seem to know a couple of them. The right to life; the right to liberty; the right to freedom of expression. But...
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Couple shot dead in Laventille
A couple from Laventille has become the country’s latest murder victims. Andre La Touche and Abiola Noel were leaving Noel’s Eastern Quarry, Laventille home in a silver Nissan Tiida around 8.30 this...
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TDC official tells chefs: Explore ways to showcase your talent
Chairman of the Tourism Development Company (TDC) Dennise Demming is urging local chefs and bartenders to explore innovative ways of showcasing their products without using styrofoam or...
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PM gives T&T’s education failing grade
Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley says the education system in T&T is failing students.The statement was made at the third leg of the National Consultation on Education held at the Magdalena Grande...
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Victim of fatal accident robbed
“What kind of people would do this to a dying man?” a relative exclaimed yesterday as she mourned the death of Petrotrin operator Adrian Pancho, who was robbed as he lay dying after crashing his SUV...
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CNC3 apologises for Ian Alleyne video edit
CNC3 has issued an apology over the airing of a news report on Crime Watch host Ian Alleyne’s clash with TV rival Roger Alexander, in which a brief segment of the videotape of the incident had been...
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End political appointments to Industrial Court
Labour Minister Jennifer Baptiste-Primus says her Government fully supports the depoliticisation of appointments to the Industrial Court as recommended by the Industrial Relations Advisory Committee...
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Chaguanas North students searched
Students at the Chaguanas North Secondary School were searched on arrival at the compound yesterday morning in light of the recent planned gun attack made against members of staff.On Friday, a plan to...
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Attackers watch as couple die
After mother of two, Abiola Noel, and her on-again off-again boyfriend, Andre La Touche, had been shot in Laventille yesterday, their killers spent a few moments peering at them as they lay dying in...
View ArticleStudent, 16, charged
A 16-year-old student of the Chaguanas North Secondary School was yesterday charged with plotting to kill a teacher at the school.The student will be taken before a Chaguanas magistrate at the Tunapuna...
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Restrictions coming as water shortage looms
Water restrictions are on the agenda for the entire country as the Water and Sewerage Authority (WASA) heeds the warning of the Meteorological Service to brace for a harsh dry season.Asked about the...
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OWTU: Construtora OAS workers face breadline
Almost 1,000 citizens may soon be out of a job as the Oilfields Workers’ Trade Union says highway contractor Construtora OAS has signalled its intention to retrench workers. Work on the $7.5 billion...
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Teachers, students were living in fear
Less than a week after police were alerted to a planned gun attack at the Chaguanas North Secondary School, 24 students have been “removed” from classes there.Some of the 24 reportedly hold criminal...
View ArticleBad parenting partly to blame—TTUTA
President of the T&T Unified Teachers’ Association (TTUTA), Davanand Sinanan, is blaming parenting for the current “dysfunctional and anti-social” behaviour displayed by the nation’s students.He...
View ArticleFIUTT in Senate report: More $$ from T&T going to terrorism
The amount of financial transactions suspected of being linked to terrorist activity has tripled in T&T over 12 months. So said the director of the Financial Intelligence Unit of T&T (FIUTT)...
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