Dianne out of election race
Another People’s National Movement (PNM) candidate, Dianne Baldeo-Chadeesingh, has withdrawn from the general election race, the Opposition confirmed yesterday.Baldeo-Chadeesingh, a PNM Senator, had...
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Ex-teacher hosts SEA students
RADHICA SOOKRAJUndeterred by Sunday’s fire, Standard Five pupils of the Fanny Village Government Primary School, Point Fortin, attended classes at the private home of a former teacher yesterday. Karen...
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Fears of more floods in Diego Martin
Some of the major rivers in Maraval and Diego Martin are impeded by bushes almost ten feet high.This concern was raised by Diego Martin North/East Member of Parliament Colm Imbert after a release was...
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Sky brings a breath of fresh air
“A breath of fresh air.” That is how programme consultant Jessie-May Ventour described Sky 99.5 FM, Guardian Media Limited’s (GML) newest radio station and the latest to join the FM bandwidth.The...
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Engineer: Not enough done to probe site stability
Geo-technical engineer Francis J Arland yesterday testified that not enough investigations were carried out before the construction of multi-storey apartment buildings in the Las Alturas housing...
View ArticleCops lose case against State over promotions
Five police sergeants have lost their bid to secure compensation for an administrative error which they claimed led to them being bypassed for elevation to the rank of inspector. In a judgment...
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Interpol wants 10 days to trace Vikash
The International Police Organisation (Interpol) has been granted ten days to probe Vikash Sharma, the US deportee who was allegedly held with over $1.6 million in drugs and four-high powered guns near...
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Teen traumatised by dad’s murder goes missing
A teenaged girl who was receiving counselling after her father’s murder exactly one year and a day ago has gone missing.Venita Chablal, 14, was last seen on March 23 and her mother, Nadine, fears the...
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We are hurting
Claiming there was “dictatorship” in the Diego Martin Central constituency executive, scores of angry People’s National Movement (PNM) members forced a scheduled meeting of the executive to be shifted...
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Rowley probes issues in Diego corporation
Opposition Leader Dr Keith Rowley paid a private visit to the Diego Martin Regional Corporation late Tuesday night to probe issues and questions raised against its chairman Darryl Smith during last...
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Jack wants Vernella disciplined
Although People’s Partnership Tobago East MP Vernella Alleyne-Toppin apologised to the Parliament yesterday for the “mischaracterisation deduced” from her controversial statements on People’s National...
View ArticlePNM walks out on motion again
Opposition People’s National Movement (PNM) MPs yesterday again walked out on the People’s Partnership Government’s motion of no confidence against Opposition PNM leader Dr Keith Rowley, although...
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CoP on probe into islandwide roadblock: No criminal act found
There will be no criminal charges filed against any member of the T&T Police Service (TTPS) for the March 23 roadblocks which brought the country to a near standstill, acting Commissioner of Police...
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Alliance of Independents takes next step: EBC gets new party symbol
The Alliance of Independents (AI) is forming a full-fledged political party and has sent a party symbol to the Elections and Boundaries Commission (EBC), interim chairman Joe Pires confirmed yesterday....
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Undecided key to PNM’s election chances
The PNM’s rejection of several incumbents as candidates for the upcoming general election is an attempt to change the party’s image, political analysts say. As to whether this would have an impact on...
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Debate on no-confidence motion in Rowley: He has divided PNM
Four Government ministers, among them acting Prime Minister Errol McLeod, said Opposition Leader Dr Keith Rowley is unsuitable to lead T&T following this year’s general election. McLeod, Works and...
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QC: Las Alturas like ‘apocalypse’
A scene resembling something from an “apocalypse movie” was how lead attorney for the Housing Development Corporation (HDC), Queen’s Counsel Vincent Nelson, yesterday described the site of the Las...
View ArticleMan crushed to death at Carib brewery
Police are investigating the death of 51-year-old man who was crushed to death in an accident at Carib Brewery in Champs Fleurs this morning. Police said the mishap occurred shortly after 7 am as the...
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Concerned PM on terrorism: Unified drive critical
Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar says she is “most concerned” about the threat of terrorism to T&T and other Caricom states. Persad-Bissessar, who has lead responsibility for crime and...
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Cop in coma after highway accident
A police constable attached to the Cunupia Police Station yesterday was placed in an induced coma at the Eric Williams Medical Sciences Complex, Mt Hope, after he and two of his colleagues were...
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