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JCC, Nidco in private talks over highway
Members of the Joint Consultative Council of the construction industry (JCC) yesterday walked out of a meeting with National Infrastructure Development Company (Nidco) chairman Carson Charles before it...
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Fire closes Grand Bazaar mall
Grand Bazaar mall, Valsayn, was shut down yesterday after a fire broke out at the Ruby Tuesday restaurant. Three other businesses—Off Rodeo, Girls 2–7 and Mark of Style stores—suffered smoke and water...
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Bakr: Jamaica mistook me for Isis leader
Jamaat al Muslimeen leader Yasin Abu Bakr says he was denied entry to Jamaica on Wednesday because the Jamaicans were angry over T&T’s decision to deny entry to 13 of its citizens recently. Abu...
View ArticleArima wants more $$ to fight ChikV
The Arima Borough Corporation is complaining about inadequate funding to combat the chikungunya virus. In a press release yesterday the corporation said despite warnings from the Ministry of Health...
View ArticlePM: Ebola is T&T’s greatest threat
Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar has admitted that the Ebola virus was the greatest threat facing the people of T&T. She said so during Thursday’s Divali dinner at the Diplomatic Centre, St...
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Local officials disagree with players’ decision
Many individuals in the local cricket fraternity are sad and disappointed that the West Indies team took the decision to end its tour of India after the fourth One-Day International because of salary...
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20 per cent discount on flour, rice, oil
As a gift to the Hindu community for Divali, Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar last night announced a 20 per cent discount on flour, rice and oil. Speaking at the annual Divali celebrations at her...
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$20m owed for Life Sport services
Months after the Life Sport programme has been shut down, caterers, coaches, co-ordinators and participants of the programme are still being owed $20 million. But National Security Minister Gary...
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Not a black cent for bandleaders, Soca Monarch, chutney—Fuad
Health Minister Dr Fuad Khan is adamant that leaders of Carnival bands should not be compensated by the Government if next year’s mas is cancelled because of the Ebola virus. Dr Khan, who is leading...
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Dr Deyalsingh: Masks, disposable gloves for airline, immigration personnel
T&T is still not ready for an Ebola outbreak. Dr Varma Deyalsingh, treasurer of the T&T Medical Board and secretary of the Psychiatric Association, said while the Eric Williams Medical Sciences...
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‘T&T world heritage status at risk’
The Banwari archeological site is not yet a world heritage site and its potential to become one is in jeopardy with “unchecked and undermanaged development initiatives.” Speaking from Paris where she...
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Griffith threatens housecleaning as he links illegal immigrants to crime
National Security Minister Gary Griffith says they have seen “a direct link between criminal activity and illegal immigrants.” Griffith linked the illegal immigrants to illegal drugs and the growing...
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Calypso to promote Magna Carta
As part of the UK Magna Carta 800th Anniversary Committee's activities in promoting the understanding of Magna Carta in the Commonwealth Caribbean, renowned Trinidadian philatelist and numismatist...
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Akin’s Ultimate Group wins entrepreneur award
Ultimate Group, parent company of mas bands Tribe and Bliss, on Friday won the inaugural Emerging Entrepreneur Award at the T&T Chamber of Industry and Commerce tenth Annual Champions of Business...
View Article‘India can learn from T&T’s Divali celebrations’
India can learn how to celebrate Divali from T&T, as evidenced by the majestic presentations at Divali Nagar, says Indian High Commissioner Shri Gauri Shankar Gupta. In his address at Divali Nagar...
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Government to Ravi: Leave highway to us
Government moved, yesterday, to save the life of pro-highway hunger striker Ravi Maharaj who collapsed outside the Office the Prime Minister, St Clair, yesterday after five days without food or water....
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Probe source of anti-Kublalsingh ads—Abdulah
Movement for Social Justice (MSJ) leader David Abdulah is calling for the media to launch an investigation into the financiers of the recent spate of pro-highway ads. Abdulah was speaking at a press...
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Woman killed crossing highway
A woman was killed instantly as she bent over to pick up her handbag along the Solomon Hochoy Highway. Marisa Rambharose, 42, was crossing the northbound lane of the highway to get to her Springvalle,...
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Body of drowning victim found
The body of a 23-year-old man who went missing after venturing out to fish on rocks at L’Anse Fourmi, Tobago, on Saturday was recovered yesterday. The discovery was made by Coast Guard officers shortly...
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Joint President’s medal winner: I hope I can inspire others
President's Medal winner Soleil Baldeosingh says she is more than ready to give back to her country and the world once she completes her studies. The 18-year-old, who graduated from the St Augustine...
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