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NCC announces parade route
Newly appointed National Carnival Commission (NCC) Chairman Lorraine Pouchet yesterday announced the approved route for the parade of the bands and the return of the Socadrome for Carnival 2015. The...
View ArticleRoman Catholics still await $2.2m for ‘Christmas cheer’
Roman Catholic Archbishop Joseph Harris says the Catholic Church has not yet received the $2.2 million promised by the Government for bringing “Christmas cheer” to the less fortunate. In an interview...
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Pupil at his alma mater asks Carmona: Where do you live?
President Anthony Carmona was stumped momentarily during a tour of schools at his former hometown of Santa Flora yesterday when a Standard Three pupil innocently asked him where he lived. “That’s a...
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Missing teen found dead in Santa Cruz
An emotional group of relatives looked on in sombre silence as police excavated a body believed to be 19-year-old Shabana Mohammed, missing since January 3.The body, which was found after a foul stench...
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Missing teen found in grave behind home
Missing teenager Shabana Mohammed’s family were left distraught yesterday after five days of intensive searching by the police ended when her badly decomposing body was discovered buried in a shallow...
View ArticleCops nab 2, seize $6m in cocaine
Central Division police have seized $6 million worth of cocaine. They believe the drugs were seized minutes after it was shipped into T&T yesterday when they arrested two men following a high-speed...
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Sudden changes can’t come now
Declaring that this is not the time for “sudden changes in the direction of economic development policies,” Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar last night announced that the national budget will now...
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Al-Rawi: PM’s statement made no sense
Opposition Senator Faris Al-Rawi says the Prime Minister’s statement on the economy last night “just made no sense.”He said during her address she looked “jolted as she read from a prepared text that...
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Dookeran and Carolyn out of this year’s polls
Two senior members of the Congress of the People (COP) are out of the running for this year’s general election.The party has decided to remove its founder, Tunapuna MP Winston Dookeran, and his...
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Dial-a-teacher coming, says Dr Tim
Education Minister Dr Tim Gopeesingh said Cabinet has approved an initiative to allow students to ‘Dial-a-Teacher’ to assist those in need of extra assistance in preparation for the Secondary Entrance...
View ArticleMinister: No cut in job programmes
With the continuous drop in the price of oil, Minister of Land and Marine Resources Jairam Seemungal is assuring that his ministry will not be cutting programmes which generate employment.He made the...
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Pan Trinbago: Junior competition in jeopardy
The 2015 National Junior Panorama competition is in dire straights, says Pan Trinbago Youth Arm chairman Rudo Forteau.In an interview yesterday Forteau said this year’s competition was in jeopardy...
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Rowley recounts final moments with Joseph
Opposition Leader Dr Keith Rowley says he spent the last four days wondering whether he could have done anything which would have changed fate and kept former national security minister Martin Joseph...
View ArticleSuruj: Major projects will continue
The controversial billion-dollar Point Fortin Highway will not face the axe in Government’s cutbacks for 2015 due to falling oil prices. Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar did not state where cuts...
View ArticleWe need more role models—Carmona
“I still don’t feel like an over achiever. I just feel like a regular Jane. I hope when I go away to university, I will be able to make my parents proud again,” said Soliel Sachi Baldeosingh, one of...
View ArticleMisprint on tariff card causing maxi confusion
One week after new maxi taxi fares along the East/West corridor took effect passengers says they are confused over the short drop fee. Commuters polled at the City Gate Hub in Port-of-Spain said they...
View ArticleHouse pays tribute to Martin Joseph
Glowing tribute was paid to former national security minister Martin Joseph in the House of Representatives yesterday. Joseph, who was MP for St Ann’s East from 1995 to 2002, drowned on Monday at...
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Hunting ban may be extended
Hunters who continue to ignore the two-year ban imposed by the Ministry of Environment and Water Resources may fuel another ban on hunting. This according to Game Warden Steve Seepersad, who spoke to...
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Woman killed during home invasion
Four men have been detained for the murder of a Central woman who was killed during a home invasion early yesterday. Chaguanas mayor Gopaul Boodhan was at the crime scene hours after and said he knew...
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No bail for cop on rape charges
Police sergeant Dane Sorzano who appeared in the Siparia Magistrates Court yesterday on rape charges was placed in the holding cell with other prisoners after the magistrate expressed concern that he...
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