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Obama: US re-establishing relations with Cuba
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama announced the re-establishment of diplomatic relations and an easing in economic and travel restrictions on Cuba. The move is being regarded as a historic shift...
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Courier slain
A credit union courier was killed by bandits in a daring daylight robbery at Shaw Park, Tobago, a killing which has left the island reeling. Sylvert Edwards, 64, of Carnbee, Tobago, was killed by the...
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Soldier dies in accident on PBR
A 38-year-old soldier was killed in a mid-afternoon motorcycle crash on the Priority Bus Route (PBR), Laventille, yesterday. According to reports, around 2 pm Cpl Emerson Keane, of Chaguanas, was...
View ArticleHowai to clear air on SEC probe
Finance Minister Larry Howai “is aware of the allegations made against him on national radio yesterday and is looking at the records from 12 years ago in order to properly address the allegations,” a...
View ArticleHRM protests outside PM’s Sando home
Plummeting oil prices and the arrests of top OAS Construtora officials in Brazil for corruption last night prompted the Highway Re-route Movement (HRM) to hold a candlelight vigil outside the southern...
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After shooting of soldier in Laventille, residents claim police brutality
Laventille residents are up in arms again, claiming police brutality after a soldier was shot while on patrol in the area yesterday. The residents claimed a detachment of Defence Force and police...
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Africans surrender to Immigration
Clutching her four children and expecting another, Paula Kings said a tearful goodbye to her husband, Time, a Nigerian, as he surrendered himself to the Immigration Division on Henry Street,...
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Prisons officers threaten shutdown
Prisons officers are threatening to shut down operations at the country’s penal institutions in protest over Government’s failure to implement additional security measures, promised after the murder of...
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Three ‘seismic protestors’ in court
Secretary of Fishermen and Friends of the Sea (FFOS) Gary Aboud and former national award winner Wayne Henry reappeared in court yesterday in relation to three charges which occurred as a result of a...
View ArticleSuspect held in Tobago credit union slaying
Tobago police yesterday detained a 29-year-old Lambeau man in connection with the robbery and murder of 64-year-old credit union courier Slyvert Edwards and are looking for a second man. The T&T...
View ArticleGovt pays $2m for Sparrow’s memorabilia
Government is acquiring the memorabilia of the Mighty Sparrow (Slinger Francisco) for $2 million for ten years to put it on display, Arts and Multiculturalism Minister Lincoln Douglas said yesterday....
View ArticleDelivery man killed in Diego
Twenty-nine-year-old Laventille resident Joel Pegus was recorded as the country’s latest murder victim after a shooting in Blue Basin, Diego Martin, on Wednesday night. According to reports, residents...
View ArticleMarlene’s name called
PNM deputy leader Marlene McDonald’s name has figured in a Lake Asphalt of Trinidad and Tobago (LATT) audit report concerning a review of contracts and conflicts of interest in that company, where a...
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PM’s toy donors named
Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar yesterday revealed she had no idea from where thousands of gifts donated to children through her toy distribution drive came. Persad-Bissessar has spent much of...
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Next year for Sando East nominees
Nominations from PNM’s San Fernando East unit are hardly likely to be in hand before early next month, PNM officials indicated yesterday. San Fernando East recently agreed to comply with the PNM...
View ArticleFyzabad family now hoping for Christmas miracle
With tears in her eyes, ailing kidney patient Sumintra Mungroo yesterday said she is now hoping for a Christmas miracle after her Fyzabad home was destroyed in a suspected arson attack. Standing in...
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Senior cop at commendation of 19: Maintain your integrity
Nineteen police officers who were commended for good work were told yesterday to maintain their integrity. The appeal came from Assistant Police Commissioner in charge of North and West, Stephen...
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Temporary road to open next week
Work on the new Manzanilla/Mayaro by-pass road is 75 per cent complete and should be open to light traffic by Tuesday. So said Works and Infrastructure Minister Dr Surujrattan Rambachan and added...
View ArticlePoliticians on US lifting of Cuba embargo: It was the right thing
Leader of the Movement for Social Justice and trade unionist David Abdulah says the United States’ decision to restore diplomatic relations with Cuba is a most important development. He said it was a...
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Help pours in for Fyzabad fire victims
Fyzabad grandmother Sumintra Mungroo says she is grateful and overwhelmed by the outpouring of generosity to her family after a fire destroyed their home and its contents on Thursday. Seated under a...
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