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Will squatters have to pay property tax? Govt working out key issues
Government has sought legal advice to examine whether squatters on private lands and those with buildings on state lands will have to pay the tax, Finance Minister Colm Imbert said yesterday. He said...
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Pressure mounts
The way has been cleared for a Special General meeting of the Law Association of T&T for attorneys to vote in secret ballot on a motion calling for the resignation of Chief Justice Ivor Archie and...
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Marcia must stay away until issue resolved
Some of the country’s top legal minds have advised former chief magistrate Marcia Ayers-Caesar that it would be “imprudent and unwise” for her to return to the magistrates’ bench until “several...
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Deyalsingh, Khan clash
“My situation is well above board.”That was the declaration from former health minister Dr Fuad Khan yesterday, after present Health Minister Terrence Deyalsingh accused him of abusing his past...
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Mexican engineer shot dead
After a night of revelry at the Point Fortin borough festivities Mexican engineer, Sookooroo Sorano, met his death after being shot in a botched robbery yesterday morning.Sorano, 37, a tech form...
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Garcia: Ministry not at fault
This year’s Secondary Entrance Assessment (SEA) exam was tailor-made for the 18,240 students who wrote the exam in T&T, so the irregularities detected during the exam would not have occurred in...
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Khan writes Carmona on JLSC’s legality
Senior Counsel Israel Khan has written to President Anthony Carmona indicating that “a grave constitutional crisis” exists in the country becaus the composition of the Judicial and Legal Service...
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School drop-out rate declines in Morvant/Laventille
Seven months after the Government launched the School Improvement Programme (SIP) in 25 schools in Morvant and Laventille, Education Minister Anthony Garcia has hailed its positive impact on students...
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Protesting sugar workers lose lawsuit
Thirty three workers of the Sugar Industry Labour Welfare Committee have lost their lawsuit to recoup three months salary they were denied while protesting health and safety conditions at the Couva...
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Banks not price fixing
Responding to public concerns about high banking fees, president of the Bankers’ Association of T&T (BATT) Anya Schnoor yesterday gave the assurance that there is no price collusion among...
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Cop fails to show, case thrown out
Two criminal offences of using obscene language and resisting arrest against a woman were thrown out yesterday because of the non-appearance of the police officer who filed the charges.Seema Badree,...
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Ex-con slain 3 days after freedom
Three days after being released from prison, a Rio Claro man was shot dead in his home on Saturday evening.Police said Anderson Nicholas, 28, of Lazzari Road, was inside his house around 5 pm when a...
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PoS market vendors protest dislocation for new walkover
Displaced Port-of-Spain Market vendors blocked off vehicular access to the facility and caused a massive traffic gridlock during a protest yesterday.The protest occurred after vendors were told a large...
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Deyalsingh eyes one nursing curriculum: ‘We need sanity in the system’
Health Minister Terrence Deyalsingh is moving to ensure one curriculum is taught at the four nursing schools across T&T.He made the comment yesterday as he said while different curriculum are...
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Final farewell for Sabga today
Family, friends, dignitaries and close business associates will pay their last respects and say their last goodbye to ANSA McAL’s Chairman Emeritus Dr Anthony Norman Sabga, ORTT today.His funeral mass...
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Truckers want sea bridge meeting with Sinanan
Chronic.That’s how truckers yesterday described the extent of the problem of transporting goods between the two islands although the MV Transporter barge and the MV Provider vessel have replaced the...
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Choose leaders with integrity
Archbishop Joseph Harris yesterday called on citizens to do some self introspection when things do not go as planned, saying too often people throw blame on the government for this.He made the comment...
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Karim: GATE pressure ahead
On the heels of the property tax comes a new type of tax to be imposed on students from August and it will have a devastating impact on tertiary education, says Chaguanas East MP Fazal Karim.He was...
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PM’s golf classic raises $.4m for charity
The Prime Minister’s Charity Golf Classic (PMCGC) at the Magdalena Grand Beach and Gold Resort in Tobago raised close to $.4 million over the weekend.In presenting the cheques to the winners...
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Unruly ISIS member held with gun, ammo
Officers of the Inter Agency Task Force believe they may have prevented a murder from happening, after they arrested a well known member of the Unruly Isis gang on Friday night.According to a police...
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