Boy, 9, dies after being set on fire
A nine-year-old boy was put in a wardrobe and set on fire on Friday night, Central Division police has said. A woman, who was found at the scene with a candle in her hand, was detained by police....
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South people clean up, brace for more bad weather
Flood victims from San Francique, Cap-de-Ville, Woodland and Barrackpore began cleaning up their flood ravaged homes even as they braced for more bad weather over the weekend. In the Oropouche West...
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‘My action is about life not death’
Environmental activist Dr Wayne Kublalsingh has never promised anyone, including his family, that he would commit suicide. Instead, he is leaving his personal health up to his doctors to do whatever...
View ArticleMinshall: It’s horrible, repulsive
As a weakened Dr Wayne Kublalsingh enters the 19th day of his hunger strike today, some members of the public and civil society groups are promising their continued support for a man who they described...
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No need to attract Isis eyes on T&T
People’s National Movement (PNM) leader Dr Keith Rowley is again warning that the People’s Partnership Government has put the lives of citizens, including those abroad, at a greater risk by...
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Trinis surface in Isis videos
Two separate videos have been posted on the internet allegedly showing fighters with T&T links involved in the Isis conflict in recent weeks. One of the videos, which runs for 47 seconds, was...
View ArticleRowley asks more about Dick buyout
Who will be giving assistant Police Commissioner Wayne Dick assignments following the controversial buying out of his pre-retirement leave and what will be the nature of these assignments? These were...
View ArticleClean-up to cost millions $—Rondon
Although no specific cost can be given at this time, the cleanup effort for the Sangre Grande region, one of the hardest hit by floods and damage caused by torrential rains over the past few days, will...
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$1 million allocated in last budget but Banwari heritage site in shambles
Valued by archaeologists around the world, the sacred 7,000-year-old pre-Columbian burial grounds in Penal are falling into ruins, despite the allocation of money in the 2013/2014 budget for protection...
View ArticlePersuade PM on my behalf
Leader of the Highway Re-Route Movement Dr Wayne Kublalsingh has rejected an appeal by Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Dookeran to end his hunger strike and to drink a glass of water. Instead,...
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EMA under fire months after oil spills- Residents still suffering—MP
La Brea MP Fitzgerald Jeffrey is calling for independent environmentalists to monitor communities stricken by oil spills attributed to State-owned Petrotrin. Jeffrey made the call after pointing out...
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Mom of teen shot by cop’s gun: SRP knew my family well
The mother of teenager Recardo Mohammed has raised fresh questions over the circumstances surrounding her son’s death, as she claims the Special Reserve Policeman (SRP) whose gun fatally wounded the...
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Sweet Thing
My name is Sonya Singh and I sell homemade sweeties.I’m from Maracas Bay. But I don’t sell shark-and-bake. There’s too many people selling shark-and-bake. I rather come in town and sell fudge.I grew up...
View ArticleRowley clears air on Isis comment
Opposition Leader Dr Keith Rowley says the People’s National Movement (PNM) has no problem with this country voting to support a United Nations resolution against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria...
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Gary knocks Rowley’s citizen threat claim
National Security Minister Gary Griffith has knocked Opposition leader Dr Keith Rowley for statements Griffith says essentially opposed a global response to a global terrorist threat. During a...
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Local Muslims disturbed by Trini links to terrorists say: Isis not a way to...
Local Muslim groups will hold emergency meetings this week to discuss reports that T&T Muslims have joined the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (Isis) in their current jihadist war in Iraq and...
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Day 20 of hunger strike: Jack makes peace with Kublalsingh
All is forgiven between leader of the Highway Re-Route Movement (HRM) Dr Wayne Kublalsingh and chairman of the Independent Liberal Party (ILP) Jack Warner. Warner, who visited Kublalsingh’s camp just...
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PM shares condolences
At a time when some of T&T’s national icons are ailing, the death of Geoffrey Holder leaves a huge void in the national and international stage, where he plied his trade for many years. These were...
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Geoffrey Holder, a trailblazer, dies
World-acclaimed dancer, choreographer, actor, designer and painter Geoffrey Lamont Holder, 84, died on Sunday in Manhattan, USA. Holder’s final request was for his life support to be disconnected at 4...
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AG blanks expedited hearing of the HRM
Attorney General Anand Ramlogan says he will not agree to an expedited hearing of the Highway Re-route Movement (HRM)’s appeal over an injunction stopping the construction of the Debe to Mon Desir...
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