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CoP: Court action delayed promotion
Time running out for 56 police inspectors, who say they may be forced to retire at 55 if they are not allowed to sit a promotion exam and be elevated to the first division.The inspectors, who were on...
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Witness: No alibi from accused
Anthony Gloster, at whose Diego Martin home police claimed businesswoman Vindra Naipaul-Coolman was murdered, did not provide police with a concrete alibi for the day she was kidnapped. “I would have...
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CWC mega deal worries TATT: Unfair Edge
Concerns have been expressed that Cable & Wireless Communication’s (CWC) proposed US$3 billion acquisition of regional cable provider Columbus International (also know as FLOW) could lead to a...
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David West is new PCA head
More than a month after the post became vacant, President Anthony Carmona has appointed certified anti-money-laundering specialist attorney David West as director of the Police Complaints Authority...
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Fresh furore over PM’s House ‘vacation’ claim
Opposition leader Dr Keith Rowley invoked the ire of Speaker Wade Mark yesterday after Rowley clashed with Government MPs and also with the Speaker himself during debate on the Procurement Bill as...
View ArticleCabinet weighs $$ for Ebola medics
Cabinet is giving consideration to the remuneration of health care workers who may have to treat Ebola cases, Health Minister Fuad Khan says. He said so in Parliament yesterday as he addressed the...
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Imbert on procurement legislation: Too much power for the regulator
Opposition MP Colm Imbert yesterday criticised the Government for seeking to approve new procurement legislation that gave the proposed regulator too much power. He was speaking in Parliament yesterday...
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Ramnarine: Three Petrotrin bosses left after oil spill
Three Petrotrin managers’ positions were terminated or have resigned following the Pointe-a Pierre/Marabella oil spill earlier in the year, Energy Minister Kevin Ramnarine said yesterday. Ramnarine did...
View ArticleTobago girl, 5, drowns in pool
Tobago police are investigating the circumstances under which a five-year-old girl drowned on Thursday. The child has been identified as Kevel Edwards of Mason Hall. The T&T Guardian understands...
View ArticleScrap iron dealer murdered in bed
A masked man barged into the Claxton Bay home of scrap iron dealer Timothy Francois, 55, on Thursday night and pumped two bullets into his head, killing him instantly. Francois’s girlfriend, Rehana...
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New director looks to give PCA ‘teeth’
Newly-appointed director of the Police Complaints Authority (PCA) attorney David West said one of his first objectives was to ensure the organisation has the legislative teeth to deal with pertinent...
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NCRHA on money paid to private hospitals: We’re spending for patients to die
The North Central Regional Health Authority (NCRHA) recently paid off a $40 million bill it owed to Medical Associates Private Hospital, St Joseph. The authority’s CEO, Kumar Boodram, confirmed that to...
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Killers stalking land
Crime Watch host Ian Alleyne is hot on the trail of Marlon Charles’s killers. Charles, a 36-year-old psychiatric nurse attached to St Ann’s Hospital, was found dead in his vehicle near the Caroni Bird...
View ArticleBOA’s profit wiped out amid $$ probes
Bank of America Corp cut third-quarter earnings by US$400 million, wiping out the surprise profit it reported last month, as the firm braced for the end of probes into foreign-exchange dealings. US...
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New HDC home for former boxer
Former national heavyweight boxer Wendell Joseph and his wife Erica were yesterday given keys to a new three-bedroom home at Tarodale, San Fernando, by Housing Minister Dr Roodal Moonilal. Since...
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Kelly Village residents claim fecal waste in ravine
MP for Caroni East Dr Tim Gopeesingh has bashed the Environmental Management Agency (EMA) for granting a Certificate of Clearance (CEC) to a company allegedly dumping human waste into a ravine. The...
View Article‘Toxic raw material used in mas’
Secretary director of T&T Coalition of Services Industries (TTCSI) Mahindra Satram-Maharaj says 99 per cent of the imported raw materials used for Carnival costumes are toxic. He was speaking at...
View ArticleCitizens 4D Highway shrouded in mystery
Martine PowersThe rise of the pro-highway group Citizens 4D Highway has sparked debate around the country, with some observers clamouring to learn the identity of those who financed a controversial...
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Two men die in Mosquito Creek crash
Two men who never met each other but were both excited about Christmas and planned to get married next year to their partners, were killed when their vehicles collided at Mosquito Creek, La Romaine,...
View ArticlePsychologist to parents: Take control of your children
Clinical and community psychologist Dr Dianne Douglas is urging parents to take control of their children. Douglas said it must be clear to children who is in control in the homes. In the modern world,...
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