Two men injured in shootout following Sando murder
Hours after Michael Patterson was gunned down in San Fernando on Friday, one of his relatives and the man who allegedly killed him were severely injured in a shootout yesterday.Both men were warded in...
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Food importers brace for tough year
Food importers say 2016 will be tough as they face double jeopardy with the reintroduction of Value Added Tax (VAT) on certain food items and limited foreign exchange as they struggle to keep prices...
View ArticleGovt gets failing grade from opposition senator
Temporary Opposition Senator Wayne Munro has given the PNM a failing grade for how it is running the country.He was speaking on the Finance Bill 2016 in Parliament on Friday.Munro said: “Since the PNM...
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NCC launches Market Strip
A sweet love song for T&T sung by Nayol Manswell and the infectious dance energy of the North West Laventille Cultural Movement backed by four stirring drummers were the highlights of Friday’s...
View ArticleJapanese businessman tells local used car dealers:
A Japanese used car supplier says if the T&T Government continues with its ban on the importation of five and six-year-old vehicles, the country’s foreign used industry will be finished.In an...
View ArticleSando mayor on new arrangements for taxi drivers: I’m no law breaker
San Fernando mayor Kazim Hosein is denying allegations by the head of the business association in the city that he is breaking the law in relation to the allowances he made for taxi drivers to occupy...
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Cops charged with misbehaviour back in court today: Chief Magistrate to rule...
Today, precedence may be set for all legal gun owners who may be charged with any of a number of offences including sexual assault as Chief Magistrate Marcia Ayers-Caesar rules whether or not six...
View ArticleFormer PM: Government squeezing every penny from poor people
Health Minister Terrence Deyalsingh and Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley appear to be obsessed with sticking their noses in people’s kitchens, a place where they clearly have no business.This was the...
View ArticleCoast guardsman: Expand My Part programme to stop crime
With many cadets in the My Part Programme currently before the courts for rape, larceny and assault, manager of the National Energy Skills Centre’s (NESC) My Part programme, Rudolph Mannie, says...
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MSJ: Tax businesses racking up more forex higher
Businesses which consume a lot of foreign currency should be taxed higher while those who generate it should be rewarded with tax breaks.This was the suggestion proposed by the Movement for Social...
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Glue Food and Red Wine
My name is Sherlon Campbell and I am a winemaker from Mayaro. The word for “winemaker” is really “vintner.” I play for Guaya United in the Super League, the best supported team in Trinidad & Tobago...
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Commissioner of State Lands still to be appointed
Since 2016 has started T&T has been left without a Commissioner of State Lands and according to sources at the Ministry of Agriculture, Lands and Fisheries, there is no idea if that position will...
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Sweet, little, old lady is Fearless dog rescuer
To many, Anjanie Chattergoon is known simply as the sweet, little, old lady driving the old car along the quiet back road between Waterloo and Perseverance mornings and evenings on her way to and from...
View ArticleThe Extradition Process
Rebecca Durant Student, Hugh Wooding Law SchoolWhat is Extradition? Extradition is the legal process by which one country (the requested state) returns a person accused or convicted of an extraditable...
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Hunt for escaped murder suspect
A murder suspect under police guard at hospital managed to escape and is believed to be responsible for another murder in San Fernando.The suspect, who police alleged shot and killed Micheal Patterson...
View ArticleGangs spark fear at health institutions
CEO of the South West Regional Health Authority (SWRHA) Anil Gosine said yesterday they have had to increase the private and internal security at all of their facilities to provide safety to both staff...
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Another inmate escapes from Carrera prison
A prisoner who escaped from the Carrera Island Prison on Sunday remained on the run last night.Reynold “Bago” James, formerly of Windy Hill, Five Rivers, Arouca, escaped from the prison around 5 pm. He...
View ArticleSoca Monarch semis not made for TV—music critic
Like Carnival Monday and Tuesday, and National Panorama finals, the International Soca Monarch (ISM) show is not produced for television. This was the view of Nigel Campbell, an experienced music...
View ArticleLegal action looms over proposed CoP legislation
Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar says the Parliamentary Orders governing the appointment of a police commissioner and deputy commissioner are unconstitutional and is calling on the Government...
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Another night in prison
Even though they were granted bail totalling $4.5 million yesterday, six police officers attached to the North Eastern Division Task Force (NEDTF) spent another night at the Maximum Security Prison, in...
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