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Education Minister saddened by Sister Paul’s passing
Sister Paul D’Ornellas, a tenured educator and Sister of St Joseph of Cluny, passed away yesterday at the age of 85 from cancer.Paul, who had 35 years of teaching experience, had been principal of St...
View ArticleDriver, pedestrian killed on north/south highway
A Gasparillo man died on Sunday when his Nissan Tiida car flipped while he was heading south along the Solomon Hochoy Highway.According to reports, Ashay Jaggan, 52, was driving along the south-bound...
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Garcia to testify next month
The fifth evidence hearing of the Las Alturas commission of enquiry got underway yesterday with chairman of the Urban Development Corporation of T&T (Udecott), Noel Garcia, being ordered to give...
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Down but not out
Stalwarts behind regional Carnival across the country vow they will do all that is necessary to keep traditional mas alive in rural communities despite the dip in funding and lack of interest from the...
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3 shot dead, burnt body found
Three men were shot dead in separate instances and the handless body of a man was found under a burning heap of tyres as the murder toll galloped to 29 in just 18 days.For the comparable period last...
View ArticleCops: Murder suspect overpowered guard
A murder suspect with a gunshot injury to the leg overpowered his police guard at the San Fernando General Hospital, says the Police Service public information officer ASP Michael Pierre.He said the...
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Moving beyond fete performance
The International Soca Monarch semifinal competition took place on Sunday. Seventy soca artistes, some untested in a live milieu, performed for judges to seek a place in the final on Fantastic Friday....
View ArticleSuspects remain in custody
The Children’s Authority is calling on the public to be more vigilant in spotting and reporting suspected cases of child abuse. Responding to media reports of a 13-month-old baby girl from Rio Claro...
View ArticleVeteran artistes fail to qualify for soca finals
Several veteran soca artistes will be notably missing from this year’s International Soca Monarch finals. Among those who missed out on a place in the finals following Sunday’s marathon semifinals at...
View ArticleContractor loses $14m claim
Contractors who are owed billions of dollars by the State are likely not to see one red cent following a decision by the High Court yesterday to uphold the limitation defence used by the State to avoid...
View ArticleOperator gets $.6m for on-the-job injury
A 42-year-old former employee of the Kiss Baking Company has received $600,000 in compensation for a debilitating back injury he sustained five years ago. The company agreed to the settlement yesterday...
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Fire razes Laventille hardware store
A Laventille businessman was left homeless after his home and hardware were reduced to ashes yesterday after fire gutted his business place.Ramesh Bachew, part owner of H Bachew Hardware, along the...
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Focus on reviving economy
Communications Minister Maxie Cuffie says the Government is not overly concerned about international reports on the state of the local economy.He said instead the focus would be on reviving the economy...
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Convicted terrorist dies in US prison
Convicted terrorist Kareem Ibrahim has died in a United States prison. Ibrahim, 70, reportedly lost his battle with cancer yesterday after serving a little over three years of his life sentence at the...
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Cops step up hunt for guns
Police intend to step up their efforts to recover illegal guns, the weapon of choice used to commit murders, and called for more to be done to stop them from reaching the shores. This after another...
View ArticleMan dies from head injuries after push
A Cedros man yesterday succumbed to head injuries he sustained during an altercation with another man last Friday. The T&T Guardian understands that Ramdath Ramchandar, 59, of Bonasse Village,...
View Article2 illegal guns, $6m in drugs seized in raids
Central Division officers on Tuesday seized more than $6 million worth of drugs, two guns and arrested six people during an anti-crime exercised in the division.According to police around 10 am,...
View ArticleSangre Grande man dies from swine flu
A 61-year-old man died at the Sangre Grande District Health Facility yesterday, making him the sixth victim of the H1N1 virus, since the first reported death last year. Jewan Maharaj died after...
View Article6 cops finally released from prison custody
Afters spending four nights in prison on remand, six police officers accused of a string of criminal offences have finally managed to secure their bail. Although the six officers, last assigned to the...
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New police Order no threat to PSC
Attorney General Faris Al-Rawi says the independence of the Police Service Commission (PSC) was not under threat by a provision in a new police Order governing the appointment of a police commissioner...
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