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Homeless man jailed for stealing car light
A 26-year-old homeless man who stole a tail light from a van parked in front of a police station has been jailed for 12 months. Ramesh Gayapersad pleaded guilty to larceny when he appeared before San...
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MTS sorry, cites cash flow woes
A single parent who had planned to apply for a loan to buy presents and goodies to make this Christmas a special one for his children is now faced with the sad prospect of being rejected.The father, an...
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Pensioner killed inPetit Valley collision
A 57-year-old Petit Valley man was questioned and released yesterday following an accident which claimed the life of pensioner Etta Reid.According to police, the driver was heading south along the...
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UNC blanked bill due to lack of sunset clause
The Opposition United National Congress (UNC) blanked Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley’s call for a conscience vote on the anti-gang bill because the UNC wanted the legislation for 18 months rather than...
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They wont act to save lives
More people in T&T will die as a result of the Opposition United National Congress’ refusal to support the anti-gang bill in Parliament yesterday, Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley has said.“What we...
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Williams bans extra duty for cops
A directive from acting Commissioner of Police Stephen Williams to stop all extra duty is not sitting well with his junior charges, who say the money the make from this is what they use to pay the...
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Illegal tenants move back in
Within hours after officials from the Housing Development Corporation (HDC), accompanied by armed soldiers and police officers, evicted illegal tenants from the Clifton Towers in east Port-of-Spain...
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Deokiesingh returns to work at Petrotrin
Vidya Deokiesingh, the Petrotrin employee named in an internal audit into the so-called fake oil scandal is back at work on the job after a two-month absence.Well placed sources at the State-oil...
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Gang alliances with politicians an evil monster — Deosaran
Chairman of the Manpower Audit Committee into the T&T Police Service (TTPS), Prof Ramesh Deosaran, yesterday said the alliances between politicians, gang leaders and community leaders have been...
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Guards hold key to case
Preliminary investigations into Wednesday’s $5.5 million heist at the Piarco International Airport have revealed employees there may have had support from co-conspirators with military training, police...
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PM misrepresenting our view—Persad-Bissessar
Opposition leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar is accusing Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley of misrepresenting her party’s position on the controversial Anti-Gang Bill.In a telephone interview with CNC 3...
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Vile attack over Anti-Gang Bill
Not so, Kamla.Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley has accused Opposition leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar of orchestrating a “malicious character assassination” against him by misrepresenting events which...
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Petrotrin workers want Deokiesingh removed from unit
Employees of Petrotrin’s Field Maintenance Equipment Department (FMED) staged a protest yesterday, demanding that the company remove Vidya Deokiesingh from the department.As the T&T Guardian...
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Imbert: Play Whe, Lotto tax on hold
The proposed 10 per cent tax on winnings from National Lottery games will be implemented early next year— rather than this month— and will only apply to winnings over $1,000, Finance Minister Colm...
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Query over NIB’s $37m property deal
A $37m investment made by the National Insurance Board (NIB) 2014 to purchase the building housing the Apsara and Thamnak Thai restaurants around the Queen’s Park Savannah found its way into the...
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Woman, son, among five on sex charges
A woman, her son and a minor were among five people who appeared in court yesterday charged with committing sexual assaults on two girls—ages 10 and 12, in separate incidents.Shellyann Springer, 40,...
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Mother-in-law, worker in court for pundit’s murder
Almost two weeks after pundit Sunil Ragbirsingh was murdered during a robbery at his Arouca home, his mother-in-law and his former worker appeared in court charged with the crime.Kumarie Maraj, 60, and...
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$61m Maracas Bay carpark completed
Phase One of the Maracas Beach Facility Improvement Project has been completed within budget, at a cost just over $61 million, despite challenges faced by the contractor - Coosal’s Construction Company...
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Charged with raping mentally disabled child
A 58-year-old unemployed man from Belmont has been granted $150,000 bail after appearing in court charged with raping a mentally disabled child.Elvis “Cat” Sitney, of Upper Belmont Valley Road,...
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Allison begs for HDC unit
Forced to live under the steps of an abandoned Housing Development Corporation (HDC) building with her six children and grand daughter, single mother Allison Dick is appealing to the authorities to...
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