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Driver killed as truck plunges off precipice
A La Romaine truck driver was crushed to death yesterday when the dump truck he was driving plunged off a precipice in an area which has been plagued by accidents. Seoudass Sooknanan, 51, of La Fortune...
View ArticleBharath’s Porsche SUV being sold by Agriculture Ministry
The controversial luxury Porsche Cayenne vehicle once used by former People’s Partnership food production minister Vasant Bharath for ministerial duties is now up for sale.In 2010, Bharath’s ministry...
View ArticleGarcia concerned over victims of porn ring
Education Minister Anthony Garcia yesterday expressed concern with regards to the nude photographs of 500 young women which were leaked recently on social media in what police believed was a local...
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Colman report knocks Central Bank in Clico, HCU fiasco: Regulatory control...
Deficiency in the Central Bank’s regulatory control of the insurance industry and the respective “visions” of CL Financial chairman Lawrence Duprey and Hindu Credit Union chairman Harry Harnarine have...
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PM orders audit into NLCB
Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley has instructed Finance Minister Colm Imbert to institute an audit into the affairs of the State agency, National Lotteries Control Board (NLCB), which is under the...
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Government to audit food card holders
Social Development Minister Cherrie-Ann Critchlow-Cockburn said internal auditors have been asked to do an extensive audit of every one of the 240,000-plus recipients who receive food cards to ensure...
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Garcia sees success story with 52 deviant students
Fifty-two disruptive and deviant students who were removed from the El Dorado East Secondary (EESS) and Chaguanas North Secondary (CNSS) schools have been rehabilitated and are now doing well in and...
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Secrecy rule in Income Tax Act to be amended
The contentious secrecy provision contained in Section Four of the Income Tax Act may be amended as the matter was now being dealt with by the Attorney General, Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee...
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An act of dishonesty
National Security assistance has been recruited to ascertain how new state-supplied textbooks—bearing the stamps of some schools—are being sold on the streets of Port-of-Spain, Education Minister...
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170 tonnes of food sent to Venezuela
Within a three-day period, some 170 tonnes of food and toiletries will be sent to Venezuela by plane, while 600 tonnes will be sent via sea next week.This was revealed yesterday by the Venezuelan Vice...
View ArticleMoney could have paid policyholders
The $100 million spent on Sir Anthony Colman Commission of Enquiry (CoE) into the failure of Clico and the Hindu Credit Union (HCU) could have been better used to pay policyholders, former attorney...
View ArticleDuprey defends Clico’s vision
CL Financial majority shareholder Lawrence Duprey has defended his family’s vision for the insurance giant against criticisms from Sir Anthony Colman, chairman of the commission of enquiry into the...
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Let’s stamp out corruption
Tobago House of Assembly Chief Secretary Orville London says a no-nonsense approach should be taken to dealing with procurement and corruption issues in the Assembly. Speaking yesterday during his...
View ArticleOnline petition for consultation
An online petition asking for public consultation, full disclosure and accountability into the proposed development of Sandals Resort in Tobago has garnered over 2,000 signatures and 9,000 views in the...
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OAS expat missing for 15 days
Police are expected to meet with the wife of missing Brazilian expatriate Odair Lins, who flew into Trinidad earlier this week to assist with investigations into his disappearance. Yesterday marked 15...
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Rambharat on sale of Bharath’s Porsche Cayenne: Unsuitable for ministry’s fleet
Minister of Agriculture Clarence Rambharat has deemed the luxurious Porsche Cayenne which was yesterday advertised for sale in a daily newspaper as “unsuitable for the ministry’s fleet.” However,...
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‘T&T needs to do more on climate change’
Despite numerous discussions on climate change the country needs to do much more, especially as T&T is an energy-based one, says deputy permanent secretary of the Ministry of Planning Beverly...
View ArticleCommonwealth EBC bodies told: Observe transparency, accountability
Heads of the various Elections and Boundaries bodies throughout the Commonwealth have been urged to always bear in mind the importance of transparency, accountability and accuracy in electoral...
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THA: Online petition on Sandals premature
Premature!That’s how Secretary of Tourism and Transportation in the Tobago House of Assembly (THA), Tracy Davidson-Celestine, yesterday responded to the online petition which called on the assembly for...
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Tobagonians vote for new council leaders today
Members of the People’s National Movement (PNM) in Tobago will come out today to vote for two candidates to fill the posts of political leader of the party’s Tobago council and chairman.After weeks of...
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