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Private farewell for Castro
SANTIAGO—A wooden box containing Fidel Castro’s ashes was yesterday placed by his brother and successor into the side of a granite boulder that has become Cuba’s only official monument to the...
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Economic rough seas for T&T
Government ministries must become more efficient in order to make doing business in T&T easier, president of the Chaguanas Chamber of Industry and Commerce (CCIC) Richie Sookhai says.He made the...
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Suspect held in cop’s shooting
A 30-year-old La Horquetta man was arrested on Saturday afternoon in connection with the shooting of police constable Hakeem Blake.The man, police said, rented the vehicle used in the shooting of Blake...
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Chambers upset at lack of patrols for Christmas
Two business groups are not satisfied with the police presence in their shopping districts during what is considered to be the busiest period for the year.President of the Downtown Owners and Merchants...
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Businesses suffering
As small businesses struggle to clear their overseas debts, president of the Penal/Debe Chamber of Commerce, Shiva Roopnarine, is calling for more equity in the distribution of foreign exchange.At the...
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Cemex makes takeover bid for TCL
Mexico’s cement giant, Cemex, this morning announced that it will be making a takeover bid for Claxton Bay-based Trinidad Cement Ltd.Cemex, through one of its indirect subsidiaries Sierra Trading, is...
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Brasso Seco angry over absent MP
Assistant secretary of the Brasso Seco Paria Tourism Action Committee, Melanie Bastaldo, yesterday slammed their MP Anthony Garcia for deserting them in their darkest hour.Bastaldo said five days after...
View ArticleCops nab bandits after $.5m jewel heist
Four men from Port-of-Spain who carried out a half of a million dollar robbery at a jewellery store in Gasparillo yesterday are now in police custody.The men were held when police intercepted the...
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Killers text Alexis family after slaying uncle: One gone, bye bye
Although there have been several threats made to the Alexis family, relatives said yesterday there would be no reprisals for the murder of Mervyn Alexis, 46, the younger brother of reputed gang leader...
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Elderly man killed at home
The serenity of Arena Road, Freeport, was disturbed yesterday after retiree Cyril “Ramesh” Maharaj was found bludgeoned to death in his living room yesterday afternoon.Police said they received...
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Army, cops go after criminals
With the murder rate for this year already exceeding last year’s toll, National Security Minister Edmund Dillon says more will be done to reduce the incidence of murder in the country.“The (crime...
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Rowley, Maduro sign 3 gas deals
RIA RAMBALLY,in CaracasPrime Minister Dr Keith Rowley and Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro yesterday signed an historic gas deal here, which will allow T&T access to gas reserves from Venezuela’s...
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Tobago police probe taxi driver’s killing
Tobago police are probing the circumstances surrounding the death of a taxi driver, after he was found dead at the side of the road by passers-by.Gilbert Thomas, 60, of Zion Hill, Belle Garden, was...
View ArticleNew life for homeless lawsuit
A homeless man has been given a lifeline in his novel legal bid to block the Port-of-Spain City Corporation from locking him and other homeless people out of Tamarind Square at nights.Almost one month...
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Fire leaves 4 homeless
An early morning house fire in Tarouba has left a family of four homeless and a mother nursing first and second degree burns at hospital.Carl Guschard, 49, his wife, Rosanne, and the couple’s two...
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Six killed in Arima accident
An accident at the corner of the O'meara Road and the Churchill Roosevelt Highway has left six people dead.According to reports, an Isuzu pick-up vehicle with four security officers was heading east...
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6.1 quake rocks T&T
A 6.1 magnitude earthquake yesterday rocked T&T, with aftershocks being experienced as far as St Vincent and the Grenadines.The earthquake, which took place at 5.42 pm, was felt by citizens in...
View ArticleScreams at regiment event
Screams were heard as yesterday’s 6.1 magnitude earthquake rocked the T&T Regiment Headquarters at Aranguez South, San Juan.The earthquake struck shortly after President Anthony Carmona presented...
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PM: NGC will find $$ to fund Dragon gas deal
RIA RAMBALLYCNC3 NewsThis country’s new gas deal with Venezuela is likely to cost hundreds of millions of US dollars. However, Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley says Trinidad and Tobago can afford it.The...
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35 families stranded in Brasso Seco
Secretary of the Brasso Seco Paria Village Council Winston Maraj said yesterday that 35 families in the far-flung community were still trapped in their homes, following last week’s torrential rains...
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