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Prisons authorities claim: Special privileges for Dana accused
Reputed gang leader Rajaee Ali is receiving special privileges in prison, according to a senior prisons officer. This was the evidence tendered yesterday in defence of a lawsuit filed by Ali who is...
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Jwala’s disclosure of forex users: Imbert mulls criminal charges
The disclosure of information on the local business community’s use of foreign exchange was lawful, necessary and in the best interest of T&T’s financial system. That was the response made by the...
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Don’t dismiss body aches as gas pains
A local doctor is urging citizens against dismissing body pains as “gas” and to instead seek a medical opinion for any discomfort they may experience.Anesthetist and intensivist Dr Peng Ewe, one of the...
View ArticleTwo held, $5m in drugs seized
For the second time in a week, the Coast Guard have assisted police in catching drug traffickers, this time seizing close to $5 million in marijuana and cocaine in the Gulf of Paria.On Tuesday, two...
View ArticleJudge’s plea at human rights forum: End gay laws
A High Court judge yesterday used a human rights forum to make a strong call for an end to discrimination based on sexual orientation and matters of privacy, starting with the amendment of laws which...
View ArticleAfter 50 years of service Masson passes baton: EBC on frontier of new horizon
GML ENTERPRISE DESKRetired chairman of the Elections and Boundaries Commission Norbert Masson says there is a plan in the making to improve the operations and overall efficiency of the Elections and...
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Man kills self after chopping woman
An Arima street vendor who had threatened to kill his estranged lover and then himself, committed suicide on Tuesday after chopping the woman, who survived the attack. The incident took place around 8...
View ArticleGunmen raid ‘safe house’: Penal mason shot dead
A Penal father who attempted to protect his friend from gunmen who were hunting him by hiding the man at his home was himself gunned down yesterday. Although Nigel Cornwall, 34, was charged for robbery...
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Special bond to raise funds
The Government has no money to pay public servants their arrears in salaries and backpay resulting from wage negotiations settled by the last People’s Partnership administration, Finance Minister Colm...
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No data showing T&T in recession—Rowley
Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley says a claim by Central Bank Governor Jwala Rambarran that T&T is in a recession is now very contentious because there is no supporting data.Rowley made the comment...
View ArticleWoman’s body found stuffed in barrel
Homicide detectives are investigating the murder of a woman whose decomposing body was found stuffed in an oil drum in Curepe on Thursday. According to the reports, the grisly discovery was made by St...
View ArticleEnergy minister in shale gas blunder
Energy Minister Nicole Olivierre made a blooper in Parliament yesterday when she said the former People’s National Movement (PNM) administration signed an agreement with Cheniere Energy, “one of the...
View ArticleMan stabbed to death in domestic dispute
A 21-year-old Arima woman is now in police custody after stabbing her common-law husband to death during a domestic dispute, yesterday. The woman, from Bypass Road, Arima, told police that the argument...
View ArticleGuyanese national killed in El Socorro
Police are investigating the murder of a Guyanese national whose body was found in El Socorro, yesterday.According to a police report, at about 2 pm, Andrew Garraway, believed to be in his early 40s,...
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Alleyne to pay $600,000 to Sammy for defamation
Crime Watch host Ian Alleyne has been ordered to pay businessman Shaun Sammy over $600,000 in compensation for defamation. Sammy received the award from High Court Master Marissa Robertson yesterday...
View ArticlePublish new law for CoP appointment—Deosaran
A former head of the Police Service Commission (PSC) Ramesh Deosaran wants the Government to make public the cabinet note which has changed the rules for appointment of a commissioner of...
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Mother absent from toddler’s funeral
Baby Khristha Knutt’s mother, Tiffany Rawlins, was released from police custody on Thursday night, but did not attend her daughter’s funeral yesterday.She was not mentioned except during angry...
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June 2016 hearing for election petitions
A High Court Judge has urged attorneys for the country’s two main political parties to work together to expedite the hearing of six election petitions challenging the result of the September 7 general...
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Rowley: Jwala creating his own problems
Support from the Opposition and an online petition may not be enough to keep Central Bank Governor Jwala Rambarran in office.In a stinging statement yesterday, Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley said that...
View ArticleCost guard charged with baby’s shock death
A 33-year-old able-bodied seaman with the T&T Coast Guard has been charged with the death of 23-month-old Kristha Knutt. Emile Garraway, of Erica Street, Rock City, Laventille, was charged on...
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