Gibbs-Mohammed praises PP over gambling bill: New senator sparks row
It was her first contribution in the Senate yesterday but temporary government senator Cindy Gibbs-Mohammed sparked a battle between the Leaders of Government and Opposition Business in the Senate on...
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Triple road fatality at Cross Crossing
Desiree Waddell, the mother of twin daughters Khadijah and Khertima Taylor who died in a car crash in San Fernando on June 9, 2013, cried out for justice as she commemorated the second anniversary of...
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PM hints of polls date
T&T may get a general election date soon, possibly today Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar hinted yesterday.She made the comment, with slight humour, in response to a query at yesterday’s...
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Equal pay for URP women
Government yesterday approved the equalisation of pay for female and male Unemployment Relief Programme (URP) workers, who will now both get the same level of daily wages, Works Minister Suruj...
View ArticleReport on ‘total policing’ initiative: It was in response to stalled wage talks
Legislators are calling for a review of security arrangements for Parliament and an improvement of police intelligence.Those were two of the major recommendations in the report of the Joint Select...
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Immigration forms for returning Trinis out
Government yesterday proposed amended legislation to eliminate the need for nationals to fill out immigration declaration forms on entry to T&T.Minister of Trade and Investment and Communication...
View ArticleMinister on dry Tobago: Not enough rain
Minister of Water Resources Ganga Singh yesterday said the water problems in Tobago were a direct result of the extended dry season.He was responding to criticism from PNM Senator Shamfa Cudjoe...
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Squatters hit Kamla over lapse of Bill
Squatters in south Trinidad are disappointed that Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar failed to deliver on her promise to regularise them before the end of her government's tenure.This after the...
View ArticleGovernment considers ban on fishing tool
Environment Minister Ganga Singh says Government will consider banning artisanal gillnets which trap and possibly kill more than 1,000 turtles in T&T annually.The green multi-filament net is used...
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Street dwellers fined for loitering
Kevin “Saucy Pow” Darlington was among 17 people arrested and charged for loitering on the San Fernando Promenade on Tuesday night.All but one of the 17 accused pleaded guilty to the charge. They were...
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Hope fades for missing woman
Ten days have passed since 32-year-old Zalima “Ashma” Naimool of Biche went missing and hope is fading for her relatives that she will return to them alive, safe and sound.Speaking with the T&T...
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El Socorro man gunned down
Homicide officers are seeking to secure camera footage following the murder of a 37-year-old man in El Socorro on Thursday evening. Mickey Babwah, of Parray Lane, El Socorro Extension, El Socorro, was...
View ArticleKamla proud of PP’s five-year term
Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar said yesterday the PP was the only Government in T&T’s republican history to have served the full parliamentary term and she could provide dates of...
View ArticleRowley confident of election win
Opposition Leader Dr Keith Rowley says September 7, 2015, will be get rid of UNC/PP Day in T&T.He made the comment moments after Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar’s announcement in Parliament...
View ArticlePNM’s ready to rumble: Marlene
“We ready—let’s rumble!”That was the declaration of Opposition People’s National Movement (PNM) Chief Whip Marlene McDonald to reporters following the prime minister’s announcement, yesterday, of the...
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Pres defers IC appointments
A last-minute letter from Opposition Leader Dr Keith Rowley to President Anthony Carmona stalled two planned appointments to the Integrity Commission. Preparations were already underway for yesterday’s...
View Article‘67m euros for farmers missing’
Political Leader of the Independent Liberal Party (ILP) Jack Warner is outraged and disgusted by what he describes as the latest display of treachery by Speaker Wade Mark yesterday in disallowing seven...
View Article67-year-old beaten to death by relative
Three people, including a man who police say was a known drug dealer, were killed in separate incidents between Thursday night and yesterday afternoon. The three killings pushed the murder toll to 171....
View ArticlePM consults with Muslims on election date
Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar held a two-hour meeting with a large group of representatives of the Muslim community, among others, on Thursday evening at the Diplomatic Centre, St Ann’s, to...
View ArticleTwo detained in death of Dominican national
Two residents of Danny Avenue, Endeavour, Chaguanas, are being detained at the Chaguanas Police Station in connection with the death of a Dominican Republic national. He died while allegedly trying to...
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