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Imbert defends private sector housing arrangement
GML ENTERPRISE DESKActing Prime Minister, Finance Minister Colm Imbert says that The Government wants to enter into an arrangement with the private sector to build houses “to help stimulate economic...
View ArticleKamla slams Rowley recovery plans
The Governemnt’s intention to split and utilise a portion of the multi-billion Heritage and Stabilsation Fund is a cause for concern to the Opposition. In a statement yesterday Opposition leader Kamla...
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Successful surgery for shot footballer
National midfielder Keron Cummings underwent a successful surgery yesterday at the Port-of-Spain General Hospital and doctors believe he should be able to return to the playing field in ten...
View ArticlePensioner killed and dumped in canefield
Less than 24 hours after he went missing, the body of Couva pensioner Ramsaran Maharaj was found yesterday dumped in an old canefield road in Phoenix Park, California, battered and sodomised with a...
View ArticleBlast at PowerGen knocks out power
An explosion rocked the PowerGen plant in Port-of-Spain yesterday, knocking out power across northern Trinidad, Chaguanas and environs. Employees at the plant were immediately evacuated. No one was...
View ArticleMinistry ends use of PBR by private users in 2016
Motorists who have grown accustomed using the Priority Bus Route (PBR) as an alternative route to and from Port-of-Spain will no longer have that opportunity in the new year.The Ministry of Works and...
View ArticleBandits target bars with games in ‘Rio’
In the past month three bars in the Rio Claro area were robbed. Police said in each case patrons and proprietors were beaten. This string of crimes has triggered the police to issue a warning to bar...
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Schools’ swine flu alert
Parents are being told to keep their children away from school come Monday when the new school term reopens, once they display cold and flu symptoms or any other form of discomfort.This is a major...
View ArticleScholarships to be cut by 15 per cent
The Ministry of Education is to cut scholarships by 15% in 2016. Education Minister, Anthony Garcia says there’s need for more discussion. "The (scholarship) cap will reside in the area of about 400...
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Marlene house inquiry sent to police
The Housing Development Corporation (HDC) Allocations Manager Lauren Legall has referred a matter regarding Housing Minister Marlene Mc Donald to the Integrity Commission and the Commissioner of...
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New governor assures policy continuity at CBTT
Newly appointed Governor of the Central Bank, Alvin Hilaire, yesterday signalled that he intends to keep faith with the interest rate policies instituted by the previous governor, Jwala Rambarran, even...
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Fyzabad man shot dead outside parlour
While many families rang in the 2016 together, Victor Corrio “Dan” Welch’s children were left to mourn his death after he was shot dead while liming on Wednesday night.His children spent yesterday in...
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Role for CEPEP in Agri sector
Agriculture Minister Clarence Rambharat says Community-based Environmental Protection and Enhancement Programme (CEPEP) and Unemployment Relief Programme (URP) workers who fall under his ministry will...
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Contractors welcome new housing drive
Local contractors are welcoming the decision by Prime Minister Keith Rowley to encourage private capital into the housing market to service a sector which forms the Housing Development Corporation...
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The year that was
The end of 2015 was a far cry from the beginning.The year started with what remained of the People’s Partnership in government and ended with the Keith Rowley-led People’s National Movement.It began...
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PP must take some blame for recession
While Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar has blamed the Government for T&T’s economic crisis, the Movement for Social Justice (MSJ) says the People Partnership must take responsibility for...
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Woman starts online petition against fireworks
While fireworks have become a tradition to ring in the new year, January 1, 2016 was a like a night of terror for a La Romaine family, who have now started an online petition calling on Government to...
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HDC board’s request for more time blanked, John goes to court
Housing Development Corporation (HDC) managing director Jearlean John is proceeding with a lawsuit against the Government in light of its decision to send her on three months administrative leave while...
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Tobago mom dies after C-Section
A woman has died at the Scarborough General Hospital after giving birth to a child by Caesarean Section. According to reports, Rose Gordon, 35, died after delivering her baby girl at 34 weeks and five...
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West: PCA probe on ‘total policing’ still incomplete
The probe into the March 23 day of “total policing” by the Police Complaints Authority (PCA), which was expected to be completed by the end of last year, is still not finished. Contacted yesterday,...
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