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Award for Open Campus principal
The Commonwealth of Learning (COL) has conferred the title of Honorary Fellow on Dr Luz Longsworth, Pro Vice-Chancellor and Principal of the Open Campus of The University of the West Indies (UWI) in...
View ArticleRelative held for teen’s murder
A 59-year-old Barataria man has been detained by police in connection with the fatal shooting of 15-year-old Josiah Martinez dead during an argument on Friday evening.According to reports, the retired...
View ArticleLittering, pollution and the law
Mellisa Sookoo Student, Hugh Wooding Law School This article looks at the laws in place to control pollution caused by littering in T&T.The Environmental Management Act Chap 35:05 (EMA) aims to...
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Opposition meets BATT with ‘open mind’
The Opposition is entering this morning’s meeting with the Bankers’ Association (BATT) on the FATCA legislation with an open mind, says Opposition Senator Gerald Ramdeen. However, he added, they now...
View ArticleEducation plan for Laventille
Educate, uplift and empower.Those are the three ingredients Minister of Public Utilities Fitzgerald Hinds says he is using in the “success cake” he wants to feed to those living in marginalised and...
View ArticleEconomy declines, deficit expands
A new report from the Economic Commissioner for Latin America and the Caribbean (Eclac) estimates that the T&T economy declined by 4.5 per cent this year.This follows contractions of 0.6 per cent...
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UNC not budging on JSC for Fatca
The Opposition yesterday refused to budge on proposed Joint Select Committee scrutiny of the Fatca legislation.The United National Congress reinforced this point when a delegation met representatives...
View ArticleMan killed for gold chain
A 30-year-old man was killed yesterday after being robbed of his gold chain at Celestine Trace, Morvant.According to police reports Osaro Lewis, of Pelican Trace, Morvant, went to visit his mother at...
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PM knocks slow justice system
Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley yesterday knocked the delays in the criminal justice system and the ability of some to be free on bail to commit more offences to pay their lawyer bills.Speaking at the...
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BMW among 3 vehicles torched
Arsonists struck a San Fernando businessman and his family yesterday after three vehicles were firebombed outside their premises leaving over $650,000 in losses.Visibly shaken, Dave Sookhoo, the owner...
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Woman raped, suspect held
A 31-year-old woman was abducted and raped twice by a cutlass-wielding man on Sunday night in Morvant.However, quick action by police officers of the North Eastern Division led to the arrest of a...
View ArticleDrunk drivers fined
Two men caught driving after consuming so much alcohol that they were almost three times above the legal limit were each fined $8,000 yesterday.Ravi Ragbir, 36, and Ricky Narine 32, were admonished by...
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Cops search for missing school girl and fisherman
Schoolgirl Jeniece Hamilton, 15, has gone missing.According to a police report, Hamilton, a pupil of the Tranquility Government Secondary School was last seen close to midday at her home at Ramkissoon...
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Police rearrest IAM employee as Banfield investigation continues
Police have rearrested Dale Seecharan as part of their ongoing investigation into the murder of 20-year-old Shannon Banfield.Banfield was found beneath boxes in the storeroom at IAM and Company on...
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IAM employee charged for Shannon's murder
Dale Seecharan has been charged with the murder of 20-year-old Shannon Banfield and is en route to the Port-of-Spain Magistrate's Court.The 38-year-old IAM and co employee was arrested for the third...
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No special treatment for man charged with Shannon's murder
Dale Seecharan, the man charged with the murder of 20-year-old Shannon Banfield is expected to reappear in court on January 17, after charges were laid this morning.Seecharan was taken to court around...
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DOMA: We face unique pressure
With Christmas just a few days away, pedestrians and motorists are flooding the streets of Port-of-Spain and Chaguanas but most people are just window shopping.President of the Downtown Owners and...
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28 police officers promoted
Four women were among a group of 28 police officers who were promoted to the rank of sergeant in the T&T Police Service (TTPS) yesterday.The promotion ceremony took place at the Solomon Mc Leod...
View ArticleAftermath of Me Asia raids: Owner in court for liquor case
The owner of Me Asia, the Cantonese restaurant raided twice this week by police and Immigration Officers, will appear before a Port-of-Spain Magistrate today charged with selling alcohol without a...
View ArticleShannon’s father admit: Organs being removed was only street talk
The father of murdered Republic Bank employee Shannon Banfield yesterday admitted that his claim that his daughter’s organs had been harvested during a ritual was simply rumour he heard “on the...
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