Dookeran: Trinis in Isis a concern
Reports of T&T nationals joining the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (Isis) are a matter of grave concern and interest to the Government, admits Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Dookeran. He said...
View ArticleOAS offers T&T help to tackle polls financing
Head of the Organisation of American States (OAS) José Miguel Insulza has offered assistance to T&T to tackle campaign financing. Insulza made the offer while delivering the feature address, titled...
View ArticleYachties threaten pullout
Yachties are threatening to pull out of T&T because they claim immigration officers are demanding fees—as much as $3,000—to extend their stay if they wanted to complete repairs to their yachts....
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Ramesh refutes AG’s claim on HRM lawsuit
Attorney for the Highway Re-Route Movement (HRM) Ramesh Lawrence Maharaj, SC, has shot down Attorney General Anand Ramlogan’s claim that the HRM has filed no application before the Privy Council to...
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Ian Alleyne in hot water again
Television host Ian Alleyne has landed himself in hot water yet again, this time over his comments pertaining to a court case involving the son of prominent contractor Junior Sammy. At an emergency...
View ArticleHead of Muslim organisation: 50 Trinis have left to join Isis
The head of a fundamentalist Muslim organisation in Trinidad, who is considering joining the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (Isis), says there is no recruitment going on locally for foreign fighters...
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AG, wife shaken up in accident
Attorney General Anand Ramlogan and his wife Nalini narrowly escaped death last night, after the vehicle in which they were being taken to a cocktail reception at the Southern Academy for the...
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Laventille residents on bounty claim: It’s a set up
Residents of St Barb’s, Laventille Road, Picton Road and St Paul Street yesterday dismissed as a lie and propaganda a reward being offered by National Security Minister Gary Griffith for information...
View ArticleImmigration seeks $2.5m to deport Ghanian
The Immigration Division is seeking Cabinet’s approval to spend $2.5 million to charter a private jet to deport an illegal immigrant from Ghana who has failed in his bid to stay in T&T while...
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In wake of world-wide Ebola crisis, Fuad says: Cancelling Carnival still in...
Health Minister Dr Fuad Khan says there is no need to cancel Carnival 2015 because of the threat of the Ebola virus. However, he does not rule out the possibility that this could change if the World...
View ArticleDeputy CoP to officers: Don’t leave home without your guns
Police officers have been advised not to leave home without their personal gun, even when they are off-duty. This latest statement comes from Deputy Commissioner of Police Glenn Hackett. Hackett...
View ArticleAttorney on results of UNAids poll: Way clear for PM to revisit gays issue
The path is now clear for Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar to “very easily” go back to Parliament and amend the Equal Opportunity Act to protect people from discrimination on the basis of their...
View Article41 Cape schols for Hillview College
Hillview College excelled in this year’s Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examinations (Cape) examinations by gaining 18 open scholarships and 23 additional scholarships. Education Minister Tim...
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President Medals for Presentation, SAGHS
Shell-shocked and speechless were two words used by the mother of one of this year’s President Medal winners, when she was contacted yesterday with the news that her daughter had copped the coveted...
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Sammy pleads guilty to drunk driving
One day after he successfully petitioned the High Court to stop CNC3 Crime Watch host Ian Alleyne from speaking about his court matter, businessman Shaun Sammy appeared in court and pleaded guilty to...
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Murdered mom saw her death—pastor
Mere hours before she was shot to death, Patricia Spinks told the “mother” at her church someone was going to kill her. “She told me ‘they going to kill me, you know’,” Mother Pastor Carol Castle told...
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AG: Govt offers to fast track Privy Council appeal
In a bid to end environmental activist Dr Wayne Kublalsingh’s hunger strike, Attorney General Anand Ramlogan has announced that the State is prepared to consent to any application seeking an order for...
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Doctor steps aside from treating him
Dr Asante Van West‐Charles‐Le Blanc, the doctor of leader of the Highway Re-Route Movement (HRM) Dr Wayne Kublalsingh, has withdrawn her services with immediate effect, saying it was too difficult to...
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Religious heads to meet Wayne today
Some ten religious leaders will meet with leader of the Highway Re-Route Movement (HRM) Dr Wayne Kublalsingh today in a last ditch effort to convince him to end his hunger strike. The meeting is...
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President’s Medal winner studying medicine: I want to help less fortunate
For the fifth consecutive year, Presentation College, Chaguanas, has copped the President’s Medal based on the performance of students who wrote the Cape 2014 examination earlier this year. The proud...
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