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Cop jailed
Less than two days after it received presidential assent, a new crime-fighting law which denies bail for 120 days to people accused of violent gun-related crimes was applied for possibly the first time...
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Minister must go, say nurses
Less than 24 hours after implementation, Health Minister Fuad Khan has backtracked on the policy allowing fathers to be present in delivery rooms in local hospitals.He also rescinded his statement on...
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Beaten student’s mom wants justice
CrimeWatch host Ian Alleyne this week aired footage of a 13-year-old student of the Tableland Secondary School being badly beaten by three other female students in her classroom on Monday morning.The...
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Too many ‘police lies’
Former Independent Senator, Senior Counsel Dana Saroop Seetahal, was assassinated at 12.05 am on May 4, 2014.Two months shy of her 59th birthday, Seetahal was shot dead near the Woodbrook Youth...
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Volney in hot water for $3m payout
Investigations into a multimillion-dollar payout made by former justice minister Herbert Volney has reached the desk of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP). The Joint Consultative Council (JCC),...
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Ramsingh or nothing
Pressure is mounting for the People’s National Movement (PNM) screening committee as its supporters in Chaguanas East issue an ultimatum to select Nal Ramsingh for the seat or they will vote for the...
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Carapo endorses Sancho as D’Abadie/O’Meara candidate
Sports Minister Brent Sancho received an overwhelming endorsement last night to run for D’Abadie/ O’Meara seat as Carapo residents cry neglect from the Congress of the People (COP).Sancho, who was...
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Sando West gives Carolyn thumbs down
The People’s Partnership should be looking for a new candidate for the marginal constituency of San Fernando West, judging from the results of the latest constituency poll.The poll conducted in San...
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Dana’s family left in the cold
One of the most visible advocates for law and order in this country, Seetahal wrote columns for both the T&T Guardian and Trinidad Express newspapers, and she was never afraid to voice her expert...
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Arima man first murder victim in Tobago for 2015
An Arima man is Tobago’s first murder victim for 2015. He has been identified as Vernon De Gannes, 40, of Mt Pleasant Local Road, Arima.According to police reports, De Gannes was killed around 6.30 pm...
View ArticleAnalyst: They need to compromise
The momentum the People’s National Movement has been building in the past few months has hit a snag as party groups and supporters in Diego Martin Central, Arima and Chaguanas East lock horns with the...
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‘Diego Central no safe seat for PNM’
Twelve of 19 Diego Martin Central (DMC) party groups and constituents will file a motion of no confidence against the People’s National Movement (PNM) constituency executive in two weeks.Lobbying for...
View ArticleNGC goes on the defensive
The National Gas Company (NGC) has gone on the defensive in the face of mounting criticisms over its alleged mismanagement of state funds as it outlined specific areas of its multi-million-dollar...
View ArticleNo cutbacks in housing, social programmes
Despite Moody’s Investors Services downgrade of T&T bond and issuer ratings, Housing Minister Dr Roodal Moonilal says there will be no cutbacks in the Government’s social and housing...
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Polls spell trouble for PP, analyst
The latest poll conducted in San Fernando West by Louis Bertrand of H.H.B and associates, which showed that incumbent MP Carolyn Seepersad-Bachan has a 60 per cent unfavourable rating, can spell...
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Fitting farewell for female biker
Although sorrow filled motorcyclist Aislinn Mohammed’s home yesterday, the thunderous sound of motorcycles leading her coffin to the Preysal Cemetery was a fitting tribute to young rider’s...
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Dana's friends are her Legacy
Ironic and sad. These were only two of the words used by close friend and former Magistrate Marcia Murray to describe the unsolved investigation into Dana Seetahal SC’s murder.During an interview at...
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God is dead boring
My name is Kevin Baldeosingh and I’m probably Trinidad & Tobago’s best known atheist.I’m from South – Marabella. But I live now in Central. Where the Indos are more Indian but the same as Penal...
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Cop injured at Borough Day
While there were not many reports of violence at Saturday’s Point Fortin Borough Day celebrations, an off-duty police officer almost died after being struck on his head with a brick.The incident...
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Britain's new princess named Charlotte Elizabeth Diana
LONDON (AP) — Britain's newborn princess has been named Charlotte Elizabeth Diana.The princess is the second child of Prince William and his wife Kate, the Duchess of Cambridge. The baby will be known...
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