Rambharat visits farms to decide on $831m budget
Agriculture Minister Clarence Rambharat is visiting farmers across the country to decide how his ministry’s $831 million budgetary allocation will be spent. The minister, who met with farmers in South...
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THA investing in business development
The Tobago House of Assembly (THA) has spent close half-a-billion dollars over the past 13 years to stimulate and nurture business development on the island, says Chief Secretary Orville London.He said...
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Archbishop appeals to RC schools: Send students to seminary
Roman Catholic Archbishop Joseph Harris says the shortage of priests in T&T has been compounded by the local church’s inability to recruit young men for the seminary. “I look at our Catholic...
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Enill: Lowering HDC ceiling not illegal
Former government minister Conrad Enill says the decision by the new PNM administration to reduce the qualifying income for nationals seeking Housing Development Corporation (HDC) homes is appropriate...
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Griffith: Government can revoke SSA appointment
Heads of strategic security agencies are appointed by governments and if an administration changes, those appointments can be revoked. Those posts can include the National Operations Centre (NOC), the...
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Missing lecturer remembered at Costaatt graduation
Graduation day was bittersweet for staff and students of the College of Science, Technology and Applied Arts of T&T (Costaatt), who paid a moving tribute to missing lecturer, Glenda Charles-Harris,...
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West Indian Philosopher
My name is Gerry Anthony Williams and I am a West Indian philosopher and Renaissance man.Does one need to be a PhD to be able to formulate philosophy? I don’t think so. I attended the University of...
View ArticleConsent, children and related offences
Jean-Marc Morris Student, Hugh Wooding Law SchoolWith the proclamation of the Children’s Act No 12 of 2012 (“the Act”) on 18th May 2015, several changes followed. A “child” is now defined as “a person...
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Father and son killed in Princes Town crash
A father and son are now dead following a mid-morning accident today on M1 Ring Road, Princes Town.Namdeo Harriram from Daly Road, New Grant, was taking his son, Lalchan Harriram, to a doctor’s office....
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Point Lisas Desalination Plant Back in Operation
The Point Lisas Desalination Plant has resumed operations on schedule today. This was announced by the Water and Sewerage Authority (Wasa) today. This follows substantial completion of planned...
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Soldiers blamed for brutal attack
Relatives of Brian Smith, whose body was fished out from sea on Sunday morning, last night burnt tyres and caused major traffic gridlock along the Western Main Road as they claimed the 30-year-old was...
View ArticleNo ID parade; cops still in custody
A police inspector and constable held for allegedly accepting a $15,000 bribe from a Central drug dealer spent another night in custody last night as investigators reportedly could not find eight other...
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Father, son killed in crash
The quiet, rural village of New Grant reacted with shock yesterday after a horrific accident in Princes Town which claimed the lives of a father and his son and left two other members of the same...
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No second chance for ISIS terrorists
Former National Security Minister Gary Griffith has called on his successor Minister Edmund Dillon to protect T&T and veto moves to allow the return of nationals, now with fighting with the Islamic...
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AG moves to seize assets
The State is moving to deem a Trinidadian convicted in the United States a terrorist and obtain a freezing order of his assets and any transaction done on his behalf.The unprecedented action against...
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NGC fires SIS
The National Gas Company (NGC) has fired Super Industrial Services Ltd (SIS) from the multi-million dollar Beetham Water Recycling Plant. In a statement from the State company yesterday, acting NGC...
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Accident survivor, 7, asks for dad, brother
Seven-year-old Karishma Harriram is unaware that the accident which caused her to suffer a broken arm and leg also claimed the life of her father and brother, Namdeo and Lalchan Harriram.However, her...
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Police begin probe into Carenage death
Carenage police have begun a criminal investigation into allegations that soliders beat a resident and dumped his body into the sea last Friday.On Monday night relatives of Brian Smith burnt tyres and...
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Air Guard chopper grounded in Valencia
An Air Guard helicopter remained guarded at an abandoned quarry in Valencia last night after the pilot was forced to land the multi-million dollar aircraft last Friday after it experienced mechanical...
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Levels of under-employment growing—Khan
The State will have to synchronise the Government Assistance for Tuition Expenses (GATE) programme and tertiary facilities to produce graduates the economy can absorb — and find alternative ways to...
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