Cops nab former UWI student on ganja charges
A 22-year-old former student of the University of the West Indies (UWI) is in police custody after a raid on his sophisticated indoor marijuana greenhouse on Thursday. The suspect, of Diego Martin, was...
View ArticleAG: E-mailgate order against Rowley stands
Attorney General Anand Ramlogan says the order against Opposition Leader Dr Keith Rowley in the e-mailgate defamation matter stands and he did not intend to retract anything he said about the matter on...
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NCC pays $150m to clear debt
Of the $314 million allocated to the National Carnival Commission (NCC) for Carnival 2015, $150 million was used to pay off the commission’s debt incurred in staging last year’s festival. This was...
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COTT, TTPS join forces to stop drunk driving
Alcohol has caused over a quarter of road deaths and drivers are encouraged not to drink and drive during the Carnival season, says acting Police Commissioner Stephen Williams. “Our research has shown...
View ArticleJSC queries Plipdeco’s handling of employees
Concerns over alleged bad industrial relations (IR) practices at the Point Lisas Industrial Port Development Corporation Ltd (Plipdeco) were brought to the fore at yesterday’s Joint Select Committee...
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Protest escalate in South
A week-long protest in Erin, South Trinidad, escalated yesterday as residents dragged an oil rig across the main road, blocking off access for most of the day. This happened a day after residents...
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Carmona’s advice during school tour: Be all that you can be
Work hard, read, read with a dictionary, don’t be a bully and be kind. This was just some of the advice President Anthony Carmona gave children in schools along Trinidad’s north east coast on Thursday...
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QP Savannah brawl goes viral
The talk of CrimeWatch this week was a video aired by host Ian Alleyne on the programme which eventually went viral on Facebook. The amateur video, shot by a bystander, showed a fight between two...
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Former Life Sport director attacks Govt online
A former Life Sport director, Ruth Marchan has now taken to making a stream of serious allegations against the Government online and in a letter to Jack Warner. Marchan disappeared last June, going to...
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Khan unsure if Manning can still run
People’s National Movement (PNM) Chairman Franklin Khan yesterday could not say whether former prime minister Patrick Manning will be able to file his nomination papers and face screening should the...
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No stopping this party
Despite the continued fall in oil prices, masqueraders and partygoers are not refraining from spending for the 2015 Carnival. As a matter of fact, bandleaders and fete promoters are predicting a bumper...
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Accept the disabled
Virtual shack in the 1960s, the Rehab Centre, now the National Centre for People with Disabilities (NCPD), has been amazingly transformed into a major training facility for the disabled at New Street,...
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Marabella man killed
Marabella mason Kareen Mitchell died yesterday after being shot three times in the back for protecting a close friend from harassment. Mitchell, who worked with United Engineering, had gone to Boy...
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Classes start Monday, says UWI St Augustine Principal, but no grades released
Students at the UWI St Augustine Campus are being told to start the Semester Two registration process, although they still haven't received their Semester One grades. In a January 18 Facebook post to...
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Man accused of $50m fraud granted $3.5m bail
The chargeSingh is accused of using a fraudulent document to transfer of $50 million from the organisation’s Unit Trust Corporation (UTC) account to another account at Republic Bank’s branch, Tropical...
View ArticleParliament approves new PSC chairman
Parliament has approved the recommendation of Dr Maria Therese Gomes to the post of chairman of the Police Service Commission (PSC).She had been recommended by President Anthony Carmona last December...
View ArticleJTUM blanks meeting with PM
The Joint Trade Union Movement (JTUM) yesterday declined an invitation to discuss issues related to the economy and the energy sector with Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar, calling the invitation...
View ArticleCabinet okays $130m for former cane farmers
Twelve years after the closure of the sugar cane industry, Cabinet has finally approved $130 million compensation for cane farmers to be used for agricultural diversification.The funds were provided...
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Move to block finals
Two chutney music promoters are locked in a legal battle over this year’s Chutney Soca Monarch competition. The National Chutney Foundation of T&T (NCFTT), an incorporated organisation...
View ArticleLa Brea protesters demand jobs
With construction of bpTT’s $2 billion Juniper Platform already started, scores of job-seekers blocked roads and chained the gates of Trinidad Offshore Fabricators Company Unlted (Tofco), La Brea,...
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