Clean-up to cost millions $—Rondon
Although no specific cost can be given at this time, the cleanup effort for the Sangre Grande region, one of the hardest hit by floods and damage caused by torrential rains over the past few days, will...
View ArticleRowley asks more about Dick buyout
Who will be giving assistant Police Commissioner Wayne Dick assignments following the controversial buying out of his pre-retirement leave and what will be the nature of these assignments? These were...
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Autopsy on alleged necromancy death: Boy choked on his own blood
The nine-year-old boy who police suspected died as a result of a necromancy ritual gone wrong choked on his own blood his autopsy revealed. Police said Abayomi Jeremiah, a pupil of the of the Tunapuna...
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AG blanks expedited hearing of the HRM
Attorney General Anand Ramlogan says he will not agree to an expedited hearing of the Highway Re-route Movement (HRM)’s appeal over an injunction stopping the construction of the Debe to Mon Desir...
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Geoffrey Holder, a trailblazer, dies
World-acclaimed dancer, choreographer, actor, designer and painter Geoffrey Lamont Holder, 84, died on Sunday in Manhattan, USA. Holder’s final request was for his life support to be disconnected at 4...
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PM shares condolences
At a time when some of T&T’s national icons are ailing, the death of Geoffrey Holder leaves a huge void in the national and international stage, where he plied his trade for many years. These were...
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Day 20 of hunger strike: Jack makes peace with Kublalsingh
All is forgiven between leader of the Highway Re-Route Movement (HRM) Dr Wayne Kublalsingh and chairman of the Independent Liberal Party (ILP) Jack Warner. Warner, who visited Kublalsingh’s camp just...
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Local Muslims disturbed by Trini links to terrorists say: Isis not a way to...
Local Muslim groups will hold emergency meetings this week to discuss reports that T&T Muslims have joined the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (Isis) in their current jihadist war in Iraq and...
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Gary knocks Rowley’s citizen threat claim
National Security Minister Gary Griffith has knocked Opposition leader Dr Keith Rowley for statements Griffith says essentially opposed a global response to a global terrorist threat. During a...
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‘Sick’ cops face disciplinary action
Some 46 municipal police officers attached to the San Fernando City Corporation will receive backpay amounting to $1.7 million on Friday. At the same time, nine of them who staged sickout action on...
View ArticleHolder leaves lasting impression
Tributes continue to flow in for world-acclaimed Trinidadian dancer, choreographer, actor, designer and painter Geoffrey Holder, 84, who died of pneumonia on Sunday evening, even as his family planned...
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No honeymoon for next govt—Roget
As political parties gear up for next year’s general election, president general of the Oilfields Workers’ Trade Union (OWTU) Ancel Roget says there will be no honeymoon for the next government unless...
View ArticleDPP backs out of Panday lawsuit
Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Roger Gaspard has withdrawn his lawsuit seeking a review of a magistrate’s decision to free former prime minister Basdeo Panday of three corruption charges. The...
View ArticleNo home yet for Savannah couple
Former national heavyweight boxer Wendell Joseph, 68, sat in his wife’s wheelchair yesterday, his head propped on his hand and a small radio on his lap listening to a programme. It was Day 11 for him...
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Hot oil bath for KFC customer
KFC workers, in particular at Sixth Avenue, Barataria, are fed up of being abused by customers and are sending a clear message to all would-be abusers that if they dare to assault them that they would...
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Islamic Guild to Govt on Trinis in Isis: Seek help to find them
Islamic Missionaries Guild president Imtiaz Mohammed says the Government should seek international assistance to locate two men, believed to be local Muslims, who have joined the Islamic State of Iraq...
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Kublalsingh defiant after 21 days of hunger: No retreat
While yesterday marked the second anniversary of the end of his 2012 hunger strike and 21 days since the beginning of his second, environmental activist Dr Wayne Kublalsingh said there would be “no...
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Teen faces 15 years in jail
Illinois-based teenager Mohammed Hamzah Khan, whom US authorities nabbed last Saturday allegedly seeking to join Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (Isis) militants, was born in T&T, Government has...
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Time to set up heritage fund
President of the NGO Citizens for Conservation Rudylynn De Four Roberts has expressed horror at the state of Banwari Trace, site of the remains of a 7,000-year-old civilisation. Roberts said the site,...
View Article$45,000 bail for mom in hot oil case
The 31-year-old mother of three accused of throwing hot oil on a KFC customer on Monday was granted $45,000 bail and ordered to stay 100 metres away from the victim when she appeared in court...
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