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‘US behind the curve in countering violent extremism’
The issue of countering violent extremism in the United States has not been as robust or dynamic as in Europe.According to Mokhtar Awad, a research fellow in the programme on extremism at George...
View ArticleSoldier, two civilians charged with attempted murder
A soldier and two civilians charged with the attempted murder of a 32-year-old man are expected to be taken before a magistrate in the Sangre Grande Court tomorrow.The victim, Anil Singh, of Robinson...
View ArticleForres Park Landfill ‘a hell’ for Claxton Bay residents
JOEL JULIEN“Anyone who wants to get a taste of hell can visit Springvale, Claxton Bay, at any time whenever the nearby Forres Park Landfill is ablaze.”So said MP for Pointe-a-Pierre David Lee during a...
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Catholic church leads petition for pardon: Mercy for remand prisoners
ROSEMARIE SANTThe head of the local Roman Catholic Church Archbishop Joseph Harris is leading a petition seeking to “free” remand prisoners who have been behind bars longer than the maximum prison...
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Homeless gravedigger reignites his passion
Among dead bodies at the Tunapuna Public Cemetery gravedigger Ricardo Alvarez lives and cultivates organic crops, which he sells to mourners and motorists. It’s not an ideal place where Alvarez, 54,...
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Thieves target Halbal family
Thieves have carted away thousands of dollars worth in donated items meant to help impoverished couple Harriett and Winston Halbal and their two young sons. The incident has left the Halbals upset and...
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Imbert to announce Tax waiver details today on luxury cars
Government’s moratorium on proposed tax for luxury vehicles will be based on an assessment of how long it will take a vessel with cars, to arrive from Japan, Finance Minister Colm Imbert said...
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Saving wildlife, Detta’s passion
Whenever Detta Buch looks out from her Four Roads home and sees the mountain ranges in Diego Martin on fire she feels an enormous sadness. For Kenya-born Buch, 75, of Dutch and English parentage, it...
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Prisons officers live in jail dorms for safety
Rosemarie Sant Several prisons officers have chosen to make the prisons dormitory their homes for fear of losing their lives while living on the outside. Prisons officers said they have received death...
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Seizing guns before entry
National Security Minister Edmund Dillon says the T&T Coast Guard has an integral role to play in the fight against crime. He was speaking during his address at the T&T Coast Guard passing out...
View ArticleOwnership of Real Property in T&T
Anala Mohan Student, Hugh Wooding Law School Under section 4(a) of the Constitution of T&T, each citizen has the right to the enjoyment of property and the right not to be deprived of this right...
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Dismantle church, state partnership
JOEL JULIEN The partnership between the church and the state at our schools must be dismantled as it is detrimental to our country, president of the T&T Unified Teachers’ Association (TTUTA)...
View ArticleAlarm over child sex abuse cases
Chairman of the Couva/Tabaquite/ Talparo Regional Corporation Henry Awong said he was alarmed by the findings of the latest report of the Children’s Authority which has identified his region as being...
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Support builds for pardon proposal
Rosemarie SantGML ENTERPRISE DESKThe Law Association has signalled its support of a petition from the Catholic Church to pardon hundreds of remand prisoners who have been in jail without trial for...
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Man killed in alcohol-fuelled argument
One man was killed and another critically injured in a shooting incident in San Fernando yesterday.The dead man was identified as Guyanese national Kemraj Persad, 30, a construction worker, of...
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Ballistic report before Homicide Bureau
A forensic ballistic report done on the weapon which killed PC Govindra Ramroop at the Guapo Police Station five months ago is now under scrutiny by the Homicide Bureau.In an interview yesterday,...
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Nine matters sent to DPP
Nine investigations out of a total of 38 which were completed by the Integrity Commission in 2015 are now before the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), commission chairman Justice Zainool Hosein...
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Woman, 21, killed in Beetham crash
A 21-year-old hairdresser was killed in an early morning car accident on the Beetham highway yesterday. According to reports, around 4.30 am, Teniesha Mahabirsingh, of Bon Air Gardens, Arouca, was...
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Fired steelworkers demand severance payment
Pointedly wearing a red People’s National Movement (PNM)T-shirt, former ArcelorMittal port coordinator Joanette Pariag stood at the Point Lisas roundabout yesterday to send a clear message to Prime...
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BIR must clear severance payment
Director at Bhagwansingh Hardware & Steel Industry Ltd (BHSIL) Vinoo Ramoutar says while Central Trinidad Steel Ltd (Centrin) owes vacation and severance pay to its retrenched workforce, the...
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