Guard held for stealing ammo
A security officer who worked with a local licensed gun dealer has been arrested after stealing 100 rounds of 9mm ammunition form his employer. Police said based on information received they stopped a...
View ArticleCorporation chairman: PP withheld funds from burgesses
Critical of the previous administration for withholding resources to develop the San Juan/Laventille Regional Corporation (SJLRC) chairman Anthony Roberts said, yesterday, despite the attacks on the...
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Junior Gong: Resist from spoiling T&T
Damien “Junior Gong” Marley, the Gongzilla of Reggae Music, on Saturday night, sent a strong message to T&T minutes after gracing the stage at Hennessy Artistry’s Reggae on the Bay 2015 held at the...
View ArticleHypocritical comments by those opposing Kamla—MSJ leader
Leader of the Movement for Social Justice (MSJ) David Abdulah has described complaints and accusations coming out of the UNC’s internal election as hypocritical.Addressing members of the media at a...
View ArticleReview of drug procurement coming —Health Minister
Health Minister Terrence Deyalsingh says a review of the system for procurement of drugs has to be carried out to remedy the constant drug shortages at the nation’s health facilties. Speaking at the...
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Minister: Agriculture in schools to get boost
Agriculture Minister Clarence Rambharat says agriculture in schools will be given a boost. The minister made the statement during a walk on Saturday hosted by the Caroni arm of the National 4-H council...
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Agriculture loan spent on house with jacuzzi: CEO calls for internal probe
The chief executive officer of the Agricultural Development Bank (ADB) Sheivan Ramnath has called for an internal investigation into the findings of the 2012 Auditor General report which revealed that...
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Special Forces General
My name is Mehgan Lee-Waterman and I’m the principal, administrator, dishwasher, you name it, of a special needs school.It can be annoying when people mispronounce my first name as “Meg-gun” instead of...
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Prisons officer gunned down
A suspected hit from behind the prisons walls may have been responsible for the killing of prisons superintendent David Millette.The 50-year-old-officer, who had some 20 years service, was gunned down...
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Suspected swine flu case in Point
Doctors at the San Fernando General Hospital are probing a suspected case of H1N1 Influenza (swine flu) after a Point Fortin security officer was admitted after exhibiting symptoms of the deadly...
View ArticleDillon promises swift justice for killers
National Security Minister Edmund Dillon yesterday condemned the recent killing of a soldier and a prison officer in separate incidents.In a statement yesterday Dillon said there will be swift justice...
View ArticleMATT joins call to end crimes against journalists
Media workers across the world yesterday observed International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists.The day was designated by the United Nations after the 68th session of its general...
View ArticleFather on DUI charge fined $1,800
A father of three who told a San Fernando magistrate he did not know that drinking four beers would put him over the legal 35 microgrammes alcohol limit was fined $1,800 for driving while under the...
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Women set to close up shop
Having been robbed at least six times in 15 years, watched a bandit hold a gun to her son’s forehead and witnessed her pregnant daughter being shot in the leg, businesswoman Samdaye Ali is ready to...
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Radio 90.5 FM partners with Zee TV
Local radio station 90.5 FM has partnered India’s Zee TV to broadcast this year’s Divali Nagar celebrations which began on Sunday and ends on November 9.Kiran Maharaj, managing director, of the radio...
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Drop the baton of revenge
President Anthony Carmona says much of the violence in the country was caused by revenge.He indicated that while speaking at a requiem Mass as part of the All Souls commemorative service at the Holy...
View ArticleIt’s a hopeless case
Hopeless. This is the word used by two Senior Counsel representing the Elections and Boundaries Commission (EBC) and the PNM to describe the UNC’s chances of succeeding in its petitions challenging the...
View ArticleUNC explains $250m travel bill
The $250 million in foreign travel costs spent during the People’s Partnership’s (PP) term in office would have included costs for training abroad by military personnel, senior public servants and...
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Carenage man shot dead
A 30-year-old man has become the country’s latest murder victim. Police reports indicate that at about 9.15 pm yesterday, Selby Peters of lamp pole 11, McKenzie Drive, Point Cumana, Carenage was shot...
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Body found near port
The nude body of a man has been found in a shallow drain at the Port of Port-of-Spain.Police are currently on the scene, but are yet to determine the identity of the man or the cause of death. The man,...
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