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PM: T&T will help storm-hit Haiti
Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley says T&T will provide assistance to Haiti if requested following passage of the Category 4 Hurricane Matthew, which hit the Caribbean nation yesterday.Rowley said so...
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The Office of Disaster Preparedness and Management (ODPM) said it stands ready to assist the impoverished country of Haiti which Hurricane Matthew pounded on Tuesday, leaving behind death and...
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HDC to pay for its renters
Citizens on rental or rent to own plans with the Housing Development Corporation (HDC) will not have to pay property taxes for homes they are occupying.The HDC will foot this bill for them, says HDC...
View ArticleRecipients of T&TEC rebate still mystery
Until the Ministry of Public Utilities finalises the mechanisms for giving 25 per cent electricity rebates, the 120,000 beneficiaries announced by Finance Minister Colm Imbert during the budget...
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Colm not budging on online shopping tax
Finance Minister Colm Imbert is not budging from his intention to impose a seven per cent tax for online shopping. This in spite of a petition by the group, Stand Up T&T, which has garnered some...
View ArticleDivision head on crime spike in Central: Gangsters now getting bail
Six weeks after the expiration of the Bail (Amendment) Bill and Anti-Gang legislation, head of the Central Division Senior Supt Floris Hodge-Griffith says criminals who were once behind bars are the...
View ArticlePH driver hijacked, robbed and murdered
Although police were alerted to a man being badly beaten by three assailants on Monday evening, Keston Jeffrey’s battered and semi-nude corpse was only found yesterday morning, hidden under a...
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‘Church boy’ killed in Enterprise
Enterprise, a Chaguanas community now heavily associated with criminality, would not have such a stigma if more men like Adam Boney, who was killed on Monday night, lived in the area. This is the view...
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Cop charges, puts mom in labour off PBR: Husband to contest ticket
A week after a very pregnant Arlene Laban-Ammon and her husband were stopped, ticketed and ordered off the Priority Bus Route while she was in labour, she is now calling on the authorities for clearer...
View ArticleTobago chamber upset at sudden ferry suspension
Members of the Inter-island Ferry Committee of the Tobago Chamber of Commerce say they are disappointed with the treatment meted out to them by the Port Authority of Trinidad and Tobago and the...
View ArticleGarcia promises teachers quality classrooms
Education Minister Anthony Garcia is committed to providing quality classroom environments conducive to teaching and learning. He says this will be highlighted during the upcoming budget debate over...
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Brig Smart on ex-soldiers held with arms: They followed wrong path
Chief of Defence Staff Brigadier Rodney Smart said yesterday’s attempt by two discharged Special Forces soldiers to allegedly burn a house in Princes Town was part of yet another attempt by the...
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Suspects linked to attack on home
After cowering in her bed from the rattling sound of bullets striking her home and the smell of gasoline at her front door, New Grant mother Odessa Constance is now afraid to sleep. At 3 pm yesterday,...
View ArticleNot all cops killed will get $m payout
Several families of officers who were killed but not in the line of duty will not be recipients of the $1 million compensation grant for victims. Relatives of members of the protective services who...
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Boy writes PM over detention of dad in Venezuela: Please, help free my father
A handwritten letter penned by 11-year-old Zakariya Pitilal, of Cocorite, addressed to Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley begged him as head of the nation to have his father returned to him, his younger...
View ArticleHDC: Mortgage payers will pay property tax
Citizens who are paying mortgages on Housing Development Corporation (HDC) houses will have to pay their own property taxes and will see it manifested in an increase in their monthly installments. This...
View Article$85m on transport plan for East-West Corridor
An estimated $85 million has been allocated in 2017 budget funding for a Port-of-Spain/East-West Corridor transportation project. The figure is listed under the Infrastructure Development (ID) Fund in...
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Culture Minister tells Ramleela groups: Government committed to preserve...
Expressing satisfaction with T&T’s diverse culture, Minister of Community Development, Culture and the Arts, Nyan Gadsby-Dolly, says Government remains committed to preserving T&T’s rich...
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Double murder rocks Las Lomas
Police are investigating a double murder which took place in Las Lomas, Cunupia on Wednesday night.Around 9 pm, Ricardo James, a one-handed man, also known by the moniker Oney, and Isiah Gulliame known...
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Police kill wanted man
David “Sugars” Gittens lengthy run from the law ended in death on Wednesday when he was killed in a shootout with police in Point Fortin.Gittens, who had outstanding warrants dating back to 2008 for...
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