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Integrity body meets today
The Integrity Commission is meeting later today, but commission officials are refusing to say whether the issues under investigation involving Port-of-Spain South MP Marlene McDonald will be on the...
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JSC told illegal gun trade makes $100m annually
The illegal gun trade in T&T creates revenue in excess of $100 million annually, members of the Strategic Services Agency told a Joint Select Committee on national security yesterday.The...
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Sleeping boy, 4, escapes death
Four-year-old Kamalee Wilson was asleep at his Cocorite home yesterday when a huge embankment of dirt tumbled onto his house, smashing through his mother’s bedroom just a few inches from where he...
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Three drown over weekend
Three families were thrown into mourning over the weekend, after three people drowned in two separate incidents at Maracas Beach and Matura.In the first incident around 3.30 pm, a picnic by members of...
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Cops move to charge Rayad
Rayad Mohammed, the man accused of inciting violence against the family of Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley, is expected to be charged today. Once charged he will appear before a San Fernando...
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Cops probe 2 more murders
Police were up to late yesterday probing two more murders in Valencia and Princes Town late Sunday.The victims are labourer Mahendra Moonsammy of Princes Town, who was fatally stabbed at a car wash...
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UNC’s attempt to challenge property tax in Privy Council fails
The United National Congress (UNC) has been denied permission to appeal to the Privy Council over the dismissal of an injunction against the collection of valuation return forms required for...
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DPP gets ok to appeal to Privy Council
The State has been granted permission to appeal the decisions of a High Court judge and the Court of Appeal to free a police officer, who accidentally shot and killed a man while executing a search...
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Garcia: Students did better this year
The top six passes in the Secondary Entrance Assessment (SEA) examination came from three boys and three girls.This was announced by Education Minister Anthony Garcia as he presented the top...
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Lexi wants to be a scientist
Although she often fantasised about placing first in the Secondary Entrance Assessment (SEA) examination, Lexi Balchan was at a loss for words when her dream came true yesterday.The 12-year-old Point...
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Admits he got HDC contract under PNM
Sea Lots community leader Cedric “Burkie” Burke yesterday admitted his company - Burke and Company Ltd - has obtained a Housing Development Corporation (HDC) contract at Woodstar Avenue, Bon Air South,...
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Am I facing criminal probe?
Sea Lots businessman Cedric “Burkie” Burke has written to acting Police Commissioner Stephen Williams, asking him to say whether he is being investigated for any criminal activities.Burke, through...
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Man set ablaze after argument
A Santa Cruz man was up to last night listed in a critical condition after he was doused with a flammable substance and set ablaze yesterday during a fight.According to police reports, around 11 am,...
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Drugs, guns seized in Tobago bust
A Venezuelan national and a Malabar man are scheduled to appear before a magistrate today on drug and arms charges after they were arrested at Mt St George, Tobago yesterday.The men, a Venezuelan...
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Destra fan awarded $$ for fast wine
Soca artist Destra Garcia has been ordered to pay a little over $50,000 in compensation to a fan who suffered a ruptured bladder during an impromptu onstage performance in Belize in 2015.In a judgement...
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Don’t turn blind eye to Venezuela
St Lucia Prime Minister Allen Chastanet said yesterday that while Caribbean Community (Caricom) countries must not seek to interfere in the internal affairs of Venezuela, the regional bloc at the same...
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Mother charged with cruelty of toddler
The Sangre Grande mother who was arrested for beating her child after a video of the incident sparked nationwide outrage was carted off to jail yesterday after appearing in court.Beverley David, 41,...
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Kamla: Govt reducing expenditure by $3b
Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar is warning that thousands of public servants and law enforcement officers may be out of a job as the Government seeks to reduce expenditure by $3 billion this...
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PNM, UNC wrangle over kidnap claim
The Opposition United National Congress (UNC) is calling on Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley and his Government to focus on the fundamental issues affecting the country instead of resorting to...
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Landmark case for Customs Division
The Customs and Excise Division has been given a boost in its job of policing the importation and exportation of goods as the Court of Appeal ruled that it was not required to prove a person’s intent...
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