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T&T athletes staying strong
Reporting From Rio, BrazilThe 2016 Rio Olympics has been plagued by complaints, more complaints and then even much more from the people of Brazil, to the international media, to the athletes in the...
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Govt to meet Muslims on Isis
Why exactly are they going to Isis?That’s the question Government is giving priority attention to, along with ongoing moves to tighten overall security, National Security Minister Edmund Dillon has...
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Govt selling us dreams
When Keshorn Walcott won the gold medal in the javelin event at the London Olympics he was promised various gifts by the then government for his accomplishment.Among the gifts promised to Walcott were...
View ArticleRepublic Bank on Jamaat concerns: No policy against hijabs
Republic Bank will be offering an On-the-Job training opportunity to a Port-of-Spain student following concerns by the Jamaat al-Muslimeen that the student did not initially obtain the opportunity...
View ArticleSea Lots teen, Maloney man gunned down
A teenaged boy and a Maloney man were shot dead in separate incidents.According to police reports J’Ouvert celebrations were being held in Sea Lots around 1.30 am yesterday when a gunman opened...
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TTARP: It’s discrimination
Chairman of the National Issues Committee of the T&T Association of Retired Persons Ltd (TTARP) Cecil Paul says the Government must state its justifications to stop funding tertiary education for...
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Over-50 graduates laud Gate
Had it not been for the Government Assistance for Tuition Expenses (Gate) programme, 65-year-old retiree Motilal Boodoosingh would not have been able to pursue his dream of studying literature.“I got a...
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The path to jihad and Isis
Former executive director of the National Operations Centre (NOC) Garvin Heerah says foreign fighters heading to join Isis will adopt a number of circuitous routes to reach Turkey, the most common...
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Houses flooded after heavy rains in Golconda
Three hours of heavy rainfall caused the Cipero River to break its banks yesterday resulting in extensive flooding to residents of Rooplal Avenue, Golconda.Among those hardest hit were Sonnyboy Rooplal...
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4 drown in 2 incidents
Valdeen Shears-NeptuneCoast Guard divers, police and Air Guard officers mounted a land, sea and air search in the choppy waters of the Atlantic Ocean yesterday, after four people, including a...
View ArticleTwo die in Point Fortin accident
Valdeen Shears-NeptuneTwo people lost their lives in a mid-evening vehicular accident yesterday, after the car they were travelling in skidded off the road and landed on its hood in a river in the...
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Man killed, four hurt in ambush
Two grandmothers cried out for justice yesterday, after losing their grandsons to gun violence in two separate incidents on Saturday.In the second case, grandmother Shirley Addly was mourning the death...
View Article3 held as cops find gun, ammo cache in Piparo
Valdeen Shears-NeptuneA pensioner, his 29-year-old son and another male relative are in police custody, after officers from the Princes Town CID and the Anti Criminal Gang and International Unit raided...
View ArticleFour CTTRC employees in court today
Four employees of the Couva/Tabaquite/Talparo Regional Corporation (CTTRC) will appear before a Port of Spain magistrate today, charged with conspiring to defraud the CTTRC of $149,500.The four, along...
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Imam defends name over Isis allegations: I don’t know Crawford
Imam Nazim Mohammed, of the Masjid Umar Ibn Khattab Jamaat, Rio Claro, has denied suggestions that he recruited Shane Crawford to fight for extremist militant group Isis. In fact, Mohammed says he does...
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‘Come clean on Rowley’s health’
Calls for Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley and the Government to “come clean” with the nation on his health condition have mounted, following Rowley’s recent hint that there appear o be some “changes” in...
View ArticleChaguanas woman robbed, gang-raped
A 25-year-old Chaguanas woman was gang-raped and robbed by four men who broke into her home on Saturday morning. According to police reports, the woman was asleep at her Edinburgh Village home around...
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6 months after Japan pannist’s murder Cops probe 20, wait on forensics
Today’s marks six months since the murder of Japanese pannist and masquerader Asami Nagakiya and police probing the case have interviewed over 20 people from T&T and Japan and are also awaiting the...
View ArticleLegal consequences of Olympic fever
Jason NathuAs athletes from around the world take centre stage in Rio de Janeiro over the next two weeks, everyone is caught-up in the excitement of supporting Team TTO. But while fans are encouraged...
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Watery deaths
Seatbelts are meant to save lives but this was not the case for Frank Moses and his friend Jeneice Bailey, who died when the car they were in skidded off the road and plunged into a swollen river at...
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