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Business leaders on Govt’s six-months review: Room for improvement
Business groups—and the Opposition—who’ve pronounced on Government’s performance so far will be monitoring the results of the administration’s upcoming retreat this week to see where it takes T&T....
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Crime, unemployment remain top priorities
Even though the Government is trying to put things in place in this recession year, crime, shortage of foreign exchange, the high price of food and declining oil prices are having an impact on citizens...
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New venue proposed for city vendors
Officials from the Port-of-Spain City Corporation, Housing Ministry and Urban Development Corporation of T&T (Udecott) will meet this afternoon with Salvatori site vendors on a “Plan B” alternative...
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Chaguanas chamber boss: Play greater role in reducing violence
President of the Chaguanas Chamber of Industry and Commerce Richie Sookhai has challenged members of the business community to play a role in curbing violence in society.“Given all the violence that we...
View ArticleFive guns seized in city raids
Five illegal firearms were recovered by the police in Port-of-Spain and environs this past weekend.Two high-powered rifles, a submachine gun and two pistols were seized by the police who said the...
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A Bacchus Minus Bacchanal
My name is Sophia Bacchus and I’m the manager of a condominium complex.Bacchus is a good Trinidadian Carnival name but I don’t play mas. No bacchanal with this Bacchus! Maybe next year! But I say that...
View ArticleFire officers save furniture factory
A quick response by Mon Repos fire fighters averted a possible million-dollar disaster as they battled a raging bush fire that set ablaze near UMR Furniture Manufacturing Company, in Debe, on...
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Prison Officer murdered outside his home
A prison officer with 10-years service was shot outside his Prizgar Lands home this morning and later died at the Port-of-Spain General Hospital.According to police reports Fitzalbert Victor, 32, was...
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Security officer shot dead
A security guard was shot dead last night when gunmen opened fire in a bar he was liming in.Around 10.30pm yesterday Ronaldo Gordon, 22, a security officer from Lumy Trace, Bois Jean Jean, Moruga, and...
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Another two school-girls, ages 12 & 16, missing
Two school-girls have been reported missing, one of them only 12-years-old.Police say the girls are from Fyzabad and La Brea.The following is a statement from the Police Service on the matter:"Trinidad...
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Student tells El Do teacher trying to correct him: ‘I know when your wife,...
Education Minister Anthony Garcia yesterday vowed to take action against deviant students at the El Dorado East Secondary school after learning that staff was living in fear as the institution had...
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PM to grieving prisons body: We will restore peace, safety
Government will redouble its efforts to protect, secure and ensure an environment “that is not conducive to fear and terror” aimed at those who provide security to the population, Prime Minister Keith...
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Petrotrin’s $b lawsuit against Jones collapses
The State’s billion dollar case against former Petrotrin executive president Malcolm Jones for negligence over the company’s failed low sulphur diesel plant has collapsed. The company on Monday was...
View ArticleUNC defends filing legal action
The United National Congress (UNC) yesterday defended its decision to initiate legal proceedings against former Petrotrin executive president Malcolm Jones for the company’s failed gas to liquid plant....
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‘Lean on me, I’m your friend’
A few months ago, a video surfaced on social media showing a man walking naked along Tumpuna Road, Arima, and then stealing a bicycle. The video went viral and there were many comments about what may...
View ArticleWoman’s condition worsens
The medical condition of Yvonne Arjoon, the woman who survived a suicide pact with her husband on Sunday, is slowly worsening at the San Fernando General Hospital.Arjoon and her husband, Ralph Buchoon,...
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Dispose of TV4, dissolve GISL
Dissolve Government Information Services Ltd (GISL), dispose of its television station TV4 and cease all contract work. These are among the recommendations contained in the report on the future of...
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Demoralised teachers unable to stem violence
Criminologist Prof Emeritus Ramesh Deosaran says a lot of the current school misery, violence and delinquency could have been prevented if action had been duly taken when the signs and growing evidence...
View ArticleTATT approves broadcast services
The recommendations from the Telecommunications Authority of T&T (TATT) for the renewal of Concessions for a number of broadcast service providers has been approved.The approval was made on Monday...
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Canon tells Baptists: Don’t be ashamed of religious beliefs
March has been dubbed Baptist Month by the National Congress of Incorporated Baptist Organisations of T&T (NCOIBOTT).According to public relations officer, Canon Desmond Griffith, the time has come...
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