Machel’s tickets stolen by bandits
Dozens of tickets for next week’s Machel Monday and Kes Tuesday on the Rocks concerts were stolen when armed bandits raided the Converse Store, Chaguanas.Police said around 1.15 pm Tuesday, store...
View ArticleTI report: T&T less corrupt last year
T&T has been perceived as being slightly less corrupt in 2015 than it was in 2014 and 2013, increasing its score in the 2015 Transparency International’s (TI) corruption Perception Index (CPI) from...
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Commissioners tour project
For the first time since they began almost a year ago, the three-member panel presiding over the commission of enquiry into the controversial Las Alturas housing development in Morvant were yesterday...
View ArticleCompany sues Nidco over Curepe tender
A construction company has initiated a lawsuit against the National Infrastructure Development Company Ltd (NIDCO) over its rejected bid for the proposed flyover at the Churchill-Roosevelt Highway,...
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Visually impaired masters handicap
Mc Gregor Webb, 37, is visually impaired but has mastered his handicap in such an extraordinary way that he lives a perfectly normal life, just as if he has no disability. Webb lives, literally, by...
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Section 34 conspiracy still alive
Rosemarie SantOn November 29, 2011 while the country was under a state of emergency, then Justice Minister Herbert Volney made a change to Section 34 of the Administration of Justice (Indictable...
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2 more killings push toll to 44
A 28-year-old Mt D’Or man was shot and killed outside his home yesterday, reportedly in a dispute over his 52-inch flatscreen television.According to police reports, Keshan Burke, of Spring Valley...
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Cops, burglar in 4-hour standoff
A four-hour “standoff” between police and a burglar inside the building housing 51 Degrees nightclub and Town Restaurant on Cipriani Boulevard, Port-of-Spain, ended with police tear-gassing the man and...
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Cyclist warded after intersection crash
In an accident in which two men claimed they had the right of way, a motorcyclist was left seriously injured yesterday and his motorcycle broken into fragments. The crash happened at the intersection...
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Gypsy sings at 30 in tomorrow’s fiesta
President of the Trinbago Unified Calypsonians Organisation (Tuco) Lutalo “Brother Resistance” Masimba is lobbying for the Kaiso House Calypso Tent at the Queen’s Park Savannah for Carnival to remain...
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It was like thief in the night
This is just the beginning. This was the warning from some 200 members of the T&T Automotive Dealers Association who protested outside the Parliament building at the Waterfront Complex,...
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New magistrate in Dana inquiry
Three weeks after Chief Magistrate Marcia Ayers-Caesar agreed to step down from the preliminary inquiry into the murder of Senior Counsel Dana Seetahal, a new magistrate has been assigned to preside...
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Wanted man killed in shootout with cops
A New Grant man with 15 outstanding court matters was shot dead during a shootout with police on Wednesday afternoon.Police said residents of Hindustan were now breathing easier as there were several...
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Almost burnt alive
Staring death in the face. It’s a term that Sanjay Armoogam can attest to. Eight years ago Armoogam, then 20, was employed as an electrical trainee and was given the opportunity to work on a major...
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New plan coming to help lawless minors
New legislation is being prepared to assist minors charged with crimes in the country.Minister in the Ministry of the Attorney General and Legal Affairs Stuart Young said during Wednesday’s public...
View ArticleDouble murder rocks Mayaro
Mayaro police are investigating a double murder after the bodies of two men were found in a burnt house at Stone Bright, Guayguayare this morning. The dead men were identified as Terrence Ramoutar and...
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Woman seeks police help against cutlass attacker
A Barrackpore mother is calling on police to step up their efforts to capture a relative who she said tried to kill her and her four young children. Camille Persad, 28, of Cumuto Road, Barrackpore,...
View ArticleThree shot in separate incidents
Three people, including a student, were shot in separate incidents over the weekend in south Trinidad.In the first case, Marcus Thompson, 33, was shot at his New Grant home on Sunday, after being...
View ArticleNo need to panic over Zika outbreak
The World Health Organisation (WHO) yesterday declared Zika a global public health emergency.However, Minister of Health Terrence Deyalsingh said he was not in panic mode as a result of the global...
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Confusion as new VAT system kicks in
There was some confusion over the price of sardines, which doesn’t carry VAT, some upset over the 12.5 per cent VAT, some stoicism and resignation, as well as acceptance, among consumers yesterday in...
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